Methods and apparatus for delivering a message to two or more associated wireless communication devices
View Patent ↗A method is performed by a message-originating communication device. The method includes inputting, by the device's user interface, a request to deliver a message to a first address. The device accesses, in response to receiving the request, a memory to determine a second address that is associated in the memory with the first address. The device then transmits the message to the first address and transmits the message to the second address.
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a user interface of a message-originating communication device, a request to deliver a message to a first address;
accessing, by the communication device and in response to receiving the request, a memory to determine a second address that is associated in the memory with the first address;
transmitting, by the communication device, the message to the first address; and
transmitting, by the communication device, the message to the second address.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting of the message to the first address and to the second address is via a wireless communication network.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first address is of a first communication device and the second address is of a second communication device.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first address comprises a first number in a first removable memory card and the second address comprises a second number in a second removable memory card.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first address comprises a first Mobile Station Integrated Services Digital Network (MSISDN) and the second address comprises a second MSISDN.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request comprises depression of a button on the communication device to send the message.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the request comprises depression of the button only once to send the message.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communication device is a cell phone.
9. A message-originating communication device comprising:
a user interface;
a memory configured to store an association between a first address and a second address;
a controller configured to:
receive, from the user interface, a request to send a message to the first address;
in response to the request, access the memory to identify the second address associated with the first address;
transmit the message to the first address; and
transmit the message to the second address.
10. The communication device of claim 9 , wherein the transmitting of the message to the first address and to the second address is via a wireless communication network.
11. The communication device of claim 9 , wherein the first address is of a first communication device and the second address is of a second communication device.
12. The communication device of claim 9 , wherein the first address comprises a first number in a first removable memory card and the second address comprises a second number in a second removable memory card.
13. The communication device of claim 9 , wherein the first address comprises a first Mobile Station Integrated Services Digital Network (MSISDN) and the second address comprises a second MSISDN.
14. A non-transitory processor readable medium that stores software code configured to be executed by a processor to perform the steps of:
receiving, by a user interface of a message-originating communication device, a request to deliver a message to a first address;
accessing, by the communication device and in response to receiving the request, a memory to determine a second address that is associated in the memory with the first address;
transmitting, by the communication device, the message to the first address; and
transmitting, by the communication device, the message to the second address.
15. The processor readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the transmitting of the message to the first address and to the second address is via a wireless communication network.
16. The processor readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the first address is of a first communication device and the second address is of a second communication device.
17. The processor readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the first address comprises a first number in a first removable memory card and the second address comprises a second number in a second removable memory card.
18. The processor readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the first address comprises a first Mobile Station Integrated Services Digital Network (MSISDN) and the second address comprises a second MSISDN.
19. The processor readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the request comprises depression of a button on the communication device to send the message.
20. The processor readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the request comprises depression of the button only once to send the message.