METHOD, SYSTEM AND VPBX FOR SENDING SHORT MESSAGES

• US 20090054032A1
• Filed: 08/15/2008
• Published: 02/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: REN, Zhibin, WU, Yongneng, SUN, Zhihong, LI, Guihua
• Application Number:
  US12/192,969
• Publication Number:
  US 20090054032A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/406
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0421 Anonymous communication, i.e. the party's identifiers are hidden from the other party or parties, e.g. using an anonymizer
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/72 Subscriber identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A method, a system and a Virtual Private Branch Exchange (VPBX) for sending short messages, wherein users in a group can send short messages to each other by using a special service number plus an extension number; users in a group can send short messages to users outside the group by entering the special service number plus a called number; and users outside a group can send short messages to users in the group by using the main number of the group plus an extension number. Short messages can be sent between users in the same group or between users in the group and users outside the group by using pseudo numbers, this protects the privacy of the numbers of users in a group and breaks through the limitation that only users in the same VPMN group can use pseudo numbers to send short messages to each other; users in a group communicate with users outside the group through short messages using the main number of the group plus an extension number, a unified service window is open to external users and a good image is set up for the group. In addition, the interaction with the intelligent network for the translation of the calling number and the called number of a short message is avoided, thus reducing the impact of the service system on the intelligent network.

Claims

1. A method for sending a short message, comprising:

receiving a short message sent by a calling terminal, wherein a called number of the short message is a pseudo number;

sending the short message to a Virtual Private Branch Exchange (VPBX) according to the pseudo number;

receiving a translated short message from the VPBX, wherein the translated short message is translated according to a principle of translating the called number of the short message into a long number; and

sending the translated short message to the called terminal according to the long number of the translated short message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the pseudo number is a special service number plus an extension number of the called terminal;

wherein the process of sending the short message to the VPBX according to the pseudo number comprises;

sending the short message to the VPBX corresponding to the special service number, when detecting that the called number of the short message sent by the calling terminal comprises the special service number.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the pseudo number is a special service number plus a long number of the called terminal;

wherein the process of sending the short message to the VPBX according to the pseudo number comprises;

sending the short message to the VPBX corresponding to the special service number, when detecting that the called number of the short message sent by the calling terminal comprises the special service number.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the pseudo number is a main number of a group plus an extension number of the called terminal;

wherein the process of sending the short message to the VPBX according to the pseudo number comprises;

sending the short message to the VPBX corresponding to the main number of the group, when detecting that the called number of the short message sent by the calling terminal comprises the main number of the group.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the process of sending the short message to the VPBX further comprises:

initiating an authentication request to a home service control point (SCP) of a sender; and

sending the short message to the VPBX when the authentication succeeds.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the process of sending the short message to the VPBX further comprises:

sending the short message to the VPBX via an Internet short message gateway (ISMG).

7. A method for sending a short message, comprising:

receiving, by a Virtual Private Branch Exchange (VPBX), a short message from a short message service center (SMSC), wherein a called number of the short message is a first pseudo number;

translating, by the VPBX, the called number of the short message into a long number of a called terminal; and

sending, by the VPBX, a translated short message to the SMSC.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein a calling number of the short message is a long number of a calling terminal;

wherein the method further comprises;

translating, by the VPBX, the calling number of the short message into a second pseudo number; and

wherein the translated short message comprises the calling number indicated by the second pseudo number.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the first pseudo number is a special service number plus an extension number of the called terminal;

wherein the process of translating, by the VPBX, comprises;

searching for an extension number corresponding to the calling number and translating the calling number of the short message into the special service number plus the extension number corresponding to the calling number; and

searching for the long number of a called terminal corresponding to the extension number of the called terminal and translating the called number of the short message into the long number of the called terminal.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the first pseudo number is a special service number plus the long number of the called terminal;

wherein the process of translating, by the VPBX, comprises;

translating the called number of the short message into the long number of the called terminal; and

searching for an extension number corresponding to the calling number and translating the calling number of the short message into a main number of a group plus the extension number of the calling terminal.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the first pseudo number is a main number of a group plus an extension number of the called terminal;

wherein the process of translating, by the VPBX, comprises;

searching for the long number of the called terminal corresponding to the extension number of the called terminal and translating the called number of the short message into the long number of the called terminal; and

translating the calling number of the short message into a special service number plus the long number of the calling terminal.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

setting, by the VPBX, a number of a paying party of the short message; and

generating, by the VPBX, the charging bill of the number of the paying party according to the number of the paying party of the short message.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the process of sending a translated short message to the SMSC comprises:

sending the short message from the SMSC to the VPBX via an Internet short message gateway (ISMG).

14. A system for sending a short message, comprising:

a short message service centre (SMSC), configured to receive a short message with a called number being a pseudo number;

a Virtual Private Branch Exchange (VPBX), configured to translate the called number being the pseudo number of the short message into a long number of the called terminal, and send a translated short message to the SMSC,

wherein the SMSC is configured to transmit the short message with the called number being the pseudo number to the VPBX according to the pseudo number, receive the translated short message from the VPBX, and transmit the translated short message to a called terminal according to a called number of the translated short message; and

wherein the VPBX is configured to receive the short message with the called number being the pseudo number from the SMSC.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the pseudo number is a special service number plus an extension service number of the called terminal, the calling number is a long number of the calling terminal;

wherein the SMSC is further configured to send the short message to the VPBX corresponding to the special service number when detecting that the called number of the short message sent by the calling terminal comprises the special service number; and

wherein the VPBX is further configured to receive the short message, search for an extension number corresponding to the calling number, translate the calling number of the short message into the special service number plus the searched extension number corresponding to the calling number, search for the long number of a called terminal corresponding to the extension number of the called terminal, and translate the called number of the short message into the long number of the called terminal.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the pseudo number is a special service number plus a long number of the called terminal, the calling number is a long number of the calling terminal;

wherein the SMSC is further configured to send the short message to the VPBX corresponding to the special service number when detecting that the called number of the short message sent by the calling terminal comprises the special service number; and

wherein the VPBX is further configured to receive the short message, and search for an extension number corresponding to the calling number, translate the calling number of the short message into a main number of a group plus the extension number of the calling terminal, and translate the called number of the short message into the long number of the called terminal.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the pseudo number is a main number of a group plus an extension number of the called terminal, and the calling number is the long number of the calling terminal;

wherein the SMSC is further configured to send the short message to the VPBX corresponding to the main number of the group when detecting that the called number of the short message sent by the calling terminal comprises the main number of the group; and

wherein the VPBX is further configured to receive the short message, search for the long number of the called terminal corresponding to the extension number of the called terminal, translate the called number of the short message into the long number of the called terminal, and translate the calling number of the short message into the special service number plus the long number of the calling terminal.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the system further comprises an Internet short message gateway (ISMG), the ISMG is configured to receive the short message sent by the SMSC, send the received short message to the VPBX, receive the translated short message from the VPBX, and send the translated short message to the SMSC.

19. A virtual private branch exchange (VPBX), comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive a short message with a called number of the short message being a pseudo number;

a translation module, configured to translate the called number of the short message received by the receiving module into a long number of a called terminal; and

a sending module, configured to send a translated short message.

20. The virtual private branch exchange (VPBX) of claim 19, wherein the pseudo number is a special service number plus an extension number of the called terminal, a calling number is a long number of the calling terminal;

and

wherein the translation module is further configured to search for an extension number corresponding to the calling number, translate the calling number of the short message into the special service number plus the searched extension number corresponding to the calling number, search for the long number of a called terminal corresponding to the extension number of the called terminal, and translate the called number of the short message into the long number of the called terminal.

21. The virtual private branch exchange (VPBX) of claim 19, wherein the pseudo number is a special service number plus a long number of the called terminal, and a calling number is a long number of the calling terminal;

and

the translation module is further configured to translate the called number of the short message into the long number of the called terminal, search for an extension number corresponding to the calling terminal, and translate the calling number of the short message into a main number of a group plus the searched extension number of the calling terminal.

22. The virtual private branch exchange (VPBX) of claim 19, wherein the pseudo number is a main number of a group plus an extension number of the called terminal, and a calling number is a long number of the calling terminal;

and

the translation module is further configured to search for the long number of the called terminal corresponding to the extension number of the called terminal, translate the called number of the short message into the long number of the called terminal, and translate the calling number of the short message into a special service number plus the long number of the calling terminal.

23. A short message service centre (SMSC), configured to implement a method comprising:

receiving a short message sent by a calling terminal wherein a called number of the short message is a pseudo number;

sending the short message to a Virtual Private Branch Exchange (VPBX) according to the pseudo number;

receiving a translated short message from the VPBX, wherein the translated short message is translated according to a principle of translating the called number of the short message into a long number; and

sending the translated short message to the called terminal according to the long number of the translated short message.