Premium messaging exchange
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1. A premium messaging exchange system, comprising:
- a list of destinations supported by the premium messaging exchange system, each record in said list of destinations comprising a specified destination, and a supporting external messaging system enabled to establish a communicative link with said specified destination, to format data so that said data can be processed at said specified destination, and to transmit said data once formatted to said specified destination according to a protocol recognized by said specified destination; and
,an interface to said list of destinations which can be accessed by querying external messaging systems and through which supporting external messaging systems can be identified for specific destination addresses provided by said querying external messaging systems through said interface to said querying external messaging system; and
an originating external messaging system configured to receive reguests to route data to specified destinations and to query said list of destinations through said interface to determine whether said specified destination can be processed in another external messaging system, if yes, first routing said data to said another external messaging system, said another external messaging system routing said data directly to said specified destination, if no, second routing said data directly to said specified destination without assistance from said another external messaging system.
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A premium messaging exchange. The premium messaging exchange can include a list of destinations supported by the premium messaging exchange. Each record in the list can include a specified destination, and a supporting external messaging system. Finally, the premium messaging exchange can include an interface to the list which can be accessed by querying external messaging systems and through which supporting external messaging systems can be identified for specific destination addresses provided by the querying external messaging systems through the interface.
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1. A premium messaging exchange system, comprising:
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a list of destinations supported by the premium messaging exchange system, each record in said list of destinations comprising a specified destination, and a supporting external messaging system enabled to establish a communicative link with said specified destination, to format data so that said data can be processed at said specified destination, and to transmit said data once formatted to said specified destination according to a protocol recognized by said specified destination; and
,an interface to said list of destinations which can be accessed by querying external messaging systems and through which supporting external messaging systems can be identified for specific destination addresses provided by said querying external messaging systems through said interface to said querying external messaging system; and an originating external messaging system configured to receive reguests to route data to specified destinations and to query said list of destinations through said interface to determine whether said specified destination can be processed in another external messaging system, if yes, first routing said data to said another external messaging system, said another external messaging system routing said data directly to said specified destination, if no, second routing said data directly to said specified destination without assistance from said another external messaging system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. In an originating external messaging system, a premium messaging exchange method comprising the steps of:
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receiving in the originating external messaging system, a request to route data to a specified destination; confirming by way of a specified destination that another external messaging system can suitably format and route data transmissions to said specified destination, said confirming comprising accessing a list of destinations through an interface to said list of destinations, each record in said list of destinations comprising a specified destination, and a supporting external messaging system enabled to establish a communicative link with said specified destination, to format data so that said data can be processed at said specified destination, and to transmit said data once formatted to said specified destination according to a protocol recognized by said specified destination; if another external messaging system can process said data, first routing said data to said another external messaging system, said another external messaging system routing said data directly to said specified destination; and if another external messaging system cannot process said data, second routing said data directly to said specified destination without assistance from said another external messaging system. interface. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A machine readable storage having stored thereon a computer program for a premium messaging exchange, said computer program comprising a routine set of instructions for causing a machine to perform the steps of:
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receiving in an originating external messaging system, a request to route data to a specified destination; confirming by way of a specified destination that another external messaging system can suitably format and route data transmissions to said specified destination, said confirming comprising accessing a list of destinations through an interface to said list of destinations, each record in said list of destinations comprising a specified destination, and a supporting external messaging system enabled to establish a communicative link with said specified destination, to format data so that said data can be processed at said specified destination, and to transmit said data once formatted to said specified destination according to a protocol recognized by said specified destination; if another external messaging system can process said data, first routing said data to said another external messaging system, said another external messaging system routing said data directly to said specified destination; and if another external messaging system cannot process said data, second routing said data directly to said specified destination without assistance from said another external messaging system. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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