Patent ID: 8059566
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for wirelessly transmitting text messages via a dispatch network, comprising: receiving, at a dispatch-enabled communication device, a user's input via a first user-operated switch to enable a push-to-message function to send a voice input received via a microphone of the communication device as text data in a text message through the dispatch network; the function comprising: receiving, at the dispatch-enabled communication device, user's input via a second user-operated switch to transmit the text data in the text message to at least one party selected by the user from the list of parties; and transmitting, by the dispatch-enabled communication device, in response to the user's input received via the second user-operated switch, the text message over the dispatch network to the at least one party selected by the user from the list of parties, wherein, if the push-to-message function to send a voice input received via a microphone from the user as a text message through the dispatch network is disabled, the dispatch-enabled communication device transmits the received voice input received via the microphone as a voice message through the dispatch network, in response to a user's input received via the second user operated switch.