Method and System for Authorising Short Message Service Messages

• US 20070275739A1
• Filed: 10/06/2004
• Published: 11/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Three B Technologies PYT Limited
• Original Assignee: Three B Technologies PYT Limited
• Inventors: Blackburn, Romilly
• Application Number:
  US10/575,547
• Publication Number:
  US 20070275739A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/126 the source of the received data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/10 Integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/72 Subscriber identity
• 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 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 Messaging devices, e.g. message centre

Abstract

Short message service (SMS) messages are sent by a sender (501) to a recipient (502) over a communications network (503). An SMS message is received (401) from the sender. An automatic verification request is sent (402) to the sender requesting a verification response, with the verification request being sent before the SMS message is delivered to the recipient. The verification response is received (403) from the sender; and the SMS message is delivered (404) to the recipient upon receiving the verification response. A system for delivering the SMS messages includes receiving means (504) for receiving the SMS message from the sender, transmission means (505) for sending an automatic verification request to the sender requesting a verification response, receiving means (506) for receiving the verification response from the sender, and delivering means (507) for delivering SMS message to the recipient upon receiving the verification response.

Claims

1. A method for delivering short message service (SMS) messages sent by a sender to a recipient over a communications network, the method including:

receiving an SMS message from the sender;

sending an automatic verification request to the sender requesting a verification response, wherein the verification request is sent before the SMS message is delivered to the recipient;

receiving the verification response from the sender; and

delivering the SMS message to the recipient upon receiving the verification response.

2. A method according to claim 1, further including verifying the SMS message, wherein the SMS message includes a sender identification and verifying the SMS message includes comparing the one or more sender lists, the one or more sender lists including a white list, and the SMS message is delivered to the recipient where the sender identification is included in the white list, and a verification request is sent to the sender where the sender identification is not included in the white list.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the sender identification is a mobile telephone number.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the sender identification is an email address.

5. A method according to claim 2, wherein the one or more sender lists includes a black list, and the white list includes a list of authorised senders and the black list includes a list of unauthorised senders.

6. A method according to claim 2, wherein the one or more sender lists includes a super white list, and the SMS message is delivered to the recipient where the sender identification is included on a super white list.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the SMS message is received by a mobile telephone and wherein delivering the SMS message to the recipient includes allowing display of the SMS message on the mobile telephone.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein the SMS message is received by a system server and wherein delivering the SMS message to the recipient includes transmitting the SMS message from the system server to the mobile telephone.

9. A method according to claim 6, wherein the super white list is synchronized with a second super white list over the communications network, wherein the second super white list is stored on a system server database.

10. A method according to claim 6, wherein the white list is synchronized with a second white list over the communications network, wherein the second white list is stored on a system server database.

11. A method according to claim 6, wherein the black list is synchronized with a second black list over the communications network, wherein the second black list is stored on a system server database.

12. A method according to any claim 2, wherein the one or more sender lists are stored on a mobile telephone SIM card.

13. A method according to claim 2, wherein the one or more sender lists are stored on a system server database.

14. A method according to claim 5, wherein the SMS message is discarded where the sender identification is included on the a black list.

15. A system for delivering short message service (SMS) messages sent by a sender to a recipient over a communications network, the system including:

receiving means for receiving an SMS message from the sender;

transmission means for sending an automatic verification request to the sender requesting a verification response, wherein the verification request is sent before the SMS message is delivered to the recipient;

receiving means for receiving the verification response from the sender; and

delivering means for displaying the SMS message to the recipient upon receiving the verification response.

16. A system according to claim 15 further including verification means for verifying the SMS message, wherein the SMS message includes a sender identification and verifying the SMS message includes comparing the one or more sender lists, the one or more sender lists including a white list, and the SMS message is delivered to the recipient where the sender identification is included in the white list, and a verification request is sent to the sender where the sender identification is not included in the white list.

17. A system according to claim 16, wherein the sender identification is a mobile telephone number.

18. A system according to claim 16, wherein the sender identification is an email address.

19. A system according to claim 16, wherein the one or more sender lists includes a black list, and the white list includes a list of authorised senders and the black list includes a list of unauthorised senders.

20. A system according to claim 16, wherein the one or more sender lists includes a super white list, and the SMS message is delivered to the recipient where the sender identification is included on a super white list.

21. A system according to claim 15, wherein the SMS message is received by a mobile telephone and wherein delivering the SMS message to the recipient includes allowing display of the SMS message on the mobile telephone.

22. A system according to claim 15, wherein the SMS message is received by a system server and wherein delivering the SMS message to the recipient includes transmitting the SMS message from the system server to the mobile telephone.

23. A system according to claim 20, wherein the super white list is synchronized with a second super white list over the communications network, wherein the second super white lists is stored on a system server database.

24. A system according to claim 16, wherein the one or more sender lists are stored on a mobile telephone SIM card.

25. A system according to claim 16, wherein the one or more sender lists are stored in a memory device on a mobile device.

26. A system according to claim 16, wherein the one or more sender lists are stored on a system server database.

27. A system according to claim 19, wherein the SMS message is discarded where the sender identification is included on the a black list.

28. (canceled)

29. (canceled)