System and Method for Messaging Content Delivery

• US 20110117939A1
• Filed: 11/19/2009
• Published: 05/19/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shaw, Venson M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,489,130 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/4509 Unified messaging with single point of access to voicemail and other mail or messaging systems unified messaging in packet switching networks H04L51/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5307 for recording messages comprising any combination of audio and non-audio components
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

An integrated system for messaging content delivery for use in a wireless network that incorporates a messaging application broker that interfaces with messaging applications; management applications, a plurality of user devices, and external networks. The interfaces use the appropriate protocols to interact with the messaging applications, management applications, user devices and external networks.

Claims

1. A system for messaging content delivery for use in a mobile network comprising:

a messaging application broker;

an application subsystem;

an application subsystem interface coupled to the messaging application broker and the application subsystem;

a management subsystem;

a management interface coupled to the management subsystem and the messaging application broker;

a terminal interface that connects the messaging broker to a plurality of user devices;

a gateway connected to the messaging application broker; and

a public interface that connects the gateway to a public external network.

2. The system for messaging content delivery of claim 1 wherein the application subsystem comprises at least one application selected from a group of applications comprising an e-mail application;

an SMS application;

a voicemail application;

a visual voicemail application; and

an MWI application.

3. The system for messaging content delivery of claim 1 further comprising:

a converged messaging system coupled to the messaging application broker wherein the messaging application broker sends instructions to the converged messaging system in at least one protocol selected from the group of protocols comprising a light weight directory access protocol;

an Internet message access protocol; and

a simple mail transfer protocol.

4. The system for messaging content delivery of claim 1 wherein the management subsystem comprises at least one network management component selected from the group of management components comprising a network systems management component;

a provisioning component;

a network estimate component; and

an operations administration and management component.

5. The system for messaging content delivery of claim 1 wherein the public external network is the Internet.

6. The system for messaging content delivery of claim 1 wherein the terminal interface comprises a Gi interface.

7. The system for messaging content delivery of claim 1 wherein said public interface connects the gateway to a public Internet server that converts speech to text.

8. A method of processing a message from a first device to a second device having one or more services comprising:

storing the message from the first device in a converged messaging system;

providing a message notification to a messaging application broker;

determining the services available to the second device;

selecting a network element from a plurality of network elements to provide a message notification to the second device based on the type of message and the services available to the second device;

delivering the message notification to the second device through the selected network element; and

determining whether the message requires further processing.

9. The method of processing a message of claim 8 wherein the plurality of network elements comprises a message waiting indicator server, a Gateway GPRS node, and a short messaging service center.

10. The method of processing a message of claim 8 further comprising:

receiving a message request from the second device through a second network element;

routing the message request to the messaging application broker; and

routing the message request from the messaging application broker to the converged messaging system.

11. The method of processing a message of claim 10 further comprising:

transmitting the message from the converged messaging system to the messaging application broker;

transmitting the message from the messaging application broker to a second network element; and

transmitting the message from the second network element to the second device.

12. The method of processing a message of claim 8 wherein the first network element is an MWI server when the message is a visual voicemail or a voice to text message.

13. A method of operating a system for messaging content delivery in a mobile network comprising:

providing a messaging application broker in the network;

interfacing the messaging application broker and at least one messaging application;

interfacing the messaging application broker and at least one mobile network management application;

interfacing the messaging application broker and a plurality of user devices; and

interfacing the messaging application broker and a plurality of external networks.

14. The method of operating a system for messaging content delivery of claim 13 wherein the at least one messaging application comprises a converged messaging system.

15. The method of operating a system for messaging content delivery of claim 13 wherein one of the plurality of external networks comprises a network that converts voice to text.

16. The method of operating a system for messaging content delivery of claim 13 wherein one of the plurality of external networks comprises a carrier portal.

17. The method of operating a system for messaging content delivery of claim 13 wherein one of the plurality of external networks comprises a mobile content management system.

18. The method of operating a system for messaging content delivery of claim 13 wherein the at least one mobile management application comprises a provisioning system.

19. The method of operating a system for messaging content delivery of claim 13 wherein the at least one messaging application comprises an SMS application.

20. The method of operating a system for messaging content delivery of claim 13 wherein the at least one messaging application comprises a voicemail application.