Messaging system and method
First Claim
1. A method of managing SMS messages in a first mobile operator network, said network comprising a plurality of subscribers and a Short Message Service Centre (SMSC), the method comprising the steps of:
- starting a delivery attempt of the SMS message from a first subscriber to a second subscriber via said SMSC;
intercepting transparently to the SMSC said SMS message delivery attempt from the first subscriber in the network before delivery of said SMS message, by intercepting an inbound HLR query associated with said message delivery attempt, by examining said intercepted HLR query for possible invocation of a smart service to said SMS message, including the steps of;
routing the HLR query onward to a HLRgenerating a response to the HLR query in the HLR, the HLR query response including a mobile network location address of said second subscriber;
replacing, in a smart services control node, the mobile network location address of said second subscriber in an HLR query response with the network location address of the smart services control node;
routing said intercepted SMS message delivery attempt via the smart services control node in the network;
andinvoking said smart services for said SMS message destined to said subscriber in response to said examination.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a system and method of managing SMS messages in a first mobile operator network, said network comprising a plurality of subscribers and a Short Message Service Centre (SMSC) The invention can be implemented by carrying out the steps of starting a delivery attempt of the SMS message from a first subscriber to a second subscriber via said SMSC; intercepting transparently said SMS message delivery attempt from the first subscriber in the network before delivery of said SMS message; routing said intercepted SMS message delivery attempt via a smart services control node in the network; examining said message delivery attempt for possible invocation of a smart service to said SMS message; and invoking said smart services for said SMS message destined to said subscriber in response to said examination. The invention can be implemented in a single network or between two or more networks.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of managing SMS messages in a first mobile operator network, said network comprising a plurality of subscribers and a Short Message Service Centre (SMSC), the method comprising the steps of:
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starting a delivery attempt of the SMS message from a first subscriber to a second subscriber via said SMSC; intercepting transparently to the SMSC said SMS message delivery attempt from the first subscriber in the network before delivery of said SMS message, by intercepting an inbound HLR query associated with said message delivery attempt, by examining said intercepted HLR query for possible invocation of a smart service to said SMS message, including the steps of; routing the HLR query onward to a HLR generating a response to the HLR query in the HLR, the HLR query response including a mobile network location address of said second subscriber; replacing, in a smart services control node, the mobile network location address of said second subscriber in an HLR query response with the network location address of the smart services control node; routing said intercepted SMS message delivery attempt via the smart services control node in the network; and invoking said smart services for said SMS message destined to said subscriber in response to said examination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of managing SMS messages, between a subscriber of the first mobile operator network and another subscriber of a second mobile operator network in a telecommunications system, the method comprising the steps of:
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delivering an SMS message from said first subscriber in said first mobile operator network to said subscriber of said second mobile operator network; intercepting the SMS message inbound delivery attempt in said second mobile operator network before delivery of said SMS message; replacing, in a smart services control node, a mobile network location address of said second subscriber in an HLR query response with the network location address of the smart services control node; routing said intercepted SMS message delivery attempt via the smart services control node in second operator mobile network; examining said message delivery attempt for possible invocation of a smart service to said SMS message; and invoking said smart services for said SMS message destined to said subscriber of said second mobile operator network in response to said examination. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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23. A system of managing SMS messages in a first mobile operator network, said network comprising a plurality of subscribers and a Short Message Service Centre (SMSC), the system comprising:
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means for starting a delivery attempt of the SMS message from a first subscriber to a second subscriber via said SMSC; means for intercepting transparently said SMS message delivery attempt from the first subscriber in the network before delivery of said SMS message, by intercepting an inbound HLR query associated with said message delivery attempt by examining said intercepted HLR query for possible invocation of a smart service to said SMS message, including the steps of; means for routing said intercepted SMS message delivery attempt via a smart services control node in the network; means for routing the HLR query onward to an HLR; means in the HLR for generating a response to the HLR query, the HLR query response including a mobile network location address of said second subscriber; means in a smart services control node for replacing the mobile network location address of said second subscriber in an HLR query response with the network location address of the smart services control node; means for examining said message delivery attempt for possible invocation of the smart service to said SMS message; and means for invoking said smart services for said SMS message destined to said subscriber in response to said examination. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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