Abstract: A hand-held wireless telecommunications device is disclosed that is configured to send a preconfigured text message to a recipient through use of a global computer network. The wireless device includes a processor, a user input component, a display, memory and a communications module for communications with the global computer network. The wireless device includes a messaging module that connects the wireless device to the global computer network and enables the user to establish communications with a message web site. The method includes providing a user interface to select a recipient from an address list and selecting a message from a plurality of preconfigured messages. The messaging module receives the address list and the preconfigured messages from the message web site based on a user identification and displays the user interface on the display thereby enabling the user to select a recipient and a message from the preconfigured messages.

Abstract: An improved system of short message tracking in a wireless communications network, wherein a tracking system includes a status field bit definition having an 8-bit field wherein only three bits of the status field are used in a basic message status set, wherein the basic message status set consists of free space; used space; message received by mobile station from network—message read; message received by mobile station from network—message to be read; mobile station originating Message—message sent to the network; and mobile station originating message to be sent as text; the improvement including an enhanced message status set including the basic message status set and an extended message status set, wherein all eight bits of the status field bit (definition are used.