Intelligent Delivery Agent for Short Message Distribution Center

• US 20140156869A1
• Filed: 09/23/2013
• Published: 06/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Original Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Inventors: Smith, Richard A., Dewey, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 8,923,264 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/244
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/50 Queue scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/28 Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2016 Call initiation by network rather than by subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/205 Broadcasting broadcasting in packet switching networks H04L12/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4872 Non-interactive information services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5322 for recording text messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53316 Messaging centre selected by message originator
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/12 for working between exchanges having different types of switching equipment, e.g. power-driven and step by step or decimal and non-decimal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 : Messaging devices, e.g. message centre

Abstract

A message distribution center (MDC) and Intelligent Delivery Agent are implemented in a wireless Internet gateway interposed between content providers and a wireless carrier to subjectively examine and direct messages via SMTP based on desired rules (e.g., non-peak hours, paying subscribers only, etc.) using standard SMTP Gateway and other well-known protocols. The MDC includes an individual queue for each subscriber, and the provider is informed through conventional SMTP protocol messages that the short message has been accepted. If the carrier has specifically disallowed service for a particular MIN (e.g., in the case of churning), then the content provider is informed through an SMTP interchange that the recipient is invalid. An MDC provides a single mechanism for interacting with subscribers of multiple carriers, regardless of each carrier'"'"'s underlying infrastructure. For the carrier, an MDC can protect their SS7 network by intelligently throttling messages and configuring message delivery parameters to be more network friendly. An MDC can receive outside a relevant wireless network recipient handset presence information. In the disclosed embodiment, a content provider communicates with the MDC using SMTP protocol messages, and the MDC communicates with wireless carriers preferably using RMI/SMPP techniques.

Claims

1-10. -10. (canceled)

11. A method of delivering a text message, comprising:

receiving, at a message distribution center, a text message;

queuing, at said message distribution center, said received text message in an individual subscriber queue associated with a destination wireless device;

determining a presence status of said destination wireless device via message delivery receipt data associated with said destination wireless device; and

in response to said determined presence status, removing said text message from said individual subscriber queue and routing said text message from said individual subscriber queue of said message distribution center, to said destination wireless device, when said presence status via message delivery receipt data indicates that said destination wireless device is available, and foregoing delivery of said text message to said destination wireless device when said presence status via message delivery receipt data indicates that said destination wireless device is not available.

12. The method of delivering a text message according to claim 11, wherein:

said text message is transmitted to a destination wireless carrier using Remote Method Invocation (RMI) protocols.

13. The method of delivering a text message according to claim 11, wherein:

said text message is transmitted to a wireless carrier using Short Message Peer-to-Peer (SMPP) protocols.

14. The method of delivering a text message according to claim 11, wherein:

said text message is transmitted to a destination gateway using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).

15. Apparatus for delivering a text message, comprising:

a receiver, at a message distribution center, to receive a text message;

an individual subscriber queue, at said message distribution center, and associated with a destination wireless device, to queue said received text message;

a determination module to determine a presence status of said destination wireless device via message delivery receipt data associated with said destination wireless device; and

a routing module to remove said text message from said individual subscriber queue and route said text message to said destination wireless device, when said presence status via message delivery receipt data indicates that said destination wireless device is available, and to forego delivery of said text message to said destination wireless device when said presence status via message delivery receipt data indicates that said destination wireless device is not available.

16. The apparatus for delivering a text message according to claim 15, wherein:

said transmitter transmits said text message to a destination wireless device using Remote Method Invocation (RMI) protocols.

17. The apparatus for delivering a text message according to claim 15, wherein:

said transmitter transmits said text message to a destination wireless device using Short Message Peer-to-Peer (SMPP) protocols.

18. The apparatus for delivering a text message according to claim 15, wherein:

said text message is transmitted to a destination gateway using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).