METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR ROUTING A MESSAGE SERVICE MESSAGE THROUGH A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

• US 20090227276A1
• Filed: 03/09/2009
• Published: 09/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tekelec Global, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Tekelec Global, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Karmarkar, Kedar, Agarwal, Devesh, Marsico, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 8,594,679 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/30 Network data restoration; Network data reliability; Network data fault tolerance

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer readable media for routing a message service message through a communications network are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes, at a signaling node upstream from a sending party message server, receiving a message service message that includes a sending party identifier and a receiving party identifier. A number translation database is queried to determine a routing identifier associated with the receiving party identifier. The method also includes modifying the message service message to include the routing identifier, and routing the message service message to the sending party message server.

Claims

1. A method for routing a message service message through a communications network, the method comprising:

at a signaling node upstream from a sending party message server;

receiving a message service message that includes a sending party identifier and a receiving party identifier;

querying a number translation database to determine a routing identifier associated with the receiving party identifier;

modifying the message service message to include the routing identifier; and

routing the message service message to the sending party message server.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the signaling node upstream from the sending party message server comprises a signal transfer point (STP).

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the signaling node upstream from the sending party message server comprises a signaling gateway (SG).

4. The method of claim 1 wherein querying a number translation database includes performing a lookup in a number portability database, and wherein the router identifier comprises at least one of a location routing number (LRN), a service provider ID (SPID), and a carrier ID (CID).

5. The method of claim 1 wherein querying a number translation database includes performing a lookup in an ENUM translation database, and wherein the routing identifier comprises a uniform resource identifier (URI).

6. The method of claim 5 wherein performing a lookup in an ENUM translation database includes obtaining at least one uniform resource identifier (URI) address that is associated with the receiving party identifier.

7. The method of claim 6 including determining whether the receiving party associated with the URI is available to receive the message service message.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein determining whether the receiving party associated with the URI is available to receive a message service message includes querying a presence server to obtain presence status information associated with the URI.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein querying a number translation database includes querying a number translation database within the signaling node.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein querying a number translation database includes querying a number translation database external to the signaling node.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein querying a number translation database includes performing a lookup to obtain a routing number associated with a session initiation protocol/Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (SIP/IMS) network entity.

12. The method of claim 11 where the SIP/IMS network entity is a SIP/IMS gateway node.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the message service message includes at least one of a MAP FWD_SM message and a SMDPP message.

14. A method for processing a request for message service message routing information, the method comprising:

at a signaling node separate from a sending party home location register (HLR);

receiving, from a sending party message server, a request message for message service message routing information for routing a message service message to a receiving party;

performing, in a number translation database, a lookup based on a receiving party identifier in the request message, and locating a routing identifier for a receiving party message server; and

sending a response message containing the routing number for the receiving party message server to the sending party message server.

15. A system for routing a message service message through a communications network, the system comprising:

a signaling node for operating upstream from a sending party message server, the signaling node including;

a number translation module for;

receiving a message service message including a sending party identifier and a receiving party identifier;

querying a number translation database to determine a routing identifier associated the receiving party identifier; and

modifying the message service message to include the routing identifier; and

a message routing module for routing the message service message to a message server associated with the sending party identifier.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the signaling node comprises a signal transfer point (STP).

17. The system of claim 15 wherein the node comprises a signaling gateway (SG).

18. The system of claim 15 wherein the number translation module comprises a number portability translation module, and wherein the routing identifier comprises at least one of a location routing number (LRN), a service provider ID (SPID), and a carrier ID (CID).

19. The system of claim 15 wherein the number translation module comprises an ENUM translation module and the number translation database includes an ENUM translation database, and wherein the routing identifier comprises a uniform resource identifier (URI).

20. The system of claim 19 wherein querying the ENUM translation database includes obtaining at least one uniform resource identifier (URI) address associated with the receiving party identifier.

21. The system of claim 20 wherein the ENUM translation module is further configured to determine whether the receiving party associated with the at least one URI is available to receive a message service message.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein the ENUM translation module is determines whether the receiving party associated with the at least one URI is available to receive a message service message by querying a presence server to obtain presence status information for the URI.

24. A system for processing a request for message service message routing information, the system comprising:

a signaling node separate from a sending party home locator register (HLR), the signaling node including;

a number translation module for;

receiving, from a sending party message server, a request message for message service message routing information for routing a message service message to a receiving party;

performing, in a number translation database, a lookup based on a receiving party identifier in the request message, and locating a routing number for a receiving party message sender; and

sending a response message containing the routing number for the receiving party message server to the sending party message server

23. The system of claim 24 wherein the message service message includes at least one of a MAP FWD_SM message and a SMDPP message.