SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE SYSTEM

• US 20130086182A1
• Filed: 10/19/2011
• Published: 04/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bazot, Philippe, Cresp, Jacques, Livigni, Fabrice, Oudot, Olivier, Sert, Richard, Siles, Alain, Viale, Joel
• Granted Patent: US 8,838,711 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/126 the source of the received data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/308 retaining data, e.g. retaining successful, unsuccessful communication attempts, internet access, or e-mail, internet telephony, intercept related information or call content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/106 Packet or message integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A computer-implemented method and computer program for proving a short message service (SMS) message was sent and received. The computer-implemented method includes: designating a message type for the SMS message, wherein the message type includes a normal type and a legal type; in response to designating a legal type for the SMS message, changing a header for the SMS message, wherein the header indicates that the SMS message should be stored; storing the SMS message with a trusted authority; and sending the SMS message, from a sender, to a receiver.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of proving a short message service (SMS) message, the method comprising:

designating a message type for the SMS message, wherein the message type includes a normal type and a legal type;

in response to designating a legal type for the SMS message, changing a header for the SMS message, wherein the header indicates that the SMS message should be stored;

storing the SMS message with a trusted authority; and

sending the SMS message, from a sender, to a receiver.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the header for the SMS message includes an amount of time to store the SMS message.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the header includes a Boolean to indicate whether the SMS message should be stored.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the header for the SMS message includes a user identification.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising registering a device of the sender with the trusted authority.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein a device of the sender includes a graphical user interface.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, further comprising displaying a certification on the graphical user interface of the sender device.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the certification proves that the SMS message was sent and delivered to the receiver.

9. A system, comprising:

a client application stored a computing device of a sender device for;

designating a type of a SMS message, the type including a normal type and a legal type; and

in response to designating a legal type for the SMS message, changing a header for the SMS message, wherein the header indicates that the SMS message should be stored;

a trusted authority for storing the SMS message; and

a SMS service center for sending the SMS message to a receiver.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the header for the SMS message includes an amount of time to store the SMS message.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the header includes a Boolean to indicate whether the SMS message should be stored.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the header for the SMS message includes a user identification.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising registering a device of the sender with the trusted authority.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein a device of the sender includes a graphical user interface.

15. The system of claim 13, further comprising displaying a certification on the graphical user interface of the sender device.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the certification proves that the SMS message was sent and delivered to the receiver.

17. A computer program comprising program code embodied in at least one computer-readable medium, which when executed, enables a computer system to prove a short message service (SMS) message, the method comprising:

designating a message type for the SMS message, wherein the message type includes a normal type and a legal type;

in response to designating a legal type for the SMS message, changing a header for the SMS message, wherein the header indicates that the SMS message should be stored;

storing the SMS message with a trusted authority; and

sending the SMS message, from a sender, to a receiver.

18. The computer program of claim 17, wherein the header for the SMS message includes an amount of time to store the SMS message and a user identification

19. The computer program of claim 17, wherein the header includes a Boolean to indicate whether the SMS message should be stored.

20. The computer program of claim 17, further comprising registering a device of the sender with the trusted authority.

21. The computer program of claim 17, further comprising displaying a certification on a graphical user interface of the sender device to prove that that SMS message was sent by the sender device and delivered to the receiver.