Patent ID: 6594706
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
A method for routing an electronic message from a subscriber communicator to an intended recipient via satellite, comprising the steps of:including an indicia corresponding to a subscriber communicator with an electronic message; communicating said electronic message from said subscriber communicator to a gateway control center via satellite; receiving said electronic message that originated from said subscriber communicator at said gateway control center; comparing at said gateway control center said indicia included with said electronic message and corresponding to said subscriber communicator with a statically stored subscriber communicator indicia to identify a service provider servicing said subscriber communicator to which said subscriber communicator indicia included with the electronic message corresponds; encoding the electronic message so as to route it to a system of said identified service provider to which the subscriber communicator indicia included with the electronic message corresponds; transmitting the electronic message to said system of said service provider; decoding the electronic message so as to route it to the intended recipient; and routing said electronic message from said system of said service provider to the intended recipient, wherein said intended recipient could be serviced by a second service provider that is different from said service provider of said subscriber communicator.