System and method for password protecting a distribution list
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1. A method for password protecting a subscriber-created distribution list that is identified by a string of characters and in a wireless network, the method comprising:
- providing a web interface for a subscriber of the wireless network, the web interface allowing the subscriber to manage and configure a plurality of network services;
receiving, in the wireless network via a network transport bus and from the web interface, a subscriber-created password, the string of characters, and the subscriber-created distribution list comprising a plurality of destination addresses, wherein the network transport bus communicatively connects a plurality of network elements and utilizes a common messaging format for communication of wireless messages among and between the network elements and wherein the network elements comprise an adaptive routing concentrator, a routing and validation entity, and a plurality of network databases all communicatively connected to the network transport bus;
associating the subscriber-created password and the string of characters with the subscriber-created distribution list;
translating the subscriber created password, the string of characters, and the subscriber-created distribution list into the common messaging format with the adaptive routing concentrator;
storing the subscriber-created distribution list, the string of characters, and the associated subscriber-created password in the common messaging format in at least one network database other than a storage device on a user'"'"'s telecommunications device; and
limiting access to the subscriber-created distribution list based on the subscriber-created password,wherein the subscriber-created distribution list links the plurality of destination addresses together such that, after the subscriber accesses accessing the subscriber-created distribution list with the subscriber created password, the wireless network sends a message to the plurality of destination addresses when the subscriber denotes denoting the string of characters associated with the subscriber-created distribution list as a destination for the message sends the message to the plurality of destination addresses, and wherein a second adaptive routing concentrator receives the message, and after determining that the message is addressed to a destination device associated with the second adaptive routing concentrator, the second adaptive routing concentrator converts the message to a format of the destination device and sends the message to the destination device.
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Abstract
A method for password protecting a subscriber-created distribution list in a wireless network includes receiving in a wireless network a subscriber-created password and a distribution list of a plurality of destination addresses, storing the distribution list and the subscriber-created password in a data structure within the wireless network, associating the subscriber-created password with the distribution list, and limiting access to the distribution list based on the subscriber-created password.
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1. A method for password protecting a subscriber-created distribution list that is identified by a string of characters and in a wireless network, the method comprising:
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providing a web interface for a subscriber of the wireless network, the web interface allowing the subscriber to manage and configure a plurality of network services; receiving, in the wireless network via a network transport bus and from the web interface, a subscriber-created password, the string of characters, and the subscriber-created distribution list comprising a plurality of destination addresses, wherein the network transport bus communicatively connects a plurality of network elements and utilizes a common messaging format for communication of wireless messages among and between the network elements and wherein the network elements comprise an adaptive routing concentrator, a routing and validation entity, and a plurality of network databases all communicatively connected to the network transport bus; associating the subscriber-created password and the string of characters with the subscriber-created distribution list; translating the subscriber created password, the string of characters, and the subscriber-created distribution list into the common messaging format with the adaptive routing concentrator; storing the subscriber-created distribution list, the string of characters, and the associated subscriber-created password in the common messaging format in at least one network database other than a storage device on a user'"'"'s telecommunications device; and limiting access to the subscriber-created distribution list based on the subscriber-created password, wherein the subscriber-created distribution list links the plurality of destination addresses together such that, after the subscriber accesses accessing the subscriber-created distribution list with the subscriber created password, the wireless network sends a message to the plurality of destination addresses when the subscriber denotes denoting the string of characters associated with the subscriber-created distribution list as a destination for the message sends the message to the plurality of destination addresses, and wherein a second adaptive routing concentrator receives the message, and after determining that the message is addressed to a destination device associated with the second adaptive routing concentrator, the second adaptive routing concentrator converts the message to a format of the destination device and sends the message to the destination device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 11)
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5. A system for password protecting a subscriber-created distribution list identified by a string of characters and in a wireless network, the system comprising:
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a plurality of network elements comprising an adaptive routing concentrator, a routing and validation entity, and a plurality of network databases; a web interface for a subscriber of the wireless network, the web interface allowing the subscriber to manage and configure a plurality of network services; and a network transport bus, wherein the network transport bus communicatively connects the plurality of network elements and utilizes a common messaging format for communication of wireless messages among and between the network elements, wherein at least one of the adaptive routing concentrator and routing and validation entity receives via the network transport bus a subscriber-created password, the string of characters, and the subscriber-created distribution list comprising a plurality of destination addresses and limits access to the subscriber-created distribution list based on the subscriber-created password, wherein the adaptive routing concentrator translates the subscriber created password, the string of characters, and the subscriber-created distribution list into the common messaging format; wherein at least one database other than a storage device on a user'"'"'s telecommunications device stores the subscriber-created distribution list, the string of characters, and the subscriber-created password in the common messaging format and wherein the subscriber-created password is associated with the subscriber-created distribution list, wherein the subscriber-created distribution list links the plurality of destination addresses together such that, after the subscriber accesses accessing the subscriber-created distribution list with the subscriber created password, the wireless network sends a message to the plurality of destination addresses when the subscriber denotes denoting the string of characters associated with the subscriber-created distribution list as a destination for the message sends the message to the plurality of destination addresses, and wherein a second adaptive routing concentrator receives the message, and after determining that the message is addressed to a destination device associated with the second adaptive routing concentrator, the second adaptive routing concentrator converts the message to a format of the destination device and sends the message to the destination device. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 12, 13)
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8. A computer-readable non-transitory medium having computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
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providing a web interface for a subscriber of the wireless network, the web interface allowing the subscriber to manage and configure a plurality of network services; receiving, in the wireless network via a network transport bus and from the web interface, a subscriber-created password and a subscriber-created distribution list identified by a string of characters and comprising a plurality of destination addresses, wherein the network transport bus communicatively connects a plurality of network elements and utilizes a common messaging format for communication of wireless messages among and between the network elements and wherein the network elements comprise an adaptive routing concentrator, a routing and validation entity, and a plurality of network databases all communicatively connected to the network transport bus; associating the subscriber-created password and the string of characters with the subscriber-created distribution list; translating the subscriber-created password, the string of characters, and the subscriber-created distribution list into the common messaging format with the adaptive routing concentrator; storing the subscriber-created distribution list, the string of characters, and the associated subscriber-created password in the common messaging format in at least one network database other than a storage device on a user'"'"'s telecommunications device; and limiting access to the subscriber-created distribution list based on the subscriber-created password, wherein the subscriber-created distribution list links the plurality of destination addresses together such that, after the subscriber accesses accessing the subscriber-created distribution list with the subscriber created password, the wireless network sends a message to the plurality of destination addresses when the subscriber denotes denoting the string of characters associated with the subscriber-created distribution list as a destination for the message sends the message to the plurality of destination addresses, and wherein a second adaptive routing concentrator receives the message, and after determining that the message is addressed to a destination device associated with the second adaptive routing concentrator, the second adaptive routing concentrator converts the message to a format of the destination device and sends the message to the destination device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 14, 15)
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