ATLANTA-BulletIN.net, which develops and supplies two-way wireless Internet solutions, won patents in the United States and New Zealand for a single-button reply process for short message service e-mail.
BulletIN.net said the patent solves a problem on typical wireless phones that allows users only to reply to the most recent e-mail message without manually keying in the complete return e-mail address of the sender.
“This technology is analogous to Amazon.com’s recent patent for one-click purchasing online,” said Ron Pearl, BulletIN.net’s chief technology officer. “The key is the same-simplicity and ease-of-use for the users.”
The company said the patent award is the first in a series of patents BulletIN.net plans to announce related to improving the user interface for value-added services and applications over SMS and enhancing WAP capability in the wireless environment.
