System and method for person-to-person messaging with a value-added service

• US 20030003935A1
• Filed: 06/29/2001
• Published: 01/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Vesikivi, Petri, Kotola, Sakari
• Granted Patent: US 7,389,118 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/517
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5322 for recording text messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 Messaging devices, e.g. message centre
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

A system and method for performing person-to-person messaging with a value added service having a short message service center (SMSC) that receives a message having an address of a terminating wireless device, such as a and a Universal Resource Location (URL); a message server that creates an enhanced message from the address and URL of the message; and a Short Message Service Gateway Mobile Switching Center (SMS GMSC) that forwards the enhanced message to the terminating wireless device. The message server includes a SMSC interface that communicates with the SMSC; an Internet interface that communicates with the Internet; a system bus that connects the SMSC interface and the Internet interface; and a processor, connected to the system bus that extracts the URL and address from the message received via the SMSC interface, retrieves internet content from the Internet located at the URL address, and creates the enhanced message having the retrieved Internet content.

Claims

1. A system for performing person-to-person messaging with a value added service comprising:

a message service center (MSC) that receives a message having an address of a terminating wireless device and a Universal Resource Locator (URL);

a message server that creates an enhanced message from the address of the wireless device and URL of the message; and

a Message Service Gateway Mobile Switching Center (MS GMSC) that forwards the enhanced message to the terminating wireless device.

2. The system according to claim 1 wherein the MSC is a Short Message Service Center (SMSC), the message is a short message (SM), and the MSGMSC is a Short Message Service Gateway Mobile Switching Center (SMS GMSC).

3. The system according to claim 1 wherein the address of the terminating wireless device is a Mobile Station Integrated Service Digital Network (MSISDN) number.

4. The system according to claim 2 wherein the message server comprises:

a SMSC interface that communicates with the SMSC;

an Internet interface that communicates with the Internet;

a system bus that connects the SMSC interface and the Internet interface; and

a processor, connected to the system bus that extracts the URL and address from the short message received via the SMSC interface, retrieves internet content from the Internet via the Internet interface located at the URL address, and creates the enhanced message having the retrieved Internet content.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the enhanced message comprises:

an address field; and

a retrieved content field, wherein the processor stores the terminating address from the short message into the address field and stores the retrieved Internet content into the retrieved content field.

6. The system according to claim 4, further comprising a memory device connected to the system bus that temporarily stores data, wherein the processor stores the retrieved Internet content in the memory device.

7. The system according to claim 1 further comprising a personal computer that creates the message and forwards the message to the MSC.

8. The system according to claim 1 further comprising a wireless device having a SMS editor that creates the message and a media editor that views the enhanced message.

9. The system according to claim 4 further comprising an advertising database connected to the system bus, the database having a plurality of records, each record having an address data field and a preference data field, wherein the preference data field contains advertising data relating to an area of interest for the corresponding address.

10. The system according to claim 9 wherein the enhanced message contains an advertising field, wherein the processor matches the address included in the short message with a corresponding record in the advertising database, extracts advertising data from the preference data field and stores the advertising data in the advertising field of the enhanced message.

11. The system according to claim 4, wherein the Internet content is directed to data selected from the group consisting of:

video data, sound data, image data and text data.

12. The system according to claim 4 wherein the Internet content is directed to a good/service, wherein the processor obtains a shipping address associated with the terminating address and forwards the good/service to the shipping address.

13. The system according to claim 4 wherein the Internet content is directed to a good/service wherein the processor generated an authorization code that allows the terminating wireless device to utilize the good/service.

14. The system according to claim 1 wherein the message contains a message header and a message body, the message body containing the address and URL data.

16. The method according to claim 15 wherein the address of the terminating wireless device is a Mobile Station Integrated Service Digital Network (MSISDN) number.

17. The method according to claim 15 wherein the step of creating further comprises:

accessing an advertisement database containing a plurality of records, each record having an address field and preference data field, the preference data field containing advertisement data;

matching the terminating address with a corresponding record of the advertisement database;

retrieving the corresponding advertisement data; and

storing advertisement data in an advertisement field of the enhanced message.

18. The method according to claim 15 wherein the step of retrieving further comprises:

determining whether the URL address is a valid address;

creating an error message if the URL address is invalid; and

storing the error message in a text field of the enhanced message.

19. The method according to claim 15 further comprising:

determining whether the Internet content located at the URL address is data content or goods/services content;

retrieving the data content and storing the content in a memory device if the URL address refers to data content; and

storing the retrieved data in a retrieved content field of the enhanced message.

20. The method according to claim 15 further comprising:

determining whether the Internet content located at the URL address is data content or goods/services content;

generating an authorization code if the URL address refers to goods/services content; and

storing the authorization code in a retrieved content field of the enhanced message.

21. The method according to claim 15 further comprising:

determining whether the Internet content located at the URL address is data content or goods/services content;

obtaining a shipping address of the terminating wireless device if the URL address refers to goods/services content; and

forwarding the goods/services to the shipping address of the terminating wireless device.

15. A method for performing person-to-person messaging with a value-added service comprising:

receiving a message having an address of a terminating wireless device and a Universal Resource Location (URL) address;

retrieving Internet content located at the URL address;

creating an enhanced message and storing the retrieved Internet content in the enhanced message; and

sending the enhanced message to the terminating wireless device.

22. A system for performing person-to-person messaging with a value-added service comprising:

means for receiving a message having an address of a terminating wireless device and a Universal Resource Location (URL) address;

means for retrieving Internet content located at the URL address;

means for creating an enhanced message and storing the retrieved Internet content in the enhanced message; and

means for sending the enhanced message to the terminating wireless device.

23. The system according to claim 22 wherein the means for creating further comprises:

means for accessing an advertisement database containing a plurality of records, each record having an address field and preference data field, the preference data field containing advertisement data;

means for matching the terminating address with a corresponding record of the advertisement database;

means for retrieving the corresponding advertisement data; and

means for storing advertisement data in an advertisement field of the enhanced message.

24. The system according to claim 22 further comprising:

means for determining whether the Internet content located at the URL address is data content or goods/services content;

means for retrieving the data content and storing the content in a memory device if the URL address refers to data content; and

means for storing the retrieved data in a retrieved content field of the enhanced message.

25. The system according to claim 22 further comprising:

means for determining whether the Internet content located at the URL address is data content or goods/services content;

means for generating an authorization code if the URL address refers to goods/services content; and

means for storing the authorization code in a retrieved content field of the enhanced message.

26. The system according to claim 22 further comprising:

means for determining whether the Internet content located at the URL address is data content or goods/services content;

means for obtaining a shipping address of the terminating wireless device if the URL address refers to goods/services content; and

means for forwarding the goods/services to the shipping address of the terminating wireless device.