Patent ID: 7117245
Filing Date: 2006-10-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for transmitting a message to a recipient, the recipient associated with at least one identifier, the identifier is associated with at least one communication device, comprising: receiving a message; receiving a recipient identifier for said message, the recipient identifier associated with at least one communication device; verifying that the recipient identifier is available to the system; verifying that the sender has permission to send a message to the identifier by referring to the permission associated with the identifier; transmitting the message to at least one communication device associated with the identifier; retrieving a maximum message length for a communication device associated with the identifier; determining the message length of the received message; comparing the message length of the received message to the maximum message length; and modifying the transmission of the message when the message length of the received message exceeds the maximum message length by sending a concatenated message.