System and method for SMS text routing

• US 20050003837A1
• Filed: 05/07/2004
• Published: 01/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Midkiff, David S., Cast, Thomas J.
• Application Number:
  US10/840,810
• Publication Number:
  US 20050003837A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A system and method is that enables a user to enter a single address or number into a mobile device and thereby request many types of information based on simple keywords. In one embodiment, the information is requested using a mobile-originated SMS message, and the user thereafter receives the requested information by a mobile terminated SMS message.

Claims

1. A short text messaging method for routing short text messages, the method comprising:

transmitting a short text message from an short text messaging device of the originating user to a router;

analyzing the short text message;

routing the short text message to a recipient application based on keywords with the text message; and

transmitting a short text reply message to the short text messaging device of the originating user.

2. The method of claim 1 in which the router is a SMPP Gateway text router.

3. The method of claim 1 in which the recipient of the short text message is uniquely identified by the keywords within the short text message.

4. The method of claim 1 in which the messaging device of the originating user is a mobile telephone.

5. The method of claim 1 in which the keywords identify a recipient application and a user-specified argument.

6. A short text messaging method for routing short text messages, the method comprising:

receiving a short text message originating from a wireless messaging device;

analyzing the short text message;

routing the short text message to a recipient data processing system application based on keywords within the text message; and

sending a short text reply message, corresponding to the short text message, to be transmitted to the wireless messaging device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the wireless messaging device is a mobile telephone.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising routing the short text message to a data processing system based on keywords within the text message.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the router is a SMPP Gateway text router.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the recipient of the short text message is uniquely identified by the keywords within the short text message.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the keywords include a recipient data processing system application identifier and a user-specified argument.

12. A short text messaging system, comprising:

receiving means for receiving a short text message, the short text message originating from a wireless messaging device;

processing means for analyzing the short text message;

routing means for routing the short text message to a recipient data processing system application based on keywords within the text message; and

sending means for sending a short text reply message, corresponding to the short text message, to be transmitted to the wireless messaging device.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the wireless messaging device is a mobile telephone.

14. The system of claim 12, further comprising means for routing the short text message to a data processing system based on keywords within the text message.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the routing means is a SMPP Gateway text router.

16. A computer program product tangibly embodied in a machine-readable medium, the method comprising:

instructions for receiving a short text message originating from a wireless messaging device;

instructions for analyzing the short text message;

instructions for routing the short text message to a recipient data processing system application based on keywords within the text message; and

instructions for sending a short text reply message, corresponding to the short text message, to be transmitted to the wireless messaging device.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the wireless messaging device is a mobile telephone.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising instructions for routing the short text message to a data processing system based on keywords within the text message.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the recipient of the short text message is uniquely identified by the keywords within the short text message.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the keywords include a recipient data processing system application identifier and a user-specified argument.

21. In a short text messaging system of a communication network having a short message gateway that routes short text messages, the improvement comprising:

a short text messaging application, stored in a computer readable medium, that correlates a keyword within a short message with the address of an intended recipient application.