Patent ID: 6125281
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A method for operating a wireless mobile station of a type that is capable of bidirectional communication with a Base Station, Mobile Switching Center, Interworking Function (BMI) having a user messaging function, comprising the steps of:providing a user application that comprises a database, the user application and database being bidirectionally coupled to the user messaging function;at the mobile station, entering information that is descriptive of an event that is to occur at some future time;sending the entered information from the mobile station to the user application using a message sent through the BMI and the user messaging function; andstoring the information in the database under the control of the user application for subsequent recall from the database and notification at a time that is a function of the specified future time, the notification occurring by using a message transferred from the user application to the user's mobile station using another message sent through the BMI and the user messaging function.