Intermediary network system and method for facilitating message exchange between wireless networks
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Abstract
Network System and Method for facilitating message exchange between mobile subscribers belonging to the same or different public land mobile networks, possibly incorporating different standards. Message exchange between two subscribers of the same or different networks may involve one or more lookups on subscription data, zero or more message transformations, one or more routing decisions including application of costing functions, and, storage and propagation of the message in one or more Core or Intermediary networks. The messages may be of type, among others, SMS (Short Message Service), MMS (Multimedia Message Service), or EMAIL.
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62 Claims
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1-42. -42. (canceled)
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43. A method of resolving routing for a message, wherein a destination of the message is based on a mobile telephone number, the method comprising:
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determining if the telephone number is an international telephone number;
if the telephone number is an international telephone number;
obtaining a mobile country code;
determining whether the country associated with the country code supports number portability and, if so, performing a routing information lookup to extract a destination carrier ID and roaming information, and if not, obtaining a mobile network carrier ID based on the telephone number;
if the telephone number is not an international telephone number;
obtaining carrier ID information based on at least one of (i) NPA/NXX of the telephone number and (ii) an LSMS NPAC database dip;
obtaining a list of allowed routes for the destination carrier and a service ID;
resolving route addressing for the destination telephone number;
obtaining real time route performance metrics; and
solving a cost function to identify an appropriate route for the message. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62-78. -78. (canceled)
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