Systems and methods for delivering messages via SMPP bridge for multiple delivery channels

• US 10,021,698 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2014
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qwasi Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qwasi Inc.
• Inventors: Thies, Jon, Rodriguez, Rob, Montemayor, Karl
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAN, PHUC H
• Application Number:
  US14/528,896
• Publication Number:
  US 20150117373A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,349 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/53 based on regulatory allocation policies

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for delivering communications to one or more consumer devices via an application provider proxy. A method for delivering and presenting notifications via an application provider proxy includes identifying an occurrence of an event for which a notification is to be delivered to a consumer device. The method also includes identifying a consumer notification policy associated with the consumer device applicable to the notification to be delivered and holding the notification until conditions of the consumer notification policy have been met. The method also includes releasing the notification for presentation at the consumer device upon determining that the rules of the consumer notification policy have been met.

Claims

1. A method for delivering messages received via a short message peer-to-peer (SMPP) protocol over one of a plurality of delivery channels, comprising:

establishing, by a message deliverer on a device intermediary between a client device and a plurality of consumer devices, a short message peer-to-peer (SMPP) connection with the client device based on SMPP protocol, the SMPP connection for communicating short message service (SMS) messages;

receiving, by the message deliverer, from the client device over the SMPP connection, a first request, via the SMPP protocol, to deliver a message to at least one consumer device of the plurality of consumer devices, the first request including the message and a delivery policy specifying one or more non-SMS delivery channels through which to deliver the message;

identifying, by the message deliverer, from the delivery policy in the first request, the one or more non-SMS delivery channels; and

transmitting, by the message deliverer, for the one or more non-SMS delivery channels, a second request to deliver the message via the one or more non-SMS delivery channels to the at least one consumer device;

wherein transmitting the second request includes transmitting, by the message deliverer, for a first non-SMS delivery channel, a corresponding second request to a first entity configured to transmit the message to the consumer device via the first non-SMS delivery channel and transmitting, by the message deliverer, for a second non-SMS delivery channel, another corresponding second request to a second entity configured to transmit the message to the consumer device via the second non-SMS delivery channel.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one of the non-SMS delivery channels includes one of a) a push notification delivery channel through which the message is delivered to a consumer device as a push notification via an application operating on the consumer device;

or b) an instant messaging channel through which the message is delivered to a consumer device as an instant message via an instant messaging application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing, by the message deliverer, the SMPP connection with the client device includes establishing the SMPP connection with a client agent operating on the client device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one consumer device includes an application operating on the recipient consumer device, and wherein transmitting the second request includes transmitting, by the message deliverer, the message towards the consumer device such that a notification delivery application executing on the consumer device receives the message and responsive to a consumer delivery policy, presents the notification on the consumer device as one of a push notification or an instant message.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

inspecting a header of the first request;

identifying fields of the header of the first request; and

determining, from values of the identified fields, the delivery policy according to which to deliver the message.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the delivery policy specifies a time at which to deliver the message, or a triggering condition, which when triggered, causes the message to be delivered.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the delivery policy specifies an application executing on the mobile device via which to present the message as a notification on the consumer device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the delivery policy identifies one or more of a) one or more consumer devices to which the message is to be delivered;

b) one or more non-SMS delivery channels according to which the message is to be delivered;

or c) a time at which the message is to be delivered.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein to establish, by the message deliverer, the SMPP connection with the client device, the processor establishes the SMPP connection with a client agent operating on the client device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the second request including the message towards the at least one consumer device includes transmitting the second request to a third-party push notification service configured to transmit the message included in the second request to the consumer device for presentation via an application executing on the client device, the application specific to the client device.

11. A system for delivering messages received via a short message peer-to-peer (SMPP) protocol over one of a plurality of delivery channels, the system comprising:

a message deliverer executing on a device intermediary between a client device and a plurality of consumer devices, the message deliverer including a memory having processor executable instructions stored thereon and a processor to execute the processor executable instructions stored on the memory to cause the message deliverer to

establish a short message peer-to-peer (SMPP) connection with the client device based on SMPP protocol, the SMPP connection for communicating short message service (SMS) messages;

receive, from the client device over the SMPP connection, a first request, via the SMPP protocol, to deliver a message to at least one consumer device of the plurality of consumer devices, the first request including the message and a delivery policy specifying one or more non-SMS delivery channels through which to deliver the message;

identify, from the delivery policy in the first request, the one or more non-SMS delivery channels; and

transmit, for the one or more non-SMS delivery channels, a second request to deliver the message via the one or more non-SMS delivery channels to the at least one consumer device; and

wherein to transmit the second request, the message deliver to transmit a corresponding second request to a first entity configured to transmit the message to the consumer device via the first non-SMS delivery channel; and

transmit, for a second non-SMS delivery channel, another corresponding second request to a second entity configured to transmit the message to the consumer device via the second non-SMS delivery channel.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the one of the non-SMS delivery channels includes one of a) a push notification delivery channel through which the message is delivered to a consumer device as a push notification via an application operating on the consumer device;

or b) an instant messaging channel through which the message is delivered to a consumer device as an instant message via an instant messaging application.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one consumer device includes an application operating on the recipient consumer device, and wherein transmitting the second request includes transmitting, by the message deliverer, the message towards the consumer device such that a notification delivery application executing on the consumer device receives the message and responsive to a consumer delivery policy, presents the notification on the consumer device as one of a push notification or an instant message.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the message deliverer to:

inspect a header of the first request;

identify fields of the header of the first request; and

determine, from values of the identified fields, the delivery policy according to which to deliver the message.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the delivery policy specifies a time at which to deliver the message, or a triggering condition, which when triggered, causes the message to be delivered.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the delivery policy specifies an application executing on the mobile device via which to present the message as a notification on the consumer device.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the delivery policy identifies one or more of a) one or more consumer devices to which the message is to be delivered;

b) one or more non-SMS delivery channels according to which the message is to be delivered;

or c) a time at which the message is to be delivered.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein to transmit the second request including the message towards the at least one consumer device, the second request is transmitted to a third-party push notification service that transmits the message included in the second request to the consumer device for presentation via an application executing on the client device, the application specific to the client device.