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

Claim 0:
1. A method performed by a 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 method comprising:
initiating the sending of first information representing a phone number of a first receiving mobile phone to a server of the PSMS;
initiating 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;
initiating the sending of second information representing a phone number of a second receiving mobile phone to the server; and
initiating 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;
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 packet switched message sent to the second receiving mobile phone;
wherein the packet switched message is delivered to a plurality of receiving mobile wireless devices;
wherein the same messaging client displays a plurality of right arrows, wherein at least one of the plurality of right arrows is displayed in line with digits of the phone number of the second receiving mobile phone.