System and method for operating intravendor and intervendor messaging systems
First Claim
1. A method for sending messaging information between an originator terminal and a target terminal in an operator network having several messaging systems, comprising:
- initiating a message transaction by sending a message from the originator terminal to the target terminal;
storing the message on a particular messaging service system in the operator network having several messaging service systems; and
directing one or more handshaking messages from the target terminal to the particular messaging service system, each handshaking message indicating a status of the message transaction, wherein the one or more handshaking messages are not addressed to the particular messaging service system of the plurality of messaging service systems.
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Abstract
A system and method for enabling the operation of intervendor and intravendor messaging service systems within an operator network includes correctly routing data messages and handshaking messages between the various system components. In one aspect, the present invention uses the uniform resource identifier of a particular messaging system to route one or more handshaking messages from a target terminal to the particular messaging system. In another aspect, the present invention uses a message transaction identification embedded in the handshaking message to direct the handshaking message to the correct messaging service system. In one embodiment, the transaction identification is analyzed by a load balancing switch to determine the location of the particular messaging service system. In another embodiment, one or more of the several messaging service systems in the operator network are used to analyze the transaction identification to determine the location of the particular messaging service system.
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52 Claims
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1. A method for sending messaging information between an originator terminal and a target terminal in an operator network having several messaging systems, comprising:
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initiating a message transaction by sending a message from the originator terminal to the target terminal; storing the message on a particular messaging service system in the operator network having several messaging service systems; and directing one or more handshaking messages from the target terminal to the particular messaging service system, each handshaking message indicating a status of the message transaction, wherein the one or more handshaking messages are not addressed to the particular messaging service system of the plurality of messaging service systems. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A messaging system, comprising:
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a first mobile terminal and a second mobile terminal, the first mobile terminal initiating a message transaction by sending a message to the second mobile terminal; a particular messaging service system coupled to the first and the second mobile terminals and occupying an operator network including several messaging service systems, the particular messaging service system configured to store the message sent by the first mobile terminal and receive handshaking messages regarding the status of the message transaction directed from the second mobile terminal to the particular messaging service system, and circuitry configured to direct the handshaking messages to the particular messaging service system, wherein the handshaking messages directed from the second mobile terminal to the particular messaging service system are not addressed to the particular messaging service system. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A messaging system, comprising:
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means for initiating a message transaction by sending a message from an originator terminal to a target terminal; means for storing the message on a particular messaging service system in an operator network having several messaging service systems; and means for directing one or more handshaking messages from the target terminal to the particular messaging service system, each handshaking message indicating a status of the message transaction, wherein the one or more handshaking messages are not addressed to the particular messaging service system of the plurality of messaging service systems. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for sending messaging information between an originator terminal and a target terminal in an operator network having several messaging systems, the computer-executable instructions performing a method comprising:
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initiating a message transaction by sending a message from the originator terminal to the target terminal; storing the message on a particular messaging service system in the operator network having several messaging service systems; and directing one or more handshaking messages from the target terminal to the particular messaging service system, each handshaking message indicating a status of the message transaction, wherein the one or more handshaking messages are not addressed to the particular messaging service system of the plurality of messaging service systems.
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50. A mobile terminal, comprising:
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a receiver configured to receive communications signals through a wireless network; and a transmitter configured to transmit handshaking messages through a wireless network for receipt by a particular messaging service system of a plurality of messaging service systems in an operator network, wherein the handshaking messages are not addressed to the particular messaging service system and are received by the particular messaging service system. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52)
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