Web gateway multi-carrier support
First Claim
1. A message distribution center, comprising:
- a plurality of protocol receivers to receive messages from users of at least one carrier destined for routing via an Internet to a different, destination carrier having a different format;
an incoming message queue to queue said received messages;
a dynamically updateable carrier message format table comprising carrier specific format information for each possible different destination carrier; and
a destination link interface to transparently route said received and queued messages to external remote destination carrier gateways representing each possible peer gateway, said destination carrier gateways being selected for each said received message based on carrier specific information obtained from said dynamically updateable carrier message format table;
wherein said dynamically updateable carrier message format table is adapted to be dynamically updated to include an up-to-date list of possible destination carrier gateways.
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Abstract
The present invention provides multi-carrier support in a wireless Internet gateway (WIG) that allows the WIG to send messages to any number of ‘peer’ gateways on the Internet in a conveniently reconfigurable manner. The disclosed embodiments include a ‘Message Distribution Center’ (MDC), through which short messages can be routed to the gateways of other wireless carriers based on carrier formats stored in an abstracted carrier format table. The conventional technique of separate classes written for each carrier is replaced by entries in a look-up table format, to provide a more easily adaptable wireless gateway. Thus, occasional updates of the carrier format table need only be updated, rather than the wireless Internet gateway program, reducing down time for updates, reducing the complexity of updates, and improving the reliability of a wireless Internet gateway in the face of changes for one or more carriers in a wireless network.
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11 Claims
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1. A message distribution center, comprising:
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a plurality of protocol receivers to receive messages from users of at least one carrier destined for routing via an Internet to a different, destination carrier having a different format; an incoming message queue to queue said received messages; a dynamically updateable carrier message format table comprising carrier specific format information for each possible different destination carrier; and a destination link interface to transparently route said received and queued messages to external remote destination carrier gateways representing each possible peer gateway, said destination carrier gateways being selected for each said received message based on carrier specific information obtained from said dynamically updateable carrier message format table; wherein said dynamically updateable carrier message format table is adapted to be dynamically updated to include an up-to-date list of possible destination carrier gateways. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9)
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7. A method of abstracting destination carrier format from a wireless Internet gateway, comprising:
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receiving an incoming short message from a user of a first carrier; retrieving destination carrier information from said incoming short message; retrieving destination carrier message format information from a dynamically updateable carrier message format table comprising carrier specific format information for each possible different destination carrier; and routing said received short message to an external remote destination carrier gateway selected based on carrier specific information obtained from said dynamically updateable carrier message format table; wherein said dynamically updateable carrier message format table is adapted to be dynamically updated to include an up-to-date list of possible destination carrier gateways. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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10. Apparatus for abstracting destination carrier format from a wireless Internet gateway, comprising:
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means for receiving an incoming short message from a user of a first carrier; means for retrieving destination carrier information from said incoming short message; means for retrieving destination carrier message format information from a dynamically updateable carrier message format table comprising carrier specific format information for each possible different destination carrier; and means for routing said received short message to an external remote destination carrier gateway selected based on carrier specific information obtained from said dynamically updateable carrier message format table; wherein said dynamically updateable carrier message format table is adapted to be dynamically updated to include an up-to-date list of possible destination carrier gateways. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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