Unified addressing
View Patent ↗An outgoing message composed on a mobile wireless communication device may be recognized as including a Short Messaging Service (SMS) destination address in an addressing field. The outgoing message may then be processed to create a SMS message payload. The SMS message payload may then be passed to a SMS client application executed on the wireless communication device with an indication of the SMS destination address so that the SMS client application may form an SMS message based on the SMS message payload and the indication of the SMS destination address.
1. A method of handling an outgoing message in a communication device, said method comprising:
presenting a message composition interface for creating a being-composed message wherein said message is formatted for an email message handling service;
determining that said being-composed message comprises a first destination address for said email message handling service;
determining that said being-composed message comprises a second Short Messaging Service (SMS) destination address in an addressing field;
determining whether a device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of concatenating multiple SMS message payloads;
during composition of said being-composed message, displaying a marker in said message composition interface to indicate a point in said being-composed message at which a character limit has been met if said device associated with said SMS destination address is incapable of said concatenating;
permitting editing of said being-composed message while displaying said marker;
passing said message to a client application on said communication device for said SMS with an indication of said second destination address; and
transmitting said being-composed message as a macro SMS message where the device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of said concatenating, or, as multiple SMS message payloads where the device associated with said SMS destination address is not capable of said concatenating,
said transmitting as multiple SMS message payloads comprising formulating a first SMS message based on a first SMS message payload and said second SMS destination address and formulating a second SMS message based on a second SMS message payload and said second SMS destination address.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said SMS destination address is a first SMS destination address and said method further comprises:
determining that said message is associated with a second SMS destination address; and
passing said first and second SMS message payloads to said SMS client application with an indication of said second SMS destination address.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising including contents of a subject field associated with said message in said first and second SMS message payloads.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting said first and said second SMS messages on a wireless network.
5. A method of controlling a message composition interface for creating a being-composed message on a communication device, said method comprising:
presenting said message composition interface for creating said being-composed message said being-composed message being formatted for an email message handling service;
recognizing that said being-composed message comprises a first destination address for said email message handling service;
recognizing that said being-composed message includes a second Short Messaging Service (SMS) destination address in an addressing field;
determining whether a device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of concatenating multiple SMS message payloads;
during composition of said being-composed message, displaying a marker in said message composition interface to indicate a point in said being-composed message at which a character limit has been met if said device associated with said SMS destination address is incapable of said concatenating;
permitting editing of said being-composed message while displaying said marker;
passing said being-composed message to a client applicant on said communication device for said SMS with an indication of said second destination address;
transmitting said being-composed message as a macro SMS message where the device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of said concatenating, or, as multiple SMS message payloads where the device associated with said SMS destination address is not capable of said concatenating, said transmitting as multiple SMS message payloads comprising formulating a first SMS message based on a first SMS message payload and said second SMS destination address and formulating a second SMS message based on a second SMS message payload and said second SMS destination address.
6. A communication device comprising a processor adapted to:
present a message composition interface for creating a being-composed message wherein said being-composed message is formatted for an email message handling service;
recognize that said being-composed message comprises a first destination address for said email message handling service;
recognize that said being-composed message comprises a second Short Messaging Service (SMS) destination address in an addressing field;
determine whether a device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of concatenating multiple SMS message payloads;
during composition of said being-composed message, display a marker in said message composition interface to indicate a point in said being-composed message at which a character limit has been met if said device associated with said SMS destination address is incapable of said concatenating;
permit editing of said being-composed message while displaying said marker;
pass said being-composed message to a client applicant on said communication device for said SMS with an indication of said second destination address;
transmit said being-composed message as a macro SMS message where the device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of said concatenating, or, as multiple SMS message payloads where the device associated with said SMS destination address is not capable of said concatenating, said transmitting as multiple SMS message payloads comprising formulating a first SMS message based on a first SMS message payload and said second SMS destination address and formulating a second SMS message based on a second SMS message payload and said second SMS destination address.
7. A computer readable medium containing computer-executable instructions that, when performed by a processor in a communication device, cause said processor to:
present a message composition interface for creating a being-composed message said being-composed message being formatted for an email message handling service;
recognize that said being-composed message comprises a first destination address for said email message handling service;
recognize that said being-composed message comprises a second Short Messaging Service (SMS) destination address in an addressing field;
determine whether a device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of concatenating multiple SMS message payloads;
during composition of said being-composed message, display a marker in said message composition interface to indicate a point in said being-composed message at which a character limit has been met if said device associated with said SMS destination address is incapable of said concatenating;
permit editing of said being-composed message while displaying said marker;
pass said being-composed message to a client application on said communication device for said SMS with an indication of said second destination address;
transmit said being-composed message as a macro SMS message where the device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of said concatenating, or, as multiple SMS message payloads where the device associated with said SMS destination address is not capable of said concatenating, said transmitting as multiple SMS message payloads comprising formulating a first SMS message based on a first SMS message payload and a second SMS destination address and formulating a second SMS message based on a second SMS message payload and said second SMS destination address.
8. A method of controlling a message composition interface on a communication device, said method comprising:
presenting a message composition interface for creating a being-composed message said being-composed message being formatted for an email message handling service;
populating fields of said message composition interface based on user input;
recognizing a destination address for said email message handling service in an addressing field of said message composition interface;
recognizing a Short Messaging Service (SMS) destination address in an addressing field of said message composition interface;
determining whether a device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of concatenating multiple SMS message payloads;
during composition of said being-composed message, displaying a marker in said message composition interface to indicate a point in said being-composed message at which a character limit has been met if said device associated with said SMS destination address is incapable of said concatenating;
permitting editing of said being-composed message while displaying said marker;
passing said being-composed message to a client application on said communication device for said SMS with an indication of said SMS destination address;
transmitting said being-composed message as a macro SMS message where the device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of said concatenating, or, as multiple SMS message payloads where the device associated with said SMS destination address is not capable of said concatenating, said transmitting as multiple SMS message payloads comprising formulating a first SMS message based on a first SMS message payload and said second SMS destination address and formulating a second SMS message based on a second SMS message payload and said second SMS destination address.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein said displaying a marker further comprises displaying another marker in said text field to indicate another point in said being-composed message at which a further character limit has been met such that text between said marker and said another marker will be sent as one SMS message payload.
10. The method of claim 8 wherein said determining comprises consulting an entry associated with said SMS destination address in a contact management application on said communication device, said entry indicating whether a device associated with said SMS destination address is capable of concatenating multiple SMS message payloads.