SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT ROUTEBACK

• US 20120063388A1
• Filed: 09/13/2011
• Published: 03/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sybase 365 Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: Sybase 365 Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Dar, Ilan, Ruparelia, Mitul, Hasan, Yusuf, Saez, Alexandre
• Granted Patent: US 9,119,128 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/306 Route determination based on the nature of the carried application
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/02 Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing

Abstract

An intelligent routeback mechanism that may inter alia receive from an entity (such as for example a wireless carrier) aspects of the entity'"'"'s messaging traffic, data, etc. with the intelligent routeback mechanism aiding the (1) return (optionally augmented, optionally transformed, etc.) to the entity of that portion of the traffic, data, etc. that the entity is able to deliver itself and (2) delivery of that portion of the traffic, data, etc. that the entity is unable to deliver itself. Such an intelligent routeback mechanism may reside in inter alia a Messaging Inter-Carrier Vendor.

Claims

1. Within a message processing facility a server-based method for directing a quanta of data, the server-based method comprising:

receiving the quanta of data from a sending entity, the quanta of data comprising a destination address and a content;

identifying from the content a type indicator;

identifying, using at least routing data and aspects of the destination address, a receiving entity;

based on at least (a) a set of rules comprising delivery routes available to the sending entity, (b) the receiving entity, and (c) the type indicator, either (a) returning aspects of the quanta of data to the sending entity or (b) delivering aspects of the quanta of data towards the receiving entity.

2. The server-based method of claim 1 wherein the quanta of data is one of (a) a Short Message Service message, (b) a Multimedia Message Service message, (c) an IP Multimedia Subsystem message, (d) an E-Mail message, (e) audio data, (f) video data, (g) signaling data, or (h) application data.

3. The server-based method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the sending entity and the receiving entity is a wireless carrier.

4. The server-based method of claim 1 wherein the receiving step, the returning step, and the delivering step each utilize at least one of (a) an Internet Protocol or (b) Signaling System Seven.

5. The server-based method of claim 1 wherein the aspects of the quanta of data returned to the sending entity are augmented with one or more new values.

6. The server-based method of claim 1 further comprising transforming the aspects of the quanta of data that are returned to the sending entity.

8. The server-based method of claim 1 wherein the aspects of the quanta of data delivered towards the receiving entity are augmented with one or more new values.

9. The server-based method of claim 1 further comprising transforming the aspects of the quanta of data that are delivered towards the receiving entity.

10. The server-based method of claim 9 wherein transforming comprises the results of one or more transcoding operations.

7. The server-based method of claim 7 wherein transforming comprises the results of one or more transcoding operations.

11. Within a message processing facility a processor-based system configured to direct a quanta of data, the processor-based system comprising:

a first gateway configured to receive the quanta of data from a sending entity, the quanta of data comprising a destination address and a content;

workflow modules configured to perform a plurality of processing steps including at least;

(a) identify from the content a type indicator,

(b) identify, using at least routing data and aspects of the destination address, a receiving entity,

(c) based on at least (i) a set of rules comprising delivery routes available to the sending entity, (ii) the receiving entity, and (iii) the type indicator, either (i) return via a second gateway aspects of the quanta of data to the sending entity or (ii) deliver via a third gateway aspects of the quanta of data towards the receiving entity;

a repository configured to preserve aspects of the results of the plurality of processing steps; and

an administrator configured to control the workflow modules.

12. The processor-based system of claim 11 wherein the quanta of data is one of (a) a Short Message Service message, (b) a Multimedia Message Service message, (c) an IP Multimedia Subsystem message, (d) an E-Mail message, (e) audio data, (f) video data, (g) signaling data, or (h) application data.

13. The processor-based system of claim 11 wherein at least one of the sending entity and the receiving entity is a wireless carrier.

14. The processor-based system of claim 11 wherein the first gateway, the second gateway, and the third gateway are realized as either (a) one single device or (b) two or more separate devices.

15. The processor-based system of claim 14 wherein the realization supports at least one of (a) an Internet Protocol or (b) Signaling System Seven.

16. The processor-based system of claim 11 wherein the aspects of the quanta of data returned to the sending entity are augmented with one or more new values.

17. The processor-based system of claim 11 wherein the aspects of the quanta of data returned to the sending entity are transformed.

18. The processor-based system of claim 17 wherein the aspects of the quanta of data are transformed using results of one or more transcoding operations.

19. The processor-based system of claim 11 wherein the aspects of the quanta of data delivered towards the receiving entity are augmented with one or more new values.

20. The processor-based system of claim 11 wherein the aspects of the quanta of data delivered towards the receiving entity are transformed.

21. The processor-based system of claim 20 wherein the aspects of the quanta of data are transformed using results of one or more transcoding operations.