Procedure and system for the transmission of a short message in a telecommunication network

• US 6,327,479 B1
• Filed: 03/13/2000
• Issued: 12/04/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nokia Networks (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Networks (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Mikkola, Orvo
• Primary Examiner(s): Hunter, Daniel
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, PABLO N
• Application Number:
  US09/527,949
• Time in Patent Office: 631 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 455/426, 455/560, 455/500, 455/33.1, 455/53.1, 455/54.1, 455/403, 455/422, 455/454, 455/550, 455/552, 379/57, 379/89, 370/328, 370/337, 370/347, 370/349, 370/310, 370/410
• US Class Current: 455/466
• 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 88/184 Messaging devices, e.g. message centre
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

Procedure and system for the transmission of a short message in a telecommunication network comprising a mobile communication network (1) which comprises a first short-message service center (2); a telephone network (3) in which digital signalling is used and which is linked to the mobile communication network; and a number of terminal device (4; 41, 42, . . . , 4n) compatible with the mobile communication and/or telephone network, in which procedure the short message is generated by means of a terminal device and sent to the intended receiver. According to the invention, the telephone network (3) is connected to the first short-message service centre (2) via a first data communication link (6). The subscriber type identifier of the receiver is added to the short message, and the short message is transmitted to the first short-message service centre (2). The receiver'"'"'s subscriber type is checked in the short-message service centre and, based on this, the short message is transmitted by the appropriate route to the intended receiver.

Claims

1. A method for the transmission of a short message in a telecommunication network comprising:

coupling a mobile communication network, which comprises a first short-message service center, with a telephone network, wherein digital signalling is used;

generating a short message by a terminal device and sending the short message to an intended receiver and a receiver'"'"'s subscriber type is checked in a short-message service centre, wherein the terminal device being compatible with the mobile communication and telephone network;

connecting the telephone network to the first short-message service centre via a first data communication link;

adding the receiver'"'"'s subscriber type identifier to the short message;

transmitting the short message to the first short-message service centre; and

if the receiver is a subscriber in the telephone network, then starting a call setup to an intended subscriber in the telephone network and the short message is transmitted during the call setup to the intended subscriber;

if the receiver is a subscriber in the mobile communication network, then transmitting the short message to the intended receiver in accordance with the short message specifications for the mobile communication network.

2. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the telephone network is an ISDN network and the mobile communication network is a GSM network.

3. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein a number of short-message service centres are linked to the telephone network and that they are connected to the first short-message service centre.

4. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein routing of the short message between the mobile communication network and the telephone network is effected in the first short-message service centre.

5. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein a short message is transmitted from an ISDN terminal by setting up a call between the sending ISDN terminal and the first short-message service center to transmit the short message to a second short-message service centre.

6. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein a short message is transmitted to an ISDN terminal by setting up a call between the receiving ISDN terminal and a second short-message service centre to transmit the short message to the short-message service centre, from where it is to be routed further.

7. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the transmission of the short message in the ISDN network is implemented using UUS signalling, wherein when a short message is sent from an ISDN terminal, UUS information elements needed for the transmission of the short message are transferred during a ringing phase to the short-message service centre and further to an intended receiver.

8. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the identifier of the intended receiver is transmitted in a called subscriber subaddress field.

9. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the transmission is monitored to determine whether the message is successfully transmitted to the intended subscriber, and if the transmission fails, corresponding information is sent to the sender of the short message.

10. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein the transmission is monitored to determine whether the message is successfully transmitted to the intended subscriber and, when the transmission is successfully completed, corresponding information is sent to the sender of the short message.

11. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein a queuing feature of the telephone network is utilised if the receiving subscriber in the telephone network or the first short-message service centre is busy when call setup is started.