System for delivering user-generated short-text notified multimedia messages between operator networks

• US 20070055995A1
• Filed: 09/14/2006
• Published: 03/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mobileum, Incorporated fka Roamware
• Original Assignee: Mobileum, Incorporated fka Roamware
• Inventors: Jiang, John Yue Jun
• Granted Patent: US 7,949,328 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/62
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/10 Flow control between communication endpoints
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/04 using triggered events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/06 Registration at serving network Location Register, VLR or user mobility server
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/12 between location registers or mobility servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems

Abstract

A system for delivering a multimedia message from a message sender in a sender voice/video short messaging service system (VVSS) operator network to a message recipient in a recipient operator network. The system comprises a services hub suitable for routing the multimedia message, the services hub comprising one or more of a first interface with a sender in the sender VVSS operator network, a second interface with a second VVSS in the recipient operator network, a third interface with a third-party VVSS in a third-party VVSS operator network, wherein the third-party operator network is in communication with the recipient operator network, and a fourth interface with another services hub. Further, the services hub communicates with a sender VVSS and a recipient operator. The recipient operator may be a recipient VVSS operator or a non-VVSS recipient operator.

Claims

1. A system for delivering a multimedia message from a message sender in a sender voice/video short messaging service system (VVSS) operator network to a message recipient in a recipient operator network, the system comprising:

a services hub suitable for routing the multimedia message, the services hub comprising one or more of;

a first interface with a sender in the sender VVSS operator network;

a second interface with a second VVSS in the recipient operator network;

a third interface with a third-party VVSS in a third-party VVSS operator network, wherein the third-party operator network is in communication with the recipient operator network; and

a fourth interface with another services hub.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the services hub further comprises:

a services hub decoding module to decode the recipient operator network identification present in one of the multimedia message or a query sent by the sender VVSS.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the recipient operator network identification comprises at least one of an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) or an Internet protocol (IP) address of the recipient operator network.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the services hub further comprises:

a services hub routing module to route the multimedia message using one selected from a group consisting of the second interface, the third interface, and the fourth interface.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the services hub further comprises:

a services hub routing table to identify a next routing hop using at least one selected from a group consisting of the recipient number and the message type.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the next routing hop is selected from a group consisting of the third-party VVSS operator, the services hub, and a recipient VVSS operator.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the multimedia message has a MIME type, and wherein the message type is determined by the MIME type of the multimedia message or a MM4 extensional header.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the MM4 extensional header indicates that the message sender is a sponsor of the multimedia messages.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the multimedia message comprises a special prefix indicating the message sender is a sponsor of the multimedia messages.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the recipient operator network has a HLR, and wherein the the services hub queries the HLR of the recipient operator network to determine whether the message recipient is roaming.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the services hub communicates with the HLR of the recipient operator network over one of an SS7 connection or an IP connection.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein where the services hub further comprises:

a multimedia message storage to store the multimedia message;

a sender routing table to store routing information of the recipient operator network; and

a sender routing logic component for deciding a mode of interworking for routing the multimedia message to the message recipient based upon the routing information.

13. A multimedia message interworking system for delivering a multimedia message to at least one message recipient, the system including a sender VVSS in communication with a message recipient, the sender VVSS comprising:

a first multimedia message storage to store the multimedia message;

a sender routing table to store routing information of at least one recipient operator; and

a sender routing logic component for deciding a mode of interworking for routing the multimedia message to the at least one message recipient based upon the routing information.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the sender VVSS is coupled with a media gateway via one of a circuit-switched connection or a packet-switched connection.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the sender VVSS further comprises:

a recipient identification decoding module to decode the recipient operator network identification on receipt of the message recipient number.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the sender VVSS further comprises:

a first retrieval number storage to store a set of multimedia message retrieval numbers.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the multimedia message has at least one multimedia retrieval number, and wherein the sender VVSS further comprises:

a sender notification module to generate a notification alert, the notification alert comprising at least one selected from a group consisting of a message type, a message sender'"'"'s identification, and one of the at least one multimedia message retrieval number.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the multimedia message retrieval number is a common multimedia message retrieval number for one or more of the at least one message recipients.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the system is interworking voa one of a bilateral communication or indirect interworking.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the bilateral communication is facilitated using one selected from a group consisting of a services hub, a general packet radio service roaming exchange (GRX), and a multimedia messaging service (MMS) broker.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the bilateral communication is facilitated using one selected from a group consisting of a MM7 protocol, a MM4 protocol, and a signaling system #7 (SS7) protocol.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the bilateral communication is facilitated using one selected from a group consisting of a circuit-switched network and a packet switched network.

