Mobile-originated to HTTP communications
DCFirst Claim
1. A physical gateway, comprising:
- a first communication path connected to said physical gateway to accept, at said physical gateway, a text message;
a translation module, at said physical gateway, to insert said text message into an Internet Protocol (IP) protocol message; and
a second communication path connected to said physical gateway to transmit, from said physical gateway, said IP protocol message to at least one universal resource locator (URL);
wherein said physical gateway facilitates two-way short message service communication between text message devices.
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Abstract
A mobile device-to-HTTP protocol gateway (MHG) which translates between Wireless Mobile Originated commands from an SMSC, and an application server on the Internet. A wireless Internet gateway establishes communications with one or more relevant SMSCs using standard format SMPP commands, and the MHG utilizes HTTP protocol POST messages to post short messages originated at the mobile device to a particular URL. Return results are received by the MHG via HTTP protocol messages, translated to SMPP messages, and forwarded back to the SMSC for delivery to the mobile device. The wireless Internet Gateway communicates with the MHG using RMI protocol commands. An MHG in the present invention enables a developer to create mobile applications using standard web development tools. The MHG allows standard format command messages to be used throughout the pathway between a mobile device and an application program on a web IP server at a particular URL.
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1. A physical gateway, comprising:
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a first communication path connected to said physical gateway to accept, at said physical gateway, a text message; a translation module, at said physical gateway, to insert said text message into an Internet Protocol (IP) protocol message; and a second communication path connected to said physical gateway to transmit, from said physical gateway, said IP protocol message to at least one universal resource locator (URL); wherein said physical gateway facilitates two-way short message service communication between text message devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of communicating a text message with a physical gateway, comprising:
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accepting, at a physical gateway, a text message from a first communication path connected to said physical gateway; inserting, by a translation module of said physical gateway, said text message into an Internet Protocol (IP) protocol message; and transmitting, from said physical gateway, on a second communication path connected to said physical gateway said IP protocol message to at least one universal resource locator (URL); wherein said physical gateway facilitates two-way text message communication between text message devices. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of using a computer system to facilitate two-way communication between a mobile device and an Internet server, comprising:
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the computer system receiving a text message via a first communication path; the computer system inserting at least a message body of the text message into an Internet Protocol (IP) message; and the computer system transmitting the IP message to the Internet server, via a second communication path, wherein the text message originates from the mobile device as a short message service (SMS) text message, and wherein the SMS text message contains a multi-digit address that is fewer than seven digits and that is associated with a URL of the internet server. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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