TCP over SMS

• US 8,099,115 B2
• Filed: 12/14/2006
• Issued: 01/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sybase Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: Sybase Incorporated (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Clegg, David L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gary, Erika
• Assistant Examiner(s): MAPA, MICHAEL Y
• Application Number:
  US11/638,409
• Publication Number:
  US 20080146257A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,860 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.4, 455/432.2, 455/466
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2212/00 Encapsulation of packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/16 Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/163 In-band adaptation of TCP data exchange; In-band control procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/06 Transport layer protocols, e.g. TCP [Transport Control Protocol] over wireless transmission control protocol/Internet protocol [TCP/IP] or user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program product for forming and transmitting a TCP/SMS message are presented. Steps for forming a TCP message, encoding the TCP message, and wrapping the TCP message in an SMS message are disclosed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

encoding a TCP message directly in an SMS message encoding format;

forming an SMS message comprising a header denoting the SMS message as a TCP/SMS message and the encoded TCP message; and

sending the SMS message over an SMS messaging network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein encoding the TCP message comprises:

determining padding resulting from the encoding.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein encoding the TCP message directly in an SMS message encoding format comprises specifying a value indicating the padding in the SMS message.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a second SMS message over the SMS messaging network;

reading a header of the second SMS message to identify the second SMS message as a TCP/SMS message;

decoding the second TCP message in the second SMS message; and

reading data contained in the second TCP message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein encoding the TCP message comprises:

encoding the TCP message using base64 encoding.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a sequence number of the TCP message.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein determining the sequence number of the TCP message comprises generating the sequence number using a system clock.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

processing the data contained in the second TCP message in a service associated with an SMS destination port specified in the second SMS message.

9. A non-transitory computer usable medium having instructions recorded thereon that, if executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:

encoding a TCP message directly in an SMS message encoding format;

forming an SMS message comprising a header denoting the SMS message as a TCP/SMS message and the encoded TCP message; and

sending the SMS message over an SMS messaging network.

10. The computer usable medium of claim 9, wherein encoding the TCP message comprises:

determining padding resulting from the encoding.

11. The computer usable medium of claim 10, wherein encoding the TCP message directly in an SMS message encoding format comprises specifying a value indicating the padding in the SMS message.

12. The computer usable medium of claim 9, the method further comprising:

receiving a second SMS message over the SMS messaging network;

reading a header of the second SMS message to identify the second SMS message as a TCP/SMS message;

decoding the second TCP message in the second SMS message; and

reading data contained in the second TCP message.

13. The computer usable medium of claim 9, wherein encoding the TCP message comprises:

encoding the TCP message using base64 encoding.

14. The computer usable medium of claim 9, the method further comprising:

determining a sequence number of the TCP message.

15. The computer usable medium of claim 14, wherein determining the sequence number of the TCP message comprises generating the sequence number using a system clock.

16. The computer usable medium of claim 12, the method further comprising:

processing the data contained in the second TCP message in a service associated with an SMS destination port specified in the second SMS message.

17. A system comprising:

a memory configured to store;

an encoding module configured to encode a TCP message directly in an SMS message encoding format,

a forming module configured to form an SMS message comprising a header denoting the SMS message as a TCP/SMS message and the encoded TCP message, and

a sending module configured to send the SMS message over an SMS messaging network; and

one or more processors configured to process the modules.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the encoding module is further configured to determine padding resulting from the encoding.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the encoding module is further configured to specify a value indicating the padding in the SMS message.

20. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

a receiving module configured to receive a second SMS message over the SMS messaging network;

a first reading module configured to read a header of the second SMS message to identify the second SMS message as a TCP/SMS message;

a decoding module configured to decode the second TCP message in the second SMS message; and

a second reading module configured to read data contained in the second TCP message.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the encoding module is further configured to encode the TCP message using base64 encoding.

22. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

a determining module configured to determine a sequence number of the TCP message.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the determining module is further configured to generate the sequence number using a system clock.

24. The system of claim 20, further comprising:

a processing module configured to process the data contained in the second TCP message in a service associated with an SMS destination port specified in the second SMS message.