Patent ID: 7171190
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for sending a message, the method comprising: receiving a message from a sender to a recipient, the message being sent by a first device that communicates in a first protocol; determining a recipient identifier for the recipient for the message, the recipient identifier usable to determine a plurality of device types that are associated with the recipient; determining the plurality of device types associated with the recipient using the recipient identifier, wherein device identifiers are associated with the plurality of device types; dynamically determining a device type in the plurality of device types in which to send the message in response to receiving the message from the sender; and sending the message to the device identifier associated with the determined device type, the message being received in a second protocol by a second device that communicates in the second protocol.