Patent ID: 11871306
Assignee: REMBRANDT MESSAGING TECHNOLOGIES II, LP
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A wireless device that initiates transmission of short message service (SMS) messages via a cellular network and packet switched messages via a packet switched message service (PSMS), the device comprising:
a display screen;
a messaging client;
wherein the messaging client:
initiates the sending of first information representing a phone number of a first receiving mobile phone to a server of the PSMS;
initiates the sending of an SMS message to the first receiving mobile phone, wherein the SMS message is sent according to a first response to the sending of the first information;
initiates the sending of second information representing a phone number of a second receiving mobile phone to the server, wherein the second information is sent to the server via at least Bluetooth or wireless local area network (WLAN); and
initiates the sending of a packet switched message to the second receiving mobile phone, wherein the packet switched message sent to the second receiving mobile phone is sent via the PSMS and is delivered to at least one other device according to an email address;
wherein the PSMS is a service for sending and receiving packet switched messages other than SMS, enhanced message service (EMS) and multimedia message service (MMS) messages;
wherein a same messaging client initiates the sending of the SMS message and initiates the sending of the message sent to the second receiving mobile phone.