SMS message delivery to non-SMS devices

• US 20080076453A1
• Filed: 09/25/2006
• Published: 03/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Cai, Yigang, Sharma, Alok
• Application Number:
  US11/526,408
• Publication Number:
  US 20080076453A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/60 Medium conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53 Centralised arrangements for recording incoming messages , i.e. mailbox systems
• 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

Abstract

SMS messages are delivered to non-SMS devices (e.g., wireline devices in legacy communication networks). Upon receiving an incoming SMS message, a message application server (e.g., SMSC) can detect, based on the directory number of the destination terminal, whether the destination terminal is a non-SMS device. If the destination terminal is a non-SMS device, the SMSC initiates delivery of the SMS message according to a delivery profile appropriate to the destination device. Exemplary delivery profiles include a spoken text message format, an ISUP-compatible text format or a caller ID message format.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving an SMS message directed to a destination terminal;

determining whether the destination terminal is a non-SMS device;

if the destination terminal is a non-SMS device,

determining a delivery profile appropriate to the non-SMS device; and

delivering the SMS message to the non-SMS device according to the delivery profile.

2. The method of claim 1, performed by an SMS message application server associated with an originating network of the SMS message.

3. The method of claim 1, performed by an SMS message application server associated with a terminating network of the SMS message.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of determining whether the destination terminal is a non-SMS device comprises:

identifying a directory number of the destination terminal; and

consulting a database including indicia of one or more directory numbers corresponding to non-SMS devices to determine whether the directory number corresponds to a non-SMS device.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein, if the directory number corresponds to a non-SMS device, the step of determining a delivery profile comprises consulting a database to determine the delivery profile associated with the non-SMS device.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising maintaining the database including indicia of one or more directory numbers corresponding to non-SMS devices and indicia of delivery profiles associated with the non-SMS devices.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the delivery profile appropriate to the non-SMS device comprises a spoken text format.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

attempting a call to the destination terminal;

if the destination terminal answers the call, delivering the SMS message via spoken text format to the destination terminal.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

attempting a call to the destination terminal;

if the destination terminal does not answer the call, delivering the SMS message via spoken text format to a voicemail server associated with the destination terminal.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the delivery profile appropriate to the non-SMS device comprises an ISUP-compatible message format.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the delivery profile appropriate to the non-SMS device comprises a caller ID message format.

12. A method of delivering SMS message content via spoken text format, the method comprising:

receiving an incoming SMS message directed to a destination terminal, the SMS message including SMS message content;

converting the SMS message content to spoken text, yielding a spoken-text SMS message;

attempting a call to the destination terminal; and

if the destination terminal answers the call, delivering the spoken-text SMS message to the destination terminal.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

if the destination terminal does not answer the call, delivering the spoken-text SMS message to a voicemail server associated with the destination terminal, the spoken-text message thereafter being retrievable by the destination terminal calling the voicemail server.

14. A method of delivering SMS message content via ISUP message, the method comprising:

receiving an incoming SMS message directed to a destination terminal, the SMS message including SMS message content;

embedding the SMS message content into a text field of an ISUP message;

delivering the ISUP message to a destination terminal, the destination terminal recovering and displaying the SMS message content received from the ISUP message.

15. A method of delivering SMS message content via caller ID application, the method comprising:

receiving an incoming SMS message from a source terminal directed to a destination terminal, the SMS message including SMS message content;

generating and sending a caller ID query to receive caller ID information associated with the source terminal;

responsive to receiving the caller ID information, sending the caller ID information and the SMS message content to a destination terminal via a caller ID application, the destination terminal recovering and displaying the caller ID information and the SMS message content received from the caller ID application.