23. The system of claim 19, wherein the indirect interworking comprises communication between the sender VVSS and a non-VVSS recipient operator via a third VVSS operator.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the sender VVSS is in bilateral communication with the third VVSS operator.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein the non-VVSS recipient operator is in bilateral communication with the third VVSS operator.

26. The system of claim 23, wherein the sender VVSS comprises a services hub.

27. The system of claim 23, wherein the sender VVSS comprises a calling line identification (CLI) module to enable a message sender to send multimedia messages while roaming.

28. The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one recipient operator has a HLR, and wherein the sender VVSS queries the HLR of the at least one recipient operator to determine whether the message recipient is roaming.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the sender VVSS communicates with the HLR of the at least one recipient operator over one of an SS7 connection or an IP connection.

30. A multimedia message interworking system for delivering a multimedia message to at least one message recipient, the system including a VVSS coupled to a recipient operator network in communication with a message recipient, the VVSS comprising:

a multimedia message storage to store the multimedia message;

a multimedia message retrieval number storage to store a set of multimedia message retrieval numbers; and

a recipient notification module to generate a notification alert, the notification alert comprising at least one selected from a group consisting of a message type, a message sender'"'"'s identification, and one of the multimedia message retrieval numbers.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein the set of multimedia message retrieval numbers includes a common multimedia message retrieval number for one or more of the at least one message recipient.

32. The system of claim 30, wherein the set of multimedia message retrieval numbers comprises one or more selected from a group consisting of a local number of the country of the recipient operator, a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) number of the VVSS, and a local number mapped to international number of a sender VVSS.

33. A multimedia message interworking system for delivering a multimedia message to a message recipient, the system comprising:

a sender VVSS in communication with a message sender;

at least one services hub for receiving the multimedia message from the sender VVSS, the multimedia Mnessage comprising at least a message type and a recipient number from which a recipient operator network can be identified; and

a services hub routing module residing in the at least one services hub, the services hub routing module identifying a recipient operator based upon the message type and the recipient operator network identification.

34. The system of claim 33, wherein the services hub further comprises:

a services hub routing table to identify a next routing hop using at least one of the recipient number and the message type.

35. The system of claim 34, wherein the next routing hop is selected from a group consisting of a third-party VVSS operator, the services hub, and a recipient VVSS operator.

36. The system of claim 34, wherein the multimedia message has a MIME type, and wherein the message type is determined by the MIME type of the multimedia message or a MM4 extensional header.

37. The system of claim 36, wherein the MM4 extensional header indicates the message sender is a sponsor of the multimedia messages.

38. The system of claim 33, wherein the multimedia message comprises a special prefix indicating the message sender is a sponsor of the multimedia messages.

39. The system of claim 33, wherein the services hub comprises one or more of a MMS broker or a GRX provider.

40. The system of claim 33, wherein the sender VVSS communicates with the services hub via a MM4 protocol or a GRX interface.

41. The system of claim 33, wherein the services hub communicates with at least one of a VVSS recipient operator.

42. The system of claim 41, wherein the services hub communicates the VVSS recipient operator via one of a MM4 protocol or a GRX interface.

43. The system of claim 33, wherein, the message type comprises a VVSS message type and a non-VVSS message type.

44. The system of claim 33, wherein, the notification alert comprises identification details of the message type.

45. The system of claim 33, wherein, the recipient operator network identification comprises at least one of an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), or an Internet protocol (IP) address of the recipient operator network.