Patent ID: 8265664
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for communicating a text message between a sender and a receiver, said apparatus comprising: a user interface for receiving a text message input by a sender; a circuitry connected to said user interface for receiving said text message from said user interface and for communicating said text message to a communication device of a receiver, said circuitry being operable in a first communication mode for communicating said text message to said communication device of said receiver via a fee-based communication network operating on a first frequency band and in a second communication mode for communicating said text message to said communication device of said receiver via a proximity communication transport mechanism operating on a second frequency band, said circuitry also operable to convert said text message into forms utilized by said first communication mode and said second communication mode; an addressee data, said addressee data stored on a memory, wherein said addressee data includes a messaging network address corresponding to said communication device of said receiver and is utilized to wirelessly connect to said receiver over said first communication mode to send said text message; and a proximity connection transport mechanism data, said proximity connection transport mechanism data stored on a memory, wherein said proximity connection transport mechanism data includes a signature identifier corresponding to said communication device of said receiver and is utilized to wirelessly connect to said receiver over said second communication mode to send said text message, wherein said circuitry is further operable to