System for the storage and retrieval of messages

• US 8,660,537 B2
• Filed: 11/18/2002
• Issued: 02/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lewis, John Ervin, Lai, Danh Tan, McNamara, Justin, Schlieber, Karl J.
• Primary Examiner(s): RAMPURIA, SHARAD K
• Application Number:
  US10/299,284
• Publication Number:
  US 20030096600A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,117 Days
• Field of Search: 4554121-4122, 455/466, 4554141-4144, 455/4, 379/88.25, 709/244, 709203-207, 370/466, 707/1
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/069 using logs of notifications; Post-processing of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/00 Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks routing or path finding in wireless networks H04W40/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/04 Interdomain routing, e.g. hierarchical routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/306 Route determination based on the nature of the carried application
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/308 Route determination based on user's profile, e.g. premium users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2408 for supporting different services, e.g. a differentiated services [DiffServ] type of service
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/212 using filtering or selective blocking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/226 Delivery according to priorities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/246 Connectivity information discovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/248 : Connectivity information update
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 : Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 : Gateway arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 : Messaging devices, e.g. message centre
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 : Inter-networking arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/06 : between gateways and public network devices

Abstract

A system for the centralized storage of messages on a telecommunications network includes a processor, memory, and a storage device. The storage device has a message store portion for storing message information, a transaction segment portion for storing segment information, and a message device status portion for storing device information. The message store portion is associated with the transaction segment portion and the device status portion.

Claims

1. A wireless messaging infrastructure system, comprising:

at least one message routing entity coupled to a plurality of network elements via a network transport bus coupled to a wireless network, wherein the plurality of network elements operates under a plurality of different message protocols; and

at least two message storage devices coupled to the at least one message routing entity for storing wireless messages, wherein a first message storage device stores messages that are associated with a first network element and wherein a second message storage device stores messages that are associated with a second network element, wherein each of the first and second message storage devices communicates with the at least one message routing entity via the network transport bus,

wherein the plurality of network elements delivers wireless messages to the network transport bus, the wireless messages including a routing validation request and at least one network address for the at least one message routing entity in a header of the wireless messages, and

wherein the at least one message routing entity monitors the network transport bus for the routing validation request and the at least one network address in the header of the wireless messages, obtains the wireless messages from the network transport bus and routes at least a portion of the received wireless messages to an appropriate one of the at least two message storage devices via the network transport bus.

2. The wireless messaging infrastructure system of claim 1, wherein the wireless messages are delivered from the plurality of network elements to the network transport bus in a common wireless message protocol, and wherein the at least one message routing entity obtains the wireless messages in the common wireless message protocol and translates the wireless messages to a wireless message protocol associated with an appropriate message storage device.

3. The wireless messaging infrastructure system of claim 1, wherein the at least one message routing entity is configured to obtain from the network transport bus wireless messages having no more than one message protocol.

4. The wireless messaging infrastructure system of claim 1, wherein the wireless messages have a plurality of message segments, and wherein the message routing entity is configured to route the wireless messages based on at least one of the plurality of message segments.

5. The wireless messaging infrastructure system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the wireless messages further comprises a plurality of different message segments, and wherein the message routing entity includes routing instructions for routing the different message segments of the same wireless message to the same message storage device.

6. The wireless messaging infrastructure system of claim 5, wherein the message routing entity is configured to route a message segment to at least one of the plurality of network elements.

7. The wireless messaging infrastructure system of claim 1, wherein the message routing entity is configured to update existing wireless messages stored on at least one of the two message storage devices.

8. The wireless messaging infrastructure system of claim 1, wherein the message routing entity is configured to determine the amount of wireless messages stored on at least one of the at least two message storage devices, and wherein the message routing entity routes wireless messages to the at least one message storage device based on the amount of wireless messages stored on the at least one message storage device.

9. The wireless messaging infrastructure system of claim 1, wherein the at least one message routing entity is communicatively coupled to at least one of the at least two message storage devices via a second network transport bus.

10. The wireless messaging infrastructure system of claim 9, wherein the second network transport bus is a backbone datastore transport bus.

11. The wireless messaging infrastructure system of claim 1, wherein the message routing entity includes routing instructions for routing the messages to at least one of the at least two data storage devices based on at least a portion of the contents of the wireless message.

12. The wireless messaging infrastructure system of claim 1, wherein the message routing entity includes routing instructions for routing the messages to at least one of the at least two data storage devices based on a type of device associated with the messages.

13. The wireless messaging infrastructure system of claim 1, wherein a single input to one of the plurality of network elements causes a wireless message to be deleted from the network element and a message storage device on which the message was stored.

14. The wireless messaging infrastructure system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the at least two message storage devices has a storage threshold that is dynamically modifiable.

15. The wireless messaging infrastructure system of claim 1, wherein the at least one message routing entity is operable to support data replication.

16. The wireless messaging infrastructure system of claim 1, wherein the at least one message routing entity is operable to support method replication.

17. The wireless messaging infrastructure system of claim 1, wherein the wireless message further comprises a flag for indicating a proprietary object.

18. The wireless messaging infrastructure system of claim 17, wherein the at least one message routing entity limits access by users of the telecommunications network to the proprietary object based on the associated flag.

19. The wireless messaging infrastructure system of claim 18, wherein the proprietary object is a ring tone.

20. A device comprising:

a processor coupled to a network transport bus on a wireless network of a wireless messaging infrastructure system, wherein the network transport bus receives wireless messages from a plurality of network elements operating under a plurality of different message protocols, the wireless messages including a routing validation request and at least one network address for the device in a header of the wireless messages; and

an interface coupled to the processor for enabling communication across the network transport bus with at least two wireless message storage devices coupled to the network transport bus, wherein a first message storage device stores messages that are associated with a first network element and wherein a second message storage device stores messages that are associated with a second network element,

wherein the processor is configured to monitor the network transport bus for the routing validation request and the at least one network address in the header of the wireless messages, obtain the wireless messages from the network transport bus and to route at least a portion of the received wireless messages to an appropriate one of the at least two message storage devices.

21. The device of claim 20, wherein the wireless messages are delivered from the plurality of network elements to the network transport bus in a common wireless message protocol, and wherein the processor is configured to obtain the wireless messages in the common wireless message protocol and translate the wireless messages from the common protocol to a wireless message protocol associated with an appropriate one of the at least two message storage devices.

22. The device of claim 20, wherein the processor is configured to route the wireless messages based on at least a portion of the contents of the wireless messages.

23. The device of claim 20, wherein the processor is configured to support data replication.

24. The device of claim 20, wherein the processor is configured to support method replication.

25. The device of claim 20, wherein the processor is configured to update existing wireless messages stored on at least one of the at least two message storage devices.

26. The device of claim 20, wherein the processor is configured to associated a flag with the wireless message for indicating a proprietary object.

27. The device of claim 20, wherein the processor is configured to limit access by users of the telecommunications network to the proprietary object based on the associated flag.