Method and system for the prevention of unwanted wireless telecommunications

• US 7,409,203 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2003
• Issued: 08/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Redknee Inc.
• Original Assignee: Redknee Inc.
• Inventors: Zabawskyj, Bohdan, Rahim, Rubens, Meisl, Armin
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly; Nghi H.
• Application Number:
  US10/704,735
• Publication Number:
  US 20050101306A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,728 Days
• Field of Search: 455/412.1, 455/410, 455/411, 455/412.2, 455/445, 455/466, 455/70, 455/72, 455/414.1
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1079 of unsolicited session attempts, e.g. SPIT
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails

Abstract

The invention of present speaks to a method and system for the prevention of unwanted wireless telecommunications which is implemented as part of a computer program product in (preferentially) the telecommunications operator'"'"'s network, which meets and/or exceeds much of current, proposed and even academically anticipated legislative (and by necessity, technical) criteria, and indeed, thereby complies with the broader body of prima facie consumer requirements associated with wireless telecommunications spam filtering. Indeed, the invention provides for a remarkably flexible and customizable advance in the art through the utilization of a progressive filtering algorithm. This algorithm offers both the subscriber and the service provider with the capability to block and/or extract potentially harmful or unsolicited SMS, MMS and other such messages on the basis of an extensive range of parameters and rules.

Claims

1. A method for intercepting a short message services (“

SMS”

) message comprising;

receiving a request to determine a serving mobile switching center (MSC) for the purpose of delivering said SMS message;

determining if a short message services center (SMSC) address associated with said request is barred;

if said SMSC address is barred, rejecting said request;

if said SMSC address is not barred, instructing said SMSC to forward said SMS message to a message filter logic processor;

receiving said SMS message at said message filter logic processor;

comparing attributes of said SMS message with a subscriber profile;

if said SMS message is determined to be undesired based on said comparing step then rejecting said SMS message;

if said SMS message is determined not to be undesired then forwarding said SMS message to its destination.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said request is either a Send Routing Information for Short Message (SRI-for-SM) or a Short Message Service Request (SMSREQ) message.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said subscriber profile comprises including the origin of the network element address of the SMSC, the destination and/or source address of the message, the data coding scheme used in the message, content or keywords within the message, the protocol or type of message, the location and/or status of the originator, destination address, the service identifier, number of messages sent to a source address, number of messages sent from a source address, number of recipients of one message, frequency of a message sent to a destination address, and frequency of a message sent from a destination address.