Patent ID: 6167254
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A method for indicating a waiting message for a first communication terminal on a wireless terminal identified with the first communication terminal, comprising the steps of:receiving by a message system an unanswered communication request for the first communication terminal from a second communication terminal;communicating by the message system a first communication request identifying the wireless terminal using first identification information to a wireless switching system and using a message system feature operation to periodically communicate a plurality of communication requests at predefined intervals using the first identification information for the wireless terminal;transmitting only a first message to the wireless terminal to set a message waiting indicator on the wireless terminal by the wireless switching system in response to the first of the plurality of communication requests;resetting the message waiting indicator on the wireless terminal by transmission of a second message by the wireless switching system in response to receiving a communication request to the message system from the wireless terminal; andresetting the message-waiting indicator upon one of the plurality of communication requests not being within the predefined interval.