DE10133258A1 - Sending short messages, preferably from mobile telephone involves entering short message and entering addressees and/or selecting addressees and/or groups of addressees from list - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for sending SMS messages on a mobile telecommunications terminal, preferably a cell phone, wherein the SMS message and at least one telephone number are entered to identify the addressee or selected from a list. The invention is characterized in that after entering or selecting the first telephone number, at least one further telephone number can be entered or selected from a list to which the SMS message is then sent. DOLLAR A In addition, the invention also relates to a mobile telecommunications terminal, preferably a cell phone, with means for carrying out the above. Process.

Description

The invention relates to a method for sending SMS Messages on a mobile telecommunications terminal, preferably a cell phone, the SMS message and at least one telephone number to identify the addressee entered this message or from a list can be selected.

Furthermore, the invention relates to a telecommunications Terminal, preferably a cell phone, which means for Has writing and sending SMS messages.

The above method and such mobile Telecommunications terminals are generally known. When sending SMS messages on cell phones often encounter the problem that SMS messages that you send to multiple participants would like to do it multiple times in a complex manner must be written since the current devices only are able to send SMS messages to a specific one Send the addressee to whom this SNS message is assigned.

It is therefore an object of the invention to create same SMS messages to multiple addressees to be able to send without having to re-enter the SMS message several times to have to.

This object of the invention is achieved through the features of solved two independent claims.

Accordingly, the inventors suggest the method of Sending SMS messages on a mobile telecommunications Terminal, preferably a cell phone, in which the SMS message and at least one phone number to identify the Addressees entered or from a list is selected to improve that after entering or selecting the first phone number at least one more Telephone number entered or an addressee or a group can be selected from a list of addressees which will then send the SMS message.

With this procedure it is now possible for an SMS Message is written only once and then a list of addressees to whom the cell phone is generated then sent the same SMS message.

An input loop is advantageous with this method go through a list of numbers for everyone The recipient of the SMS is generated, preferably for so long Phone numbers for the SMS can be entered until the Storage capacity of the mobile telecommunications terminal is exhausted.

According to the basic idea of the invention the inventors also propose the known mobile Telecommunications terminal, preferably a cell phone, which Has means for writing and sending SMS messages, to improve in that a processor, program code Means and memory are provided to perform the method according to be able to perform one of claims 1 to 3.

Further advantageous embodiments are shown in the Subclaims and the following description of a preferred Embodiment can be seen.

Fig. 1 shows schematically the inventive method for sending SMS messages in a flow scheme.

At 1, the user of a cell phone selects the menu item "SMS write ". Then he gets to point 2 by using the SMS Message, preferably via the keyboard of the cell phone, enters. After completing the SMS message, he arrives at Point 3 by entering the addressee's phone number for the Enter written SMS, or from a list, to Example of the phone book of the mobile phone. If in Telephone book already defines certain groups of addressees he can also select such groups, which then automatically all members of this group to receive the SMS are selected.

Subsequently, at 4 according to the invention, the question is asked whether the SMS is now sent or further entry requests in the List of phone numbers are desired. Will this answer answered yes, it runs through a loop with which he returns to the phone number entry and only after the Answering the question at 4 by no is the SMS below Point 5 to everyone in the list of addressees of the SMS available phone numbers sent.

It is also possible that in addition to the performed loop between points 3 and 4 an im Cell phone existing phone book is called, in which a or several entries - that is, individual addressees or Groups of addressees - can be marked so that then the previously entered SMS to the marked ones Entries in the phone book can be sent.

Overall, the invention enables simple shipping an identical SMS to a large number of participants without having to call up or enter this SMS again.

Claims (4)

1. A method for sending SMS messages on a mobile telecommunications terminal, preferably a cell phone, wherein the SMS message and at least one telephone number to identify the addressee is entered or selected from a list, characterized in that after entering or selecting the first telephone number, at least one further telephone number can be entered or an addressee or a group of addressees can be selected from a list to which the SMS message is then sent. 2. The method according to the preceding method claim 1 , characterized in that an input loop is run through which a list of numbers is generated for all recipients of the SMS. 3. The method according to any one of the preceding method claims 1 to 2 , characterized in that telephone numbers can be entered for the SMS until the storage capacity of the mobile telecommunications terminal is exhausted. 4. Mobile telecommunications terminal, preferably a cell phone with means of writing and sending of SMS messages, characterized by that a processor, program code means and memory are provided to the method according to one of the Perform claims 1 to 3.