Patent ID: 6493558
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
An apparatus for providing text communication between a mobile station operating in a mobile network according to a first text messaging protocol and a telecommunication device (TD) operating in a public switched telephone network (PSTN) according to a second text messaging protocol, said apparatus comprising.a transceiver having a first interface, said transceiver operable in the mobile network and assigned a mobile phone number therein, said transceiver for receiving a first at least one text message from the mobile station through the mobile network and thereto through entry of the mobile phone number at the mobile station and outputting said first at least one text message on said first interface; a controller having a second and a third interface, wherein said second interface is coupled to said first interface and said third interface is coupled to the PSTN, said controller assigned a PSTN phone number, and said controller receiving said first at least one text message on said second interface, converting said first at least one text message to said second text message protocol, and sending said first at least one text message through the PSTN to the TD on said third interface.