METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY OF SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE MESSAGES

• US 20070254681A1
• Filed: 05/01/2006
• Published: 11/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Horvath, Robert, Hart, Thomas, Urbina, Susan
• Granted Patent: US 7,689,234 B2
• 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]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 Messaging devices, e.g. message centre

Abstract

A method and device for transmitting at least one short messaging service message to at least one wireless device are disclosed. The method comprises receiving at least one short message service message request associated with a short message service message. The short message service message is destined for reception by a wireless device (106). Prior to receiving the request, a short message service center (114) determines if a wireless device (106) is registered with a registrar (210) associated with a session initiation protocol network for communicating over a packet data network (102). The short message service message is transmitted to the wireless device (106) through the session initiation protocol network communicating over the packet data network (102) in response to the request and with the determination that the wireless device (106) is registered with the registrar (210).

Claims

1. A method, with a short message service center operating in a wireless communication system comprising a plurality of wireless devices, for transmitting at least one short messaging service message to at least one wireless device, the method comprising:

receiving at least one short message service message request associated with a short message service message destined for reception by a wireless device;

determining, prior to receiving the request, whether the wireless device is registered with a registrar associated with a session initiation protocol network for communicating over a packet data network; and

transmitting, in response to the request and with the determination that the wireless device is registered with the registrar, the short message service message to the wireless device through the session initiation protocol network communicating over the packet data network.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, in response to the wireless device being unregistered with the registrar of the session initiation protocol network, whether the wireless device is registered with a circuit services network; and

transmitting, in response to the wireless device being registered with the circuit services network, the short message service message to the wireless device through the circuit services network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting the short message service message to the wireless device through the session initiation protocol network communicating over the packet data network further comprises:

determining if the transmission was successful; and

transmitting, in response to the transmission being unsuccessful, the short message service message to the wireless device through the circuit services network.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a notification, prior to receiving the request, that the wireless device is registered with the registrar associated with the session initiation protocol network; and

receiving session initiation protocol contact information associated with the wireless device for transmitting the at least one short message service message to the wireless device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

subscribing to an event registration package at a registrar associated with a packet data network; and

receiving, in response to subscribing to the event registration package, at least registration information associated with the wireless device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining if the wireless device is registered with the registrar further comprises:

determining if session initiation protocol contact information associated with the wireless device has been received.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

subscribing to a registration event package for receiving a session initiation protocol network registration notification associated with the wireless device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at a short message service center, a message that notifies an application server is required at the short message service center for transmitting short message service messages to the wireless device.

9. A method, with a wireless device, for transmitting a short messaging service message, the method comprising:

determining, by a wireless device, whether it is currently registered with a registrar associated with a session initiation protocol network for communicating over a packet data network and a circuit services network;

transmitting, in response to being registered with the registrar, at least one short message service message through the session initiation protocol network communicating over the packet data network to at least one wireless device; and

transmitting, in response to being unregistered with the registrar, the at least one short message service message through a circuit services network to the at least one wireless device.

10. A method, with a wireless device, for receiving a short message service message, the method comprising:

receiving at least one short message service message;

determining if the received at least one short message service message was delivered through one of a packet data network and circuit services network;

transmitting, in response to the received at least one short message service message being delivered through a packet data network, an acknowledgement message through the packet data network to a short message service center for indicating reception of the received at least one received short message service message; and

transmitting, in response to the received at least one short message service message being delivered through the circuit services network, an acknowledgement message through the circuit services network to the short message service center for indicating reception of the received at least one received short message service message.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the determining that the at least one short service message was delivered through the packet data network further comprises:

determining that registration with the packet data network has been lost;

selecting to perform at least one of ignoring the received at least one short message service message and accepting the at least one short message service message.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the accepting the at least one short message service message further comprises:

initializing a data session through the circuit services network; and

transmitting the acknowledgement message to the short message service center through the circuit services network using the data session.

13. A short message service center in a wireless communication system for delivering at least one short service message to at least one wireless device, the short message service center comprising:

a receiver for receiving at least one short message service message request associated with a short message service message destined for reception by a wireless device;

a wireless device registration monitor for determining, prior to receiving the request, a registration status associated with the wireless device; and

a network delivery selector for selecting one of a packet data network and a circuit services network for delivery of a short message service message to at least one wireless device based on the registration status of the wireless device.

14. The short message service center of claim 13, wherein the wireless device registration monitor further determines if session initiation protocol contact information associated with the wireless device has been received.

15. The short message service center of claim 13, wherein the wireless device registration monitor subscribes to a registration event package for receiving a session initiation protocol network registration notification associated with the wireless device.

16. The short message service center of claim 13, further comprising:

a transmitter for at least one of;

transmitting, in response to the selection of the packet data network, the short message service message to the wireless device through a session initiation protocol network communicating over the packet data network; and

transmitting, in response to the selection of the circuit services network, the short message service message to the wireless device through the circuit services network.

17. The short message service center of claim 16, wherein the short message service center further comprises:

a transmission monitor for determining if the transmission of the short message service message to the wireless device through the session initiation protocol network communicating over the packet data network was successful, wherein if the transmission was unsuccessful, the transmitter transmits the short message service message to the wireless device through the circuit services network.

18. The short message service center of claim 13, further comprising:

a notification receiver for receiving a notification, prior to receiving the request, that the wireless device is registered with a registrar associated with a session initiation protocol network, wherein the notification also comprises session initiation protocol contact information associated with the wireless device for transmitting the at least one short message service message to the wireless device.

19. The short message service center of claim 18, further comprising:

a notification receiver for receiving a notification that notifies the short message service center that it is required as an application server for transmitting short message service messages to the wireless device.

20. The short message service center of claim 13, further comprising:

an information system processor that subscribes to an event registration package at a registrar associated with the packet data network; and

a notification receiver for receiving, in response to the processor subscribing to the event registration package, at least registration information associated with the wireless device.