US 7,894,837 B2
Instant messaging terminal adapted for wireless communication access pointsGeneral
US 7,894,837 B2
Instant messaging terminal adapted for wireless communication access points
Tech Center:
2600 Communications
Examiner:
Tuan A Tran
Art Unit:
2618 Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
Inventors:
Rafael Heredia; Frank U. Greer; Michael P. Dean
Assignee:
NEXUS MEDICAL PARTNERS, II, L.P.
Priority:
10/05/07
Filed:
10/05/07
Granted:
02/22/11
Expiration:
07/01/29
Abstract
A handheld instant messaging terminal manages multiple conversation sessions across multiple instant messaging services. The handheld terminal includes a handheld terminal housing, a data entry device integrated in the terminal housing, the data entry device generates textual characters and graphical symbols in response to actuation of the data entry device, a display mounted in the terminal housing to display textual characters and graphical symbols including the textual characters and graphical symbols generated by the data entry device, an Internet protocol communications module located within the handheld terminal housing to generate instant messaging (IM) data messages in an Internet protocol that include the textual characters and graphical symbols generated by the data entry device, a wireless transceiver mounted within the handheld terminal housing and coupled to the Internet protocol communications module to generate wireless data messages corresponding to the IM data messages that radiate from an antenna coupled to the wireless transceiver, and a control module located within the housing and coupled to the Internet protocol communications module, the control module including at least one processor that executes an application program to implement instant messaging and session protocols for IM data messages communicated during at least one conversation session through the Internet protocol communications module and the wireless transceiver.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
H04H04M1/72436H04L51/04H04M