Systems, methods, and computer readable media for controlling social networking service originated message traffic

• US 8,874,784 B2
• Filed: 08/10/2010
• Issued: 10/28/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tekelec, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Tekelec, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Agarwal, Devesh, Marsico, Peter J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Park, Jeong S
• Application Number:
  US12/853,901
• Publication Number:
  US 20110038287A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,540 Days
• Field of Search: 709/202, 709/238, 455/417, 455/433
• US Class Current: 709/238
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/043 using or handling presence information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/02 Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/08 Mobility data transfer

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer readable media for controlling the delivery of a social networking service originated message directed to a mobile device are disclosed. According to one example, the method performed at a routing node includes intercepting a mobility management message that includes location information associated with a mobile device, storing the location information associated with the mobile device in a location database, and receiving a social networking service originated message directed to the mobile device, wherein the message includes media content. The method further includes extracting the location information associated with the mobile device from the location database and delivering the media content to the mobile device using the extracted location information from the location database.

Claims

1. A method for controlling the delivery of a social networking service originated message directed to a mobile device, the method comprising:

at a DIAMETER based routing node;

intercepting a mobility management message that includes location information associated with a mobile device, wherein the mobility management message includes a DIAMETER UpdateLocation request message directed to a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) from a mobility management entity (MME) serving the mobile device;

storing the location information associated with the mobile device in a location database, wherein the location information is extracted from the DIAMETER UpdateLocation request message by the DIAMETER based routing node;

receiving a social networking service originated message directed to the mobile device, wherein the social networking service originated message includes media content and is generated by a social networking service server;

extracting the location information associated with the mobile device from the location database; and

delivering the media content to the mobile device using the extracted location information from the location database and without querying the HSS.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the DIAMETER based routing node comprises a DIAMETER router, a DIAMETER relay agent, or a DIAMETER proxy agent.

3. A system for controlling the delivery of a social networking service originated message to a mobile device, the system comprising:

a DIAMETER based routing node comprising;

a location caching module for intercepting a mobility management message that includes location information associated with a mobile device and for storing the location information in a location database, wherein the mobility management message includes a DIAMETER UpdateLocation request message directed to a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) from a mobility management entity (MME) serving the mobile device, and for extracting the location information from the DIAMETER UpdateLocation request message; and

a social networking services offload gateway function (SOGF) module provisioned for receiving a social networking service originated message directed toward the mobile device, wherein the social networking service originated message contains media content and is generated by a social networking service server, for accessing the location information associated with the mobile device in the location database, and for delivering the media content to the mobile device using the location information and without querying the HSS.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the DIAMETER based routing node comprises a DIAMETER router, a DIAMETER relay agent, or a DIAMETER proxy agent.

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon non-transitory executable instructions that when executed by the processor of a computer control the computer to perform steps comprising:

at a Diameter based routing node;

intercepting, a mobility management message that includes location information associated with a mobile device, wherein the mobility management message includes a DIAMETER UpdateLocation request message directed to a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) from a mobility management entity (MME) serving the mobile device;

storing the location information associated with the mobile device in a location database, wherein the location information is extracted from the DIAMETER UpdateLocation request message by the DIAMETER based routing node;

receiving a social networking service originated message directed to the mobile device, wherein the social networking service originated message includes media content and is generated by a social networking service server;

extracting the location information associated with the mobile device from the location database; and

delivering the media content to the mobile device using the extracted location information from the location database and without querying the HSS.