Inter-carrier short text message delivery
First Claim
1. A method of routing a mobile telephone short text message, comprising:
- receiving a short text message at a short message gateway from a first mobile telephone message network, the short text message having a destination directory number and the short message gateway and the first mobile telephone message network being operated by a first mobile telephone carrier;
determining that the destination directory number received is associated with a communication device that is in a second network that is not operated by the first mobile telephone carrier;
reformatting the short text message to include address information compatible with transmission over a global public computer network to the second network; and
sending the short text message with the address information to the second network over the global public computer network.
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Abstract
A method is provided for routing mobile telephone short text messages between different mobile telephone messaging networks, including mobile telephone messaging networks operated by a single carrier (i.e., intra-carrier messaging) or by different carriers (i.e., inter-carrier messaging). The method includes receiving a short text message at a mobile telephone short message gateway operated by a first mobile telephone carrier, the short text message having a destination directory number (DN). The short message gateway determines that the destination directory number (DN) is associated with one of two or more mobile telephone networks. The two or more mobile telephone networks may be operated by the first mobile telephone carrier alone or by the first mobile telephone carrier and another carrier. The short text message is then routed to the appropriate mobile telephone network based upon its destination directory number (DN). In a particular implementation, the short text message is a Short Message Service (SMS) message, and the short message gateway is a Short Message Peer to Peer (SMPP) gateway. The routing of the SMS includes reformatting it to include a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) address of an SMPP gateway of the mobile telephone messaging network to which the SMS message is directed. The SMS message is then sent as an SMTP message over the Internet.
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1. A method of routing a mobile telephone short text message, comprising:
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receiving a short text message at a short message gateway from a first mobile telephone message network, the short text message having a destination directory number and the short message gateway and the first mobile telephone message network being operated by a first mobile telephone carrier;
determining that the destination directory number received is associated with a communication device that is in a second network that is not operated by the first mobile telephone carrier;
reformatting the short text message to include address information compatible with transmission over a global public computer network to the second network; and
sending the short text message with the address information to the second network over the global public computer network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of routing a Short Message Service message, comprising:
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receiving a Short Message Service (SMS) message at a Short Message Peer to Peer (SMPP) gateway from a first network operated by a first carrier, the SMS message having a destination directory number;
determining that the destination directory number received is associated with a communication device that is in a second network operated by a second carrier;
reformatting the SMS message to include a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) address of an SMPP gateway of the second network; and
sending the SMS message to the second network as an SMTP message over the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A method of routing a mobile telephone short text message, comprising:
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receiving a short text message at a mobile telephone short message gateway operated by a first mobile telephone carrier, the short text message having a destination directory number;
determining whether the destination directory number is associated with a first mobile telephone network domain associated with the first mobile telephone carrier or a second mobile telephone network domain associated with a second mobile telephone carrier, the first and second mobile telephone network domains being associated with respective first and second mobile telephone message networks;
routing the short text message to the one of the first and second mobile telephone message networks corresponding to the domain with which the destination directory number is associated. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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