INTERNET-BASED SHORT MESSAGE RETRIEVAL AND DISPLAY SYSTEM
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1. A system comprising:
- a. an Short Message Service (SMS) monitoring component passively monitoring inbound and outbound signaling messages from a short message service center (SMSC);
b. a SMS filtering component filtering said inbound and outbound signaling messages and identifying one or more signaling message having at least one SMS message addressed to or received from at least one subscriber;
c. computer storage storing identity of said at least one subscriber and said identified at least one SMS message addressed to or received from said at least one subscriber; and
d. a web portal accessible over a network by said at least one subscriber, said web portal rendering an interface via which said at least one subscriber accesses stored historically archived SMS messages including said at least one SMS message.
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Abstract
The present invention is a system and method by which past SMS messages generated or received by a user or a user-application are stored in the telecommunications network, and retrieved by the user at any time using a client application. The system allows the user to access this database using a graphical user interface over the public Internet using a mobile or fixed client to search and view past SMS messages. This system can be used for the user to respond to or resend past SMS messages to his/her or other recipient'"'"'s mobile terminals as well.
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1. A system comprising:
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a. an Short Message Service (SMS) monitoring component passively monitoring inbound and outbound signaling messages from a short message service center (SMSC); b. a SMS filtering component filtering said inbound and outbound signaling messages and identifying one or more signaling message having at least one SMS message addressed to or received from at least one subscriber; c. computer storage storing identity of said at least one subscriber and said identified at least one SMS message addressed to or received from said at least one subscriber; and d. a web portal accessible over a network by said at least one subscriber, said web portal rendering an interface via which said at least one subscriber accesses stored historically archived SMS messages including said at least one SMS message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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a. passively monitoring inbound and outbound signaling messages from a short message service center (SMSC) via a Short Message Service (SMS) monitoring component; b. filtering said inbound and outbound signaling messages and identifying one or more signaling message having at least one SMS message addressed to or received from at least one subscriber via a SMS filtering component; c. identity of said at least one subscriber and said identified at least one SMS message addressed to or received from said at least one subscriber; and d. rendering a web portal that is accessible over a network by said at least one subscriber, said web portal rendering an interface via which said at least one subscriber accesses stored historically archived SMS messages including said at least one SMS message. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An article of manufacture having non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable program code executable by a processor to implement a method to monitor, store and render historical SMS messages, said non-transitory medium comprising:
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a. computer readable program code implementing a Short Message Service (SMS) monitoring component passively monitoring inbound and outbound signaling messages from a short message service center (SMSC); b. computer readable program code implementing a SMS filtering component filtering said inbound and outbound signaling messages and identifying one or more signaling message having at least one SMS message addressed to or received from at least one subscriber; c. computer readable program code storing, in computer storage, identity of said at least one subscriber and said identified at least one SMS message addressed to or received from said at least one subscriber; and d. computer readable program code implementing a web portal accessible over a network by said at least one subscriber, said web portal rendered as an interface via which said at least one subscriber accesses stored historically archived SMS messages including said at least one SMS message. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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