CONDITIONAL MESSAGE FORWARDING FUNCTIONS
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a communication network that is configured to facilitate communication of at least one message from an originating communication device to at least a target communication device associated with the communication network; and
at least one message management component that is configured to route the at least one message to the target communication device and determine whether to forward a copy of the at least one message to a forward target communication device, based at least in part on one or more predefined message routing rules.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices that can conditionally and/or automatically control message forwarding by communication devices are presented. A network message management component and/or handset message management component can monitor messages (e.g., short message service (SMS) messages) communicated between user equipment (UE) in a communication network, identify and/or intercept a message for which one or more forwarding conditions have been specified by the message originator, target, or forward target, and conditionally and/or automatically route the message to the target and/or forward target in accordance with predefined message routing rules based at least in part on the conditions specified by the originator, target, or forward target. The predefined message routing rules can be implemented by the network and/or the UEs, and can relate to the UE identifiers, time, priority, cost, operation state, size, desired automatic response messages, or other desired factors, associated with the message.
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20 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a communication network that is configured to facilitate communication of at least one message from an originating communication device to at least a target communication device associated with the communication network; and at least one message management component that is configured to route the at least one message to the target communication device and determine whether to forward a copy of the at least one message to a forward target communication device, based at least in part on one or more predefined message routing rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method, comprising:
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intercepting a message sent from an originating mobile device to a target mobile device; and determining whether to forward a copy of the message from the target mobile device to the forward target mobile device based at least in part on one or more predefined message routing rules. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system, comprising:
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a mobile communication device that is configured to communicate with at least one other mobile communication device in a communication network; and at least one message management component that is configured to route a message to a target mobile communication device and determine whether to forward a copy of the message to a forward target mobile communication device, in accordance with one or more predefined message routing rules. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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