Patent 9794762 was granted and assigned to Nokia on October, 2017 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A mobile device is shown in the role of a centralized message transfer agent wherein it manages all messaging for a user for most if not all the time so as to provide a unified messaging approach across all messaging platforms. Other platforms are shown using the mobile device in this unified way. Related systems, methods, integrated circuits, and software are also shown.