Eric Burger (eburger@snowshore.com)
Wed, 11 Apr 2001 00:08:00 GMT
I'm really leaning towards a pager-message.
Original normative text is:
The short-message class states the message is a short
text message, such as a short text message service (SMS)
message or text pager message.
Proposed normative text is:
7.2.3 pager-message
The pager-message class states the message is a page,
such as a text or numeric pager message or a traditional
short text message service (SMS) message.
An excerpt of the original informative text is:
[snip]
...
People use SMS for relatively urgent messages, which
the sender wishes the receiver to see and possibly
respond to within a short time period.
[snip]
Proposed informative text is:
10.2. Pager service
One can use a pager message to convey textual information of limited size. The typical limit is 160 characters.
One delivery method for pager messages is the short text messaging service (SMS). SMS is a facility that has evolved for use with mobile telephones, and has an associated per-message transmission charge. People use pages for relatively urgent messages, which the sender wishes the receiver to see and possibly respond to within a short time period.
Example devices for sending and receiving a pager message are a mobile telephone with a small character display or a text pager. Personal computers and personal digital assistants (PDAs) can also participate in pager messaging.
Currently, the most common use of pager messages are between just two parties (one-to-one).
Users often send pager messages in isolation, rather than as part of a longer exchange. One use for them is as a prompt or invitation to communicate by some more convenient and content-rich method, such as a telephone call. However, in more developed markets, subscribers use traditional pager delivery methods for full-duplex conversations. For example, it is now possible to use the SMS as a wireless chat service.
Users often send pager messages in isolation, rather than as part of a longer exchange. One use for them is as a prompt or invitation to communicate by some more convenient and content-rich method, such as a telephone call. However, in more developed markets, subscribers use traditional pager delivery methods for full-duplex conversations. For example, it is now possible to use the SMS as a wireless chat service.
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