System and method of creating and providing SMS http tagging

• US 9,253,612 B2
• Filed: 03/25/2014
• Issued: 02/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Dennard, Mark D., Dingler, John R., Marceau, Jessica E., Trevathan, Matthew B., Holladay, Eythan C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shen, Qun
• Application Number:
  US14/224,509
• Publication Number:
  US 20140206404A1
• Time in Patent Office: 679 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 455/414.4, 370/352
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

A system and method for sending text messages and, more particularly, a system and method for forcing SMS capable devices to communicate via SMS using, for example, SS7 protocol. A method includes providing a tag forcing a return text message to be sent via SS7 protocol. In use, the system and method is configured to force the use of SMS messages via the SS7 protocol. The system and method can be implemented over any network, for example, and any existing mobile device and related infrastructure can be modified to take advantage of the benefits and functionality of the system and method of the invention.

Claims

1. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable to:

display a message on a device, the message including an SMS tag which comprises a telephone number, an indicator to use SS7 protocol, and at least one selection option for a survey;

determine whether the message was sent via SMS; and

send a response message which is responsive to the message by indicating that the at least one selection option has been selected for the survey via the SS7 protocol using the telephone number included within the SMS tag when the message is determined to be sent via SMS,

wherein the message includes the at least one selection option that is selectable by a user, and

wherein each response or combination thereof includes a different SMS tag configured to force the return message which indicates that a response or combination thereof on a website has been selected for the survey to be sent via the SS7 protocol to a different number.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the programming instructions are further operable to determine the message to have been sent via the Internet when the message is determined to not have been sent via SMS.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the programming instructions are further operable to open a website on the device via a browser function, the website comprising responses that are selectable by a user for the survey when the message is determined to have been sent via the Internet.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein each response or combination thereof includes a different SMS tag configured to force a return message which indicates that a response or combination thereof on the website has been selected for the survey to be sent via the SS7 protocol to a different telephone number.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the return message is indicative of the response selected by the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the programming instructions are further operable to:

receive the message at the device; and

check an SMS header of the message to determine whether the message is compressed.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the programming instructions are further operable to unzip or uncompress the message and then display the message when the message is uncompressed.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the return message is indicative of the response selected by the user.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the message further comprises one of an xml and html which comprises the SMS tag.

9. A system comprising:

a CPU, a computer readable memory and a non-transitory computer usable storage medium;

program instructions to display a message on a device, the message including an SMS tag which comprises a hyperlink for a survey;

program instructions to determine whether the message was sent via SMS;

program instructions to determine the message to have been sent via the Internet when the message is determined to not have been sent via SMS; and

program instructions to open a website on the device via a browser function using the hyperlink in the SMS tag when the message is determined to have been sent via the Internet, the website comprising responses that are selectable by a user for the survey,

wherein each response or combination thereof on the website includes a different SMS tag configured to force a return message which indicates that a response or combination thereof on the website has been selected for the survey to be sent via SS7 protocol to a different telephone number, and

the program instructions are stored on the non-transitory computer usable storage medium for execution by the CPU via the computer readable memory.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the return message is indicative of the response selected by the user.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the message comprises the SMS tag without an xml or html.