Inter-carrier short messaging service providing phone number only experience
First Claim
1. In a message distribution center, a phone number only experience provided by:
- a database associating subscriber MIN numbers with servicing carriers;
a database associating carriers with routing syntax; and
an inter-carrier messaging module to receive a short message addressed with only a MIN number, to perform a lookup in said database associating subscriber MIN numbers and in said database associating carriers with routing syntax, and to add routing syntax determined from said lookup to said MIN number.
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Abstract
A phone number only messaging experience is provided in an Inter-Carrier Short Messaging System (IC-SMS) service. Subscriber to subscriber messages are routed between carrier'"'"'s networks using an Inter-Carrier messaging module with appropriate MIN/carrier/carrier routing look-up capabilities. Short messages may be sent to a subscriber in another carrier'"'"'s network addressed only with a phone number. If the recipient is outside of the sender'"'"'s carrier network, the Inter-Carrier messaging module of the Inter-Carrier service provider (ICSP) determines the appropriate carrier for the recipient, appends the appropriate syntax to the short message to allow internet protocol (IP) or other standardized communication techniques between SMSCs of the two carriers, and routes the short message to the destination carrier. The recipient in the other carrier'"'"'s network may reply back to the ICSP'"'"'s sender using only the subscriber'"'"'s directory number.
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14 Claims
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1. In a message distribution center, a phone number only experience provided by:
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a database associating subscriber MIN numbers with servicing carriers;
a database associating carriers with routing syntax; and
an inter-carrier messaging module to receive a short message addressed with only a MIN number, to perform a lookup in said database associating subscriber MIN numbers and in said database associating carriers with routing syntax, and to add routing syntax determined from said lookup to said MIN number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of providing a phone number only experience to a subscriber, comprising:
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receiving an initial short message addressed to a MIN only;
associating a carrier providing service to said MIN;
formulating a new short message including a body of said initial short message and newly addressed to said MIN with a syntax associated with said carrier providing service to said MIN; and
routing said new short message. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Apparatus for providing a phone number only experience to a subscriber, comprising:
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means for receiving an initial short message addressed to a MIN only;
means for associating a carrier providing service to said MIN;
means for formulating a new short message including a body of said initial short message and newly addressed to said MIN with a syntax associated with said carrier providing service to said MIN; and
means for routing said new short message. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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