Determining an international destination address
First Claim
1. A method for determining an international destination address for a text message, comprising:
- electronically receiving a text message identifying a valid requested address, wherein the valid requested address (a) comprises at least a portion of an international telephone address, (b) originates from a source network, (c) does not comprise a network identifier, wherein a network identifier is required to route the text message to a proper destination address, and (d) is associated with a destination party at a destination network that is different from the source network;
in response to receiving the text message identifying the valid requested address;
(a) automatically determining the proper destination address based on the valid requested address, wherein the proper destination address comprises at least the valid requested address, a network identifier, and a device identifier, and(b) electronically sending the text message to the proper destination address.
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Abstract
A valid destination address is determined. An availability request is sent to each destination address from a set of destination addresses. The destination addresses are correlated with a destination party. At least one response to the sent availability requests is received. Each received response is uniquely associated with its own destination address from the destination addresses. Each received response indicates either a valid destination address or an invalid destination address. For each received response, a value associated with the destination address that is associated with that received response is recorded. The value indicates either a valid destination address or an invalid destination address based on the received response associated with that destination address.
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6 Claims
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1. A method for determining an international destination address for a text message, comprising:
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electronically receiving a text message identifying a valid requested address, wherein the valid requested address (a) comprises at least a portion of an international telephone address, (b) originates from a source network, (c) does not comprise a network identifier, wherein a network identifier is required to route the text message to a proper destination address, and (d) is associated with a destination party at a destination network that is different from the source network; in response to receiving the text message identifying the valid requested address; (a) automatically determining the proper destination address based on the valid requested address, wherein the proper destination address comprises at least the valid requested address, a network identifier, and a device identifier, and (b) electronically sending the text message to the proper destination address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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