Patent ID: 8676122

Claim:
A method of communication utilizing a satellite communications network comprising: compressing a text message to form an encoded text message, said compressing operation including: performing auto-completion of a word of said text message as characters of said word are entered at a mobile communication device; and formatting said word of said text message with a pointer address to a first source table associated with said mobile communication device, said first source table having said word corresponding to said pointer address stored therein; transmitting said encoded text message from said mobile communication device to a short range radio module within a satellite modem using a short range wireless communication link; transmitting said encoded text message as a satellite message from a short burst data transceiver within said satellite modem to a satellite within said satellite communications network using a long range wireless communication link, said short range radio module being in communication with said short burst data transceiver; relaying said satellite message via said satellite communications network for receipt at a receiving unit; and decompressing said encoded text message at said receiving unit, said decompressing operation including utilizing said pointer address to access a second source table associated with said receiving unit to recover said word of said text message stored in said second source table.