Messaging service interworking
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1. A method comprising:
- a) receiving, at a messaging service node, a first messaging service message directed to a dual-mode terminal from a messaging center in accordance with a messaging service protocol, wherein the dual-mode terminal is able to facilitate communications via a terminal adaptor which supports local wireless communications including a packet-based session over a data access network or via a cellular-based wireless network;
b) determining, at the messaging service node, whether to send the first messaging service message via the local wireless communications or via the cellular-based wireless network by determining that the dual-mode terminal is operatively coupled to the terminal adaptor;
c) routing, from the messaging service node, the first messaging service message to the dual-mode terminal via the terminal adaptor, when the dual-mode terminal is operatively coupled to the terminal adaptor;
d) receiving, at the messaging service node, a second messaging service message from the dual-mode terminal and changing a destination address of the second messaging service message with the dual-mode terminal to an address associated with the messaging service node and inserting the destination address in the second messaging service message prior to the second messaging service message being sent; and
e) routing the second messaging service message from the messaging service node to an intended destination.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to facilitating the delivery of messaging service messages, such as those provided through short messaging services and multimedia messaging services, to a dual-mode terminal through a wireless network as well as through either a public switched telephone network (PSTN) or data access network using a terminal adaptor. The terminal adaptor is capable of providing local wireless communications with the dual-mode terminal, when it is within communication range of the terminal adaptor.
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38 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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a) receiving, at a messaging service node, a first messaging service message directed to a dual-mode terminal from a messaging center in accordance with a messaging service protocol, wherein the dual-mode terminal is able to facilitate communications via a terminal adaptor which supports local wireless communications including a packet-based session over a data access network or via a cellular-based wireless network; b) determining, at the messaging service node, whether to send the first messaging service message via the local wireless communications or via the cellular-based wireless network by determining that the dual-mode terminal is operatively coupled to the terminal adaptor; c) routing, from the messaging service node, the first messaging service message to the dual-mode terminal via the terminal adaptor, when the dual-mode terminal is operatively coupled to the terminal adaptor; d) receiving, at the messaging service node, a second messaging service message from the dual-mode terminal and changing a destination address of the second messaging service message with the dual-mode terminal to an address associated with the messaging service node and inserting the destination address in the second messaging service message prior to the second messaging service message being sent; and e) routing the second messaging service message from the messaging service node to an intended destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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a) at least one communication interface; and b) a messaging service node associated with the at least one communication interface and adapted to; i) receive, from a messaging center in accordance with a messaging service protocol, a first messaging service message directed to a dual-mode terminal, wherein the dual-mode terminal is able to facilitate communications via a terminal adaptor which supports local wireless communications including a packet-based session over a data access network or via a cellular-based wireless network; ii) determine whether to send the first messaging service message via the local wireless communications or via the cellular-based wireless network by determining that the dual-mode terminal is operatively coupled to the terminal adaptor; iii) route the first messaging service message to the dual-mode terminal via the terminal adaptor, when the dual-mode terminal is operatively coupled to the terminal adaptor; iv) receive, from the dual-mode terminal, a second messaging service message in which the dual-mode terminal changed a destination address of a device to an address associated with the messaging service node and insert the destination address of the device in the second messaging service message so that the destination address of the device resides in the second messaging service message; v) extract, from the second messaging service message, the destination address of the device; and vi) route the second messaging service message to the device using the destination address. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A dual-mode terminal comprising:
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a) a receiver; b) a transmitter; and c) a control system operatively associated with the receiver and transmitter and adapted to; i) facilitate wireless communications via a wireless network; ii) facilitate wireless communications through a terminal adaptor; and iii) receive a messaging service message through the terminal adaptor from a messaging service node that received the messaging service message from a messaging center in accordance to a messaging service protocol when a determination is made that the dual-mode terminal is operatively coupled to the terminal adaptor; and wherein the control system is further adapted to send a second messaging service message toward a service node, which is capable of routing the second messaging service message to an intended destination, and through the terminal adaptor and the control system is further adapted to change a destination address of the second messaging service message to an address associated with the service node and insert the destination address in the second messaging service message prior to sending the second messaging service message. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A method comprising:
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a) receiving, at a messaging service node, a first messaging service message from a dual-mode terminal via a cellular-based wireless network or a terminal adaptor and directed to a device, the terminal adaptor supporting local wireless communications including a packet-based session over a data access network with the dual-mode terminal; b) changing a destination address of the device of the first messaging service message with the dual-mode terminal to an address associated with the messaging service node and inserting the destination address of the device in the first messaging service message prior to the first messaging service message being sent to the messaging service node; and c) routing, at the messaging service node, the first messaging service message to the device via a messaging center in accordance to a messaging service protocol. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system comprising:
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a) at least one communication interface; and b) a messaging service node associated with the at least one communication interface and adapted to; i) receive, from a dual-mode terminal via a terminal adaptor or the cellular-based wireless network, a first messaging service message in which the dual-mode terminal changed a destination address of the first messaging service message associated with a device to an address associated with the messaging service node and insert the destination address associated with the device in the first messaging service message so that the destination address associated with the device resides in the first messaging service message, the terminal adaptor supporting local wireless communications including a packet-based session over a data access network with the dual-mode terminal; ii) extract, from the first messaging service message, the destination address associated with the device; and iii) route the first messaging service message to the device via a messaging center in accordance to a messaging service protocol. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38)
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