SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SENDING COMPRESSED HTML MESSAGES OVER TELEPHONY PROTOCOL

• US 20090063705A1
• Filed: 08/27/2007
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap, Inc.
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Dinglef, John R., Marceau, Jessica E., Trevathan, Matthew B., Holladay, Christopher E., DENNARD, Mark D.
• Granted Patent: US 8,176,129 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/247
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/04 Protocols for data compression, e.g. ROHC
• 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: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A system and method for sending compressed html messages and, more particularly, a system and method for sending compressed html messages over a telephony protocol. the method comprises compressing an html message and sending the compressed html message via a telephony protocol. The compressed html message is sent as an SMS message and the telephony protocol is SS7 protocol, bypassing TCP/IP. The compressed html message can be coded with a return number, forcing a return message to be sent via a text message over SS7 protocol. The system and method includes a computer infrastructure operable to compress an html message and send the compressed html message such as and SMS message via a telephony protocol. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having readable program code embodied in the medium for performing the processes is also contemplated.

Claims

1. A method comprising compressing an html message and sending the compressed html message via a telephony protocol.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the compressed html message is coded with a return number, forcing a return message to be sent via a text message over SS7 protocol.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the compressed html message is sent as an SMS message.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the telephony protocol is SS7 protocol, bypassing TCP/IP.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the compressed html message is broken into packets and configured to be decompressed and reassembled by a receiving party.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the compressed html message includes header information indicating a number of received packet(s).

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether all sent packets comprising the compressed html message have been received and, if so, decompressing and constructing the compressed html message.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether all sent packets comprising the compressed html message have been received and, if not, determining whether a time period has expired.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising one of:

destroying the sent packets when the time period has expired and requesting missing packets when the time period has not expired.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of claim 1 are provided on a subscription, advertising, and/or fee basis.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the steps of claim 1 are implemented in a computer infrastructure which is maintained, deployed, created or supported by a service provider.

12. A system for deploying an application in a computing environment, comprising a computer infrastructure operable to compress an html message and send the compressed html message via a telephony protocol.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the telephony protocol is SS7 and the compressed html message is sent as an SMS.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the computer infrastructure is operable to insert an SMS tag into the compressed html message forcing a return message to be sent via text messaging over an SS7 telephony protocol.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the computer infrastructure is operable to break the compressed html message into packets when the compressed html message exceeds a limit.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the computer infrastructure is operable to provide the compressed html message with header information indicating a number of packet(s).

17. The system of claim 12, wherein contents of the computer infrastructure are provided on a subscription, advertising, and/or fee basis.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the computer infrastructure is maintained, deployed, created or supported by a service provider.

19. A method for deploying an application in a computing environment, comprising providing a computer infrastructure being operable to compress an html message and send the compressed html message as an SMS message over telephony.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the compressed html message is coded with a return number, forcing a return message to be sent via a text message over SS7 protocol.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the compressed html message is sent as an SMS message.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the telephony utilizes an SS7 protocol, bypassing TCP/IP.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein the compressed html message is broken into packets to be decompressed and reassembled by a receiving party.

24. The method of claim 19, further comprising determining whether all sent packets comprising the compressed html message have been received and, if so, decompressing and constructing the compressed html message.

25. The method of claim 19, further comprising determining whether all sent packets comprising the compressed html message have been received and, if not, determining whether a time period has expired.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising one of:

destroying the sent packets when the time period has expired and requesting missing packets when the time period has not expired.

27. The method of claim 19, wherein the steps of claim 19 are provided on a subscription, advertising, and/or fee basis.

28. The method of claim 19, wherein the steps of claim 19 are implemented in a computer infrastructure which is maintained, deployed, created or supported by a service provider.

29. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having readable program code embodied in the medium, the computer program product includes at least one component to compress an html message and force the compressed html message to be sent over telephony.