Patent ID: 6119014
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A telecommunications system for displaying a short message received by a given one of a plurality of mobile terminals in wireless communication with a mobile switching center, said telecommunications system comprising:an organizational node in communication with said given mobile terminal and said mobile switching center, said organizational node being adapted to receive said short message and a location indicator associated with said short message from an originating subscriber, said location indicator being defined by said originating subscriber and associated with a location within said telecommunications system, said organizational node further being adapted to determine a position of said given mobile terminal within said telecommunications system;a memory connected to said organizational node for storing said short message and said location indicator, said short message being displayed on a display on said given mobile terminal when said given mobile terminal is within said location associated with said location indicator; andan action database within said given mobile terminal, said short message being moved to said action database when said short message is displayed on said display of said given mobile terminal, said short message within said action database further having an additional indicator associated therewith, said additional indicator being defined by a user of said given mobile terminal after said short message is displayed on said given mobile terminal, said additional indicator indicating a time for subsequent display of said moved short message on said display of said given mobile terminal.