US 12,143,900 B2
Sending or receiving SMS by internet messaging application without using internet
Sarath Kakumanu, Chennai (IN)
Appl. No. 17/769,777
Filed by Sarath Kakumanu, Chennai (IN)
PCT Filed Oct. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IN2020/050893
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/074933, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 201941042510 (IN), filed on Oct. 19, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386082 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04L 51/234 (2022.01)
CPC H04W 4/14 (2013.01) [H04L 51/234 (2022.05)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for sending messages by a sender from an internet messaging application and/or mobile messaging application and receiving the messages by a receiver in mobile messaging application and/or internet messaging application, the method comprises the steps of:
creating a message by the sender, using an interface of Internet Messaging Application installed in subscriber identity module (SIM) enabled communication device;
providing a plurality of options on the interface of the internet messaging application for sending the message, wherein the plurality of options for sending the message includes sending message through offline mode or sending the message as short message service (SMS) from the internet messaging application and/or the mobile messaging application;
selecting an option by the sender, from the plurality of options for sending the message to a receiver's SIM enabled communication device;
transmitting the message from the internet messaging application and/or a mobile messaging application installed on the sender's SIM enabled communication device to the internet messaging application or mobile messaging application installed on the receiver's terminal device, wherein the message is transmitted based on the option selected by the sender and/or connectivity of the sender's terminal device to internet, wherein the option of sending the message as SMS service while the internet connectivity of the sender is not available includes,
sending the message through SMS from the sender's internet messaging application that automatically redirects to the mobile messaging application of the sender:
message in the sender's internet messaging application shows the tag SMS with a status
such as but not limited to “Not Sent”:
receiving the message, by a receiver, in the mobile messaging application instantaneously from the sender, wherein the receiver receives the SMS message on his/her registered mobile number:
once the internet connectivity of the sender resumes, the message sent as SMS is pushed automatically from the sender's internet messaging application to the receiver's internet messaging application with the ‘SMS’ tag; and
after successful transmission, the message is stored and displayed in message folders of the internet messaging application and the mobile messaging application installed on the sender and receiver terminal device.