Method for transmitting a message and telecommunication system

• US 7,177,303 B2
• Filed: 01/17/2001
• Issued: 02/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Heling, Guido, Marco, Logt, Lucassen, Helmut, Watzke, Joern, Becker, Thomas, Bruchertseifer, Joerg
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAM, BRENDA H
• Application Number:
  US10/182,959
• Publication Number:
  US 20030078060A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,218 Days
• Field of Search: 370352-358, 370/389, 370/355, 370/395.5, 370/386, 370/469, 370/395.21
• US Class Current: 370/355
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2478 Telephone terminals specially adapted for non-voice services, e.g. email, internet access centralized arrangements where telephones services are combined H04M7/0024; for recording text messages H04M3/5322; for accessing Internet H04M3/4938
• 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 3/5322 for recording text messages
• 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 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 Messaging devices, e.g. message centre
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

A method and telecommunication system are provided which enable the transmission of short messages according to the SMS model in a line-connected network.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting a message from a first to a second telecommunication terminal, of which at least one of the first and the second telecommunication terminal is connected to a line-connected telephone network with DTMF signaling, the method comprising the steps of:

mapping onto the line-connected network and expanding at least one of an SMS protocol architecture of a GSM standard and a comparable architecture of a UMTS standard;

inputting the message as a short message, via one of an input keypad and a touchscreen, on the first telecommunication terminal;

converting the short message into a short message format;

establishing a logical connection setup via an adequately specified data link layer, combined with a short message transfer layer, a short message relay layer, and a connection management layer;

transmitting the short message in the short message format in an adequately specified physical layer via one of DTMF and FSK off-hook signaling to a short message service center and from the short message service center to the second telecommunication terminal;

converting, in the second telecommunication terminal, the short message obtained from the short message service center, into an output format; and

outputting the short message in the output format on a display unit.

2. A telecommunication system for transmitting a message from a first to a second telecommunication terminal, comprising:

a first and a second telecommunication terminal;

a line-connected telephone network with DTMF signaling, wherein at least one of the first and the second telecommunication terminals is connected to the line-connected telephone network; and

an SMS transmission protocol in which a data link layer is specifically defined and combined with a short message transfer layer, a short message relay layer and a connection management layer, and in which a physical layer is specifically defined;

wherein at least one of the SMS protocol architecture of a GSM standard and a comparable architecture of UMTS standard is mapped onto the line-connected telephone network and expanded, the message is input as a short message via one of an input keypad and a touch screen on the first telecommunication terminal, the short message is converted into a short message format, a logical connection set-up is established via the data link layer combined with the short message transfer layer, the short message relay layer and the connection management layer, the short message is transmitted in the short message format in the physical layer via one of DTMF and FSK off-hook signaling to a short message service center and from the short message service center to the second telecommunication terminal, and the short message obtained from the short message service center is converted, in the second telecommunication terminal, into an output format and is output on a display unit.

3. A telecommunications system as claimed in claim 2, wherein one of the first and second telecommunication terminals is connected to a mobile radio network operated according to one of the GSM and the UMTS standard, with the line-connected telephone network being connected to the mobile radio network via a gateway mobile switching center.

4. A telecommunication system as claimed in claim 2, wherein one of the first and the second telecommunication terminals is a cordless telephone connected to the line-connected telephone network via one of a fixed station and a private branch exchange operated according to a DECT standard.

5. A telecommunications system as claimed in claim 2, wherein an additional message for specific signaling of a connection state to a calling unit in a format according to GSM04.07/chapter 11 is defined in the connection management layer.

6. A telecommunication system as claimed in claim 2, wherein a format of a message in the data link layer is defined, in order, as a field “

mark signal”

, a field “

message type”

, a field “

message link”

, a field “

CM layer message CP_ . . . ”

, and a field “

checksum”

.

7. A telecommunication system as claimed in claim 2, wherein a short message service center is assigned to the line-connected telephone network for transmitting short messages in the short message format.