Front end processor for short message service centers

• US 9,264,453 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2013
• Issued: 02/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.), AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Maria, Arturo
• Primary Examiner(s): Chery, Dady
• Application Number:
  US14/075,153
• Publication Number:
  US 20150131678A1
• Time in Patent Office: 830 Days
• Field of Search: 709204-207, 370/466, 370/465, 370/467
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0209 Architectural arrangements, e.g. perimeter networks or demilitarized zones
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1441 Countermeasures against malicious traffic countermeasures against attacks on cryptographic mechanisms H04L9/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/102 Gateways arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways, H04L12/66
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

A communication gateway which includes a short-message-system network element is disclosed. The communication gateway includes a short-message-system network element to transmit short-message data to a plurality of session-initiation-protocol endpoints and a front-end processor coupled with the short-message-system network element to provide session-initiation-protocol services for translating the short-message data transmitted between the plurality of session-initiation-protocol endpoints.

Claims

1. A communication gateway comprising:

a short-message-system network element to transmit short-message data to a plurality of session-initiation-protocol endpoints; and

a front-end processor coupled with the short-message-system network element to provide session-initiation-protocol services for translating the short-message data transmitted between the plurality of session-initiation-protocol endpoints, the front-end processor communicatively coupled with a master gateway storing a master catalog of subscriber profiles and storing a plurality of external short-message entity profiles,

wherein the front-end processor is communicatively coupled with the master gateway to coordinate a response of the front-end processor to a security threat by managing a firewall table of the front-end processor.

2. The communication gateway of claim 1, wherein the session-initiation-protocol services for translating short-message data comprises communicating with a plurality of Public Service Agencies for session-initiation-protocol translation and data delivery for an emergency communication services.

3. The communication gateway of claim 1, wherein the front-end processor is communicatively coupled with the master gateway to coordinate session-initiation-protocol enablement among a plurality of front-end processors.

4. The communication gateway of claim 1, wherein the front-end processor is communicatively coupled with the master gateway via a short messaging system external short messaging entity.

5. The communication gateway of claim 1, wherein the response of the front-end processor to a security threat comprises the front-end processor functioning as a layer 2 firewall to screen an incoming data.

6. The communication gateway of claim 1, wherein the session-initiation-protocol services for translating short-message data comprises session-initiation-protocol services for translating short-message-peer-to-peer data.

7. The communication gateway of claim 1, wherein the short-message-system network element and the front-end processor share a common Internet Protocol address.

8. A system comprising:

a plurality of front-end processors, each of the plurality of front-end processors coupled with a corresponding short-message-system network element; and

a master front-end processor coupled to each of the plurality of front-end processors to provide management services and provisioning services to each of the plurality of front-end processors, