Patent ID: 7657253

Claim:
A method for providing message notification in a wireless network, the network being operated to allow a subscriber to send a message to a recipient and the recipient to send a reply, the method comprising: receiving from the subscriber the message that is to be sent over the wireless network; after receiving the message at a computer device on the wireless network, prompting the subscriber to enter a requested notification type and a requested notification destination, the prompt generated by one or more of a Routing and Validation Entity (RAVE), an Adaptive Routing Concentrator (ARC), a Logging Administration Maintenance and Billing unit (LAMB), and a Data Storage and Routing Terminal (DART); receiving from the subscriber the requested notification type and the requested notification destination selected by the subscriber from a plurality of selectable notification types and notification destinations, wherein the requested notification type includes one or more of a receipt notification which notifies the subscriber when the message is received by the recipient and a read notification which notifies the subscriber when the message is read by the recipient; processing the requested notification type and the requested notification destination; and sending a notification of the requested notification type and concerning an aspect of the message irrespective of message content to the requested notification destination, the notification being separate from a reply from the recipient.