.~ Auxiliary data signaling (e.g., short message service (SMS))
DEFINITION
Classification: 455/466
Auxiliary data signaling (e.g., short message service (SMS)):
(under subclass 403) Subject matter including transmission of additional data messages which are nondestructive to voice communication.
(1) Note. Auxiliary data signaling is widely used in cellular digital packet data transmission (CDPD) or in short message service (SMS).
(2) Note. Nominal recitations of CDPD or SMS with significant radiotelephone system are classified herein. For significant CDPD or SMS, see SEARCH CLASS note below.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
370, Multiplex Communications,
328+, and 349 for cellular digital packet data transmission and subclasses 496 and 522 for signaling in a frequency division and time division multiplex communication system, respectively.