Messaging system and method
First Claim
1. A messaging method carried out by devices and a messaging system in a communication network, the method comprising the steps of:
- an originating device sending messages with the same content and addressed to multiple terminating devices;
the system receiving the messages, automatically detecting that the messages are intended by the originating device user as being a single message to be addressed to a plurality of users which shall form a group, correlating said messages as being for group messaging, and routing the messages to the terminating devices with a reply path address of the system;
the reply path address being a global title address from a pool of global titles allocated to the system;
the system storing a group messaging record with data for the originating and terminating devices; and
the system subsequently receiving a reply from at least one terminating device, routing the reply to the originating device, and forwarding corresponding replies to the other terminating devices in the group.
3 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A messaging method is implemented by a system in a mobile network in which there are mobile devices including devices A, B, C, D, and E. An originating device sends a message addressed to multiple terminating devices. The system receives the messages and correlates them and routes them to the terminating devices. The system correlates the messages by grouping them according to originating device and sending time frame. The system allocates a global title record address from a pool for the session. The system forwards the messages with an MT-FSM, in which the originating device information is included in the message body, and the recipient address is that of the specific terminating device. The system transmits a confirmation message to the originating device.
-
Citations
24 Claims
-
1. A messaging method carried out by devices and a messaging system in a communication network, the method comprising the steps of:
-
an originating device sending messages with the same content and addressed to multiple terminating devices; the system receiving the messages, automatically detecting that the messages are intended by the originating device user as being a single message to be addressed to a plurality of users which shall form a group, correlating said messages as being for group messaging, and routing the messages to the terminating devices with a reply path address of the system; the reply path address being a global title address from a pool of global titles allocated to the system; the system storing a group messaging record with data for the originating and terminating devices; and the system subsequently receiving a reply from at least one terminating device, routing the reply to the originating device, and forwarding corresponding replies to the other terminating devices in the group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
-
-
23. A messaging system comprising an interface to mobile network elements and a circuit including at least one digital data processor, in which the circuit is perform the steps of:
-
an originating device sending messages with the same content and addressed to multiple terminating devices; the system receiving the messages, automatically detecting that the messages are intended by the originating device user as being a single message to be addressed to a plurality of users which shall form a group, correlating said messages as being for group messaging, and routing the messages to the terminating devices with a reply path address including the system; the reply path address being a global title address from a pool of global titles allocated to the system; the system storing a group messaging record with data for the originating and terminating devices; the system subsequently receiving a reply from at least one terminating device, routing the reply to the originating device, and forwarding corresponding replies to the other terminating devices in the group.
-
-
24. A computer program product, comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code being executed to implement a method comprising the steps of:
-
receiving messages with the same content and addressed to multiple terminating devices, automatically detecting that the messages are intended by an originating device user as being a single message to be addressed to a plurality of users which shall form a group, correlating said messages as being for group messaging, and routing the messages to the terminating devices with a reply path address including a system; the reply path address being a global title address from a pool of global titles allocated to the system; storing a group messaging record with data for the originating and terminating devices; and subsequently receiving a reply from at least one terminating device, routing the reply to the originating device, and forwarding corresponding replies to the other terminating devices in the group.
-
Specification