System and method for routing messages over disparate networks

• US 20040243719A1
• Filed: 05/28/2003
• Published: 12/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Openwave Systems Incorporated (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Original Assignee: Openwave Systems Incorporated (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Inventors: Roselinsky, Milt
• Application Number:
  US10/447,059
• Publication Number:
  US 20040243719A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/245
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/37 E-mail addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/38 Telephone uniform resource identifier [URI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/30 Managing network names, e.g. use of aliases or nicknames name-to-address mapping H04L61/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4552 Lookup mechanisms between a plurality of directories; Synchronisation of directories, e.g. metadirectories
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4555 Directories for electronic mail or instant messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4557 Directories for hybrid networks, e.g. including telephone numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561

Abstract

A system and method for resolving message address information uses a dynamic address resolution server and/or an address resolution rules engine to resolve partial, incomplete, indirect, non-native or external message address information. The address resolution server and the address resolution rule engine determine a destination network associated with the non-native or external address information and modifies the address information so that the message can be routed to the destination network.

Claims

1. A method for routing messages with non-native address information comprising:

identifying non-native address information in a received message from an address resolution client;

determining a destination network associated with the non-native address information; and

modifying the non-native address information to provide complete address information that will ensure that the message is routed to the destination network.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

querying the destination network to obtain routing information; and

reformatting the message using said routing information.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the non-native address information is a telephone number, and wherein the destination network is a mobile telephone network.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the telephone number is an E.164 telephone number.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

identifying messaging domain information for the telephone network associated with the E.164 telephone number; and

modifying the non-native address information by appending the messaging domain information to the E.164 telephone number.

6. The method of claim 3 further comprising:

inserting the complete address information into the message to create a modified message; and

transmitting the modified message to the destination network.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

identifying two or more possible destination networks that may be associated with the non-native address information;

creating a modified address for each of the two or more possible destination networks; and

creating a modified message for each possible destination network using the respective modified address for each possible destination network.

8. A system for routing messages by modifying non-native address information in the messages, comprising:

an address resolution server for identifying the non-native address information in the messages; and

an address resolution rules engine for determining possible destination networks associated with the non-native address information.

9. The system of claim 8 further comprising:

means for identifying a type of network addressed by the messages; and

means for identifying the messaging capabilities of the addressed network.

10. The system of claim 9 further comprising:

means for modifying the non-native address information to form complete address information for the addressed network.

11. The system of claim 9 further comprising:

means for querying a destination network to learn the capabilities of a destination network.

12. The system of claim 9 further comprising:

means for modifying message content to conform with the capabilities of a destination network.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein said means for modifying includes:

means for removing attached files from the messages.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein said means for modifying includes:

means for truncating message text to a number of characters accepted by the destination network.

15. A method for modifying non-native address information in electronic messages comprising:

identifying the non-native address information in the message;

determining that the non-native address information is a telephone number;

determining a telephone network associated with the telephone number; and

identifying messaging domain information for the telephone network;

modifying the non-native address information by appending the messaging domain information to the telephone number.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

querying the telephone network to obtain the messaging domain information.

17. The method of claim 15 further comprising:

using portions of an E. 164 number to identify the associated telephone network.

18. The method of claim 15 wherein two or more telephone networks may be associated with the telephone number, the method further comprising:

determining routing information for each of the associated telephone networks; and

creating a new message for each associated telephone network.

19. A method for transmitting messages from an originating network to a destination network comprising:

determining the destination network based upon a recipient'"'"'s address format in a message; and

modifying address information and message content in the message based upon the destination network'"'"'s capabilities to improve delivery characteristics for the message.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the modifying step further includes:

modifying the format and encoding of the message contents to ensure that the recipient can view the message contents.