Intermediary network system and method for facilitating message exchange between wireless networks
First Claim
1. A method of resolving, on behalf of a first mobile telephone service provider, routing for a Short Message Service (SMS) message, the method being performed by a service network disposed, logically, between the first mobile telephone service provider and a second mobile telephone service provider and including at least one data center, wherein a destination of the message is based on a mobile telephone number, the method comprising:
- determining if the telephone number is an international telephone number;
if the telephone number is an international telephone number;
obtaining a mobile country code;
determining whether the country associated with the mobile country code supports number portability and, if so, performing a routing information lookup to extract a destination carrier ID and roaming information, wherein the roaming information comprises information about a visited mobile network wherein the routing information lookup comprises a single query to obtain the destination carrier ID, and if not, obtaining a mobile network carrier identifier (ID) based on the telephone number;
if the telephone number is not an international telephone number;
obtaining the mobile network carrier ID based on at least one of (i) numbering plan area/exchange (NPA/NXX) of the telephone number or (ii) a local service management system number portability council (LSMS NPAC) database query;
obtaining a list of allowed routes for a destination carrier associated with the mobile network carrier ID;
resolving route addressing for the destination carrier;
obtaining real time route performance metrics; and
solving a cost function to identify an appropriate route for the message.
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Abstract
Network System and Method for facilitating message exchange between mobile subscribers belonging to the same or different public land mobile networks, possibly incorporating different standards. Message exchange between two subscribers of the same or different networks may involve one or more lookups on subscription data, zero or more message transformations, one or more routing decisions including application of costing functions, and, storage and propagation of the message in one or more Core or Intermediary networks. The messages may be of type, among others, SMS (Short Message Service), MMS (Multimedia Message Service), or EMAIL.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of resolving, on behalf of a first mobile telephone service provider, routing for a Short Message Service (SMS) message, the method being performed by a service network disposed, logically, between the first mobile telephone service provider and a second mobile telephone service provider and including at least one data center, wherein a destination of the message is based on a mobile telephone number, the method comprising:
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determining if the telephone number is an international telephone number; if the telephone number is an international telephone number; obtaining a mobile country code; determining whether the country associated with the mobile country code supports number portability and, if so, performing a routing information lookup to extract a destination carrier ID and roaming information, wherein the roaming information comprises information about a visited mobile network wherein the routing information lookup comprises a single query to obtain the destination carrier ID, and if not, obtaining a mobile network carrier identifier (ID) based on the telephone number; if the telephone number is not an international telephone number; obtaining the mobile network carrier ID based on at least one of (i) numbering plan area/exchange (NPA/NXX) of the telephone number or (ii) a local service management system number portability council (LSMS NPAC) database query; obtaining a list of allowed routes for a destination carrier associated with the mobile network carrier ID; resolving route addressing for the destination carrier; obtaining real time route performance metrics; and solving a cost function to identify an appropriate route for the message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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