Patent ID: 7155209

Claim:
Apparatus for a message server connected to a network having base stations and a plurality of mobile terminals, the message server comprising: means for storing a message, originating from any of the terminals in a pre-defined group of said plurality of mobile terminals and destined for every other terminal in the group, in a shared mailbox residing within the storing means and shared amongst all the terminals in the group, with each terminal in the group having a pre-defined identification code within a corresponding group of identification codes, the pre-defined identification code being associated with either the group of terminals itself or said each mobile terminal; and means for granting, through use of said group of identification codes, to each of said terminals in the group of mobile terminals access to the shared mailbox so as to either retrieve any message already stored therein from any other terminal in the group of mobile terminals or store a new message therein for dissemination to all other terminals in the group of mobile terminals.