Methods, systems, and computer program products for updating message routing profiles

• US 20070060174A1
• Filed: 12/30/2005
• Published: 03/15/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ruckart, John, Newton, Gregory
• Application Number:
  US11/322,639
• Publication Number:
  US 20070060174A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.500
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/20 based on geographic position or location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/08 Mobility data transfer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 Messaging devices, e.g. message centre

Abstract

A method of providing communications can include updating a message routing profile for a subscriber responsive to location associated information received from a communications device proximate to the subscriber.

Claims

1. A method of providing communications comprising:

updating a message routing profile for a subscriber responsive to location associated information received from a communications device proximate to the subscriber.

2. A method according to claim 1 wherein updating further comprises:

receiving location device data associated information at the communications device from a location device as the subscriber changes location;

forwarding a message including at least a portion of the location associated information, based on the location device data, to a message routing profile manager; and

updating the message routing profile for the subscriber to include the at least the portion of the location associated information included in the message.

3. A method according to claim 1 wherein updating a message routing profile comprises updating a location identifier for the message routing profile, a message device type associated with the location identifier, a status for the message device, and/or subscriber status associated with the location identifier.

4. A method according to claim 3 wherein subscriber status comprises do not disturb status, a communications type based do not disturb status, and/or an originator based do not disturb status.

5. A method according to claim 3 wherein updating subscriber status further comprises:

determining subscriber status based on information in a calendar application associated with the subscriber.

6. A method according to claim 3 wherein updating further comprises:

determining whether to update the location identifier based on a location device identifier or if the location assistance information is within a range of a location for a message routing profile.

7. A method according to claim 2 wherein receiving location device data at the communications device from a location device comprises receiving the location device data at the communications device from an RFID tag transmitter, a Global Positioning System, a Local Area Network (LAN), and/or a communications system location assistance transmitter.

8. A method according to claim 7 wherein forwarding a message comprises forwarding the message including the at least the portion of the location associated information via a TCP/IP Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, a SS7 (Signaling System 7) message, a common channel SS7 message, an in-band signaling message, and/or a Short Message Service (SMS) message.

9. A method according to claim 8 wherein forwarding a message comprises forwarding the message via a cellular telephone network, a Public Switched telephone network (PSTN), Internet, and/or a LAN.

10. A method according to claim 1 embodied in a computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein.

11. A system to provide communications comprising:

a message routing profile manager configured to update a message routing profile for a subscriber responsive to location associated information received from a communications device proximate to the subscriber.

12. A system according to claim 11 wherein the message routing profile manager is further configured to:

receive location device data at the communications device from a location device as the subscriber changes location;

receive a message including at least a portion of the location associated information, based on the location device data, forwarded from the communications device; and

update the message routing profile for the communications device to include the at least the portion of the location associated information included in the message.

13. A system according to claim 11 wherein the message routing profile manager is further configured to:

update a location identifier for the message routing profile, a communications device type associated with the location identifier, a status for the communications device, and/or subscriber status associated with the location identifier.

14. A system according to claim 13 wherein subscriber status comprises do not disturb status, a communications type based do not disturb status, and/or an originator based do not disturb status.

15. A system according to claim 13 wherein the message routing profile manager is further configured to determine subscriber status based on information in a calendar application associated with the subscriber.

16. A system according to claim 13 wherein the message routing profile manager is further configured to determine whether to update the location identifier based on a location device identifier or if the location assistance information is within a range of a location for an predetermined message routing profile.

17. A system according to claim 12 wherein the location device data is received at the communications device from an RFID tag transmitter, a Global Positioning System, a Local Area Network (LAN), and/or a communications system location assistance transmitter.

18. A system according to claim 17 wherein the message routing profile manager is further configured to receive a message including the at least the portion of the location associated information via a TCP/IP Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, a SS7 (Signaling System 7) message, a common channel SS7 message, an in-band signaling message, and/or a Short Message Service (SMS) message.

19. A system according to claim 18 wherein the message routing profile manager is further configured to receive the message via a cellular telephone network, a Public Switched telephone network (PSTN), Internet, and/or a LAN.

20. A method for providing communications using an Internet based message routing profile manager, the method comprising:

receiving first location associated information in a first message at an Internet based message routing profile manager forwarded by a first communications device as a subscriber changes location to a first location;

updating a location identifier to be a first location identifier for a message routing profile associated with the first location;

routing messages to a first subscriber device associated with the first location identifier;

receiving second location associated information in a second message at the Internet based message routing profile manager forwarded by a second communications device as the subscriber changes location to a second location;

updating the location identifier for the message routing profile to be a second location identifier associated with the second location; and

routing messages to a second subscriber device associated with the second location identifier.