Intelligent queue for information teleservice messages with superceding updates
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Abstract
A message exchange network storing messages in memories of message storage entities, e.g., a mobile handset, based on the type and content of information within the message. An information service message containing supercedingly updateable information, e.g., a traffic update, is stored using a replacement method by which a previously stored message is replaced by a newly received message. All other types of messages are stored using a conventional append method. A message identifier within the message itself provides information necessary to distinguish between the aforementioned types of messages. In another embodiment, a block of message identifiers is reserved for storage of information service messages. The architectures and methods for receipt, delivery, and storage of messages enables replaceable and/or on demand update of information service messages, provides efficient use of storage memory, avoids numerous stale/obsolete messages, avoids manual selection and deletion of stale/obsolete messages, and avoids unnecessary delivery of stale/obsolete messages.
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72 Claims
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37. A Short Message Service Center (SMSC) to overwrite a digital message associated with a wireless device, comprising:
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a receiver, at a Short Message Service Center (SMSC), to receive a first digital message associated with a wireless device and a subsequently received second digital message associated with said wireless device; a determiner, at said SMSC, to determine that said first digital message stored in a message queue should be overwritten with said second digital message; and a controller, at said SMSC, to overwrite said first digital message with said second digital message if said determiner positively determines that said first digital message should be overwritten with said second digital message. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method of overwriting a digital message stored at a Short Message Service Center (SMSC), comprising:
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receiving, at a Short Message Service Center (SMSC), a first digital message associated with a wireless device and a subsequently received second digital message associated with said wireless device; determining, at said SMSC, that said first digital message stored in a message queue should be overwritten with said second digital message; and overwriting, at said SMSC, said first digital message with said second digital message if said determination positively determines that said first digital message should be overwritten with said second digital message. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. A method of overwriting a digital message associated with a wireless handset, comprising:
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receiving, at a wireless handset, a first digital message; storing, at said wireless handset, said first digital message in a message queue; subsequently receiving, at a wireless handset, a second digital message; determining, at said wireless handset, if an origination address of said first digital message matches an origination address of said second digital message; and in response to a positive said determination, overwriting said first digital message in said message queue with said second digital message. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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64. A wireless handset to overwrite a digital message, comprising:
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a receiver, at a wireless handset, to receive a first digital message to subsequently receive a second digital message; a message queue, at said wireless handset, to store said first digital message; a determiner to determine, at said wireless handset, if an origination address of said first digital message matches an origination address of said second digital message; and a controller, at said wireless handset, to overwrite said first digital message with said second digital message in response to a positive said match. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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