Method and apparatus for routing messages of different message services in a wireless device

• US 7,684,787 B2
• Filed: 07/16/2002
• Issued: 03/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Qu, Hai, Shi, Guangming
• Primary Examiner(s): Gauthier; Gerald
• Application Number:
  US10/198,015
• Publication Number:
  US 20040203614A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,807 Days
• Field of Search: 4554121-4122, 455/414.2, 455/566.2, 455/55, 455/418, 455/566, 455/462, 455/552.1, 455/445, 455/412, 455/466, 340/825.5, 340/825.51, 340/2.1, 709/220, 709/238, 379/114.02, 705/14, 705/39, 713/201, 715/758, 726/24, 370/356, 702/121, 717/178
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 Messaging devices, e.g. message centre

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and computer-readable media for routing a message service message in a wireless device is disclosed. According to a method, routing messages in a wireless device includes receiving routing preferences from one or more applications operating with a wireless device. The method further includes receiving a message, and routing the message to designated locations for the one or more applications. The locations may include an application or set of applications, or a memory unit associated with one or more applications. Another method includes determining a routing parameter from the message by parsing at least one routing parameter from message content. Routing the message further includes comparing the at least one routing parameter with the routing preferences.

Claims

1. A method for routing messages of different message services, comprising:

receiving routing preferences from one or more applications operating with a wireless device, the one or more applications being resident on the wireless device and the routing preferences identifying application-specific preferences for routing messages received at the wireless device from a wireless network to an identified one of the one or more applications;

receiving a message on said wireless device from the wireless network;

analyzing and parsing the content of the message to determine at least one routing parameter from the message;

comparing the at least one routing parameter to the received routing preferences to determine a match; and

routing the message for the one or more applications resident on the wireless device according to the matched routing preference.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the at least one routing parameter includes an origination address.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the at least one routing parameter includes a message class.

4. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the at least one routing parameter includes a priority.

5. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the at least one routing parameter includes a range of parameter values.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the routing parameter includes at least one of a CDMA SMS Teleservice ID for the message, a GSM/UMTS SMS Protocol ID for the message, a text prefix from the message, or a keyword from the message.

7. A method for routing messages of different message services, comprising:

receiving routing preferences from one or more applications operating with a wireless device, the wireless device including a memory unit, the one or more applications being resident on the wireless device and the routing preferences identifying application-specific preferences for routing messages received at the wireless device from a wireless network to an identified one of the one or more applications;

receiving a message on the wireless device from the wireless network;

determining at least one routing parameter from the message;

comparing the determined routing parameter to the received routing preferences to determine a match; and

routing the message to the memory unit associated with at least one of the one or more applications, according to a comparison of the at least one routing parameter with the matched routing preference.

8. The method as set forth in claim 7, further comprising:

detecting whether the wireless device is connected to an external terminal; and

if the wireless device is connected to the external terminal, changing the routing preferences to incorporate external routing preferences of the external terminal.

9. The method as set forth in claim 8, further comprising, when the wireless device is disconnected from the external terminal, restoring the routing preferences to exclude the external routing preferences of the external terminal.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the routing parameter includes at least one of a CDMA SMS Teleservice ID for the message, a GSM/UMTS SMS Protocol ID for the message, a text prefix from the message, or a keyword from the message.

11. An apparatus in a wireless device for routing messages from different message services, comprising:

a communication module configured to receive a message from a wireless network;

a message analyzing module, configured to analyze and parse the content of the message to determine at least one routing parameter from the message; and

a message routing module, configured to receive routing preferences from one or more applications operating with said wireless device, the routing preferences identifying application-specific preferences for routing messages received at the wireless device from the wireless network to an identified one of the one or more applications, to compare the at least one routing parameter to the received routing preferences to determine a match and to route the message from the communication module for the one or more applications according to the matched routing preference, the one or more applications being resident on the wireless device.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the routing parameter includes at least one of a CDMA SMS Teleservice ID for the message, a GSM/UMTS SMS Protocol ID for the message, a text prefix from the message, or a keyword from the message.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the message routing module is further configured to detect whether the wireless device is connected to an external terminal, and if the wireless device is connected to the external terminal, to change the routing preferences to incorporate external routing preferences of the external terminal.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein when the wireless device is disconnected from the external terminal, the message routing module is configured to restore the routing preferences to exclude the external routing preferences of the external terminal.

15. A computer-readable media for routing messages received in a wireless device from a wireless network, the computer-readable media storing code comprising:

code for receiving routing preferences from one or more applications operating with a wireless device, the one or more applications being resident on the wireless device and the routing preferences identifying application-specific preferences received from the one or more applications for routing messages received at the wireless device from the wireless network to an identified one of the one or more applications;

code for analyzing and parsing the content of the message to determine at least one routing parameter from the message;

code for comparing the routing parameter to the received routing preferences to determine a match; and

code for routing the message for the one or more applications resident on the wireless device according to the matched routing preference.

16. The computer-readable media of claim 15, wherein the routing parameter includes at least one of a CDMA SMS Teleservice ID for the message, a GSM/UMTS SMS Protocol ID for the message, a text prefix from the message, or a keyword from the message.

17. The computer-readable media of claim 15, further comprising:

code for detecting whether the wireless device is connected to an external terminal; and

code for changing the routing preferences to incorporate external routing preferences of the external terminal when the wireless device is connected to the external terminal.

18. The computer-readable media of claim 17, further comprising:

code for restoring the routing preferences to exclude the external routing preferences of the external terminal when the wireless device is disconnected from the external terminal.