Patent ID: 7564339
Filing Date: 2009-07-21
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communications device for broadcasting a message to a plurality of recipients, comprising: a message memory for storing the message; a recipient memory for storing at least one recipient address of a plurality of recipient addresses, the at least one recipient address corresponding to at least one recipient of the plurality of recipients; a user interface for selecting the at least one recipient, for selecting delivery status option selections, recipient message response option selections, and recipient non-receipt option selections from a user, the user interface for reporting a delivery status for the message as specified by the selected delivery status option selections, the delivery status option selections comprising: a first delivery option for reporting that the at least one recipient received the message; a second delivery option for reporting that an answering machine of the at least one recipient received the message; and a third delivery option for reporting that the at least one recipient did not receive the message; a broadcast circuit connected to the message memory, the recipient memory and the user interface, the broadcast circuit for controlling a broadcast of the message in accordance with the delivery status option selections, the recipient message response option selections, and the recipient non-receipt option selections; and, a transceiver connected to the broadcast circuit for transmitting the message over an airlink interface to the at least one recipient.