Method for time-stamping a message based on a recipient location
View Patent ↗A method time-stamps an electronic message in accordance with information about the time zone in which the intended recipient resides where the message is originally received by a message center in a time zone different from the intended recipient.
1. A method for time-stamping a message to a mobile recipient, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving a message at a message center, the message intended for receipt by a given recipient;
detecting a location of the given recipient;
determining a time zone associated with a detected location of the recipient; and
creating a time-stamp for said message using said determined time zone.
2. The method of claim 1 comprising the further step of transmitting said message with said time-stamp from said message center to the recipient.
3. A method for sending a time-stamped message to a mobile recipient, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving a message at a message center in a first time zone;
determining a second time zone in which the mobile recipient is located;
creating a time-stamp based on said second time zone; and
sending said time-stamp and said message to the mobile recipient.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein said first and second time zones are different.
5. The method of claim 3 wherein said step of determining said second time zone comprises the step of:
determining a network node with which the mobile recipient is registered.
6. The method of claim 5 wherein said network switch comprises a switch providing wireless communication capabilities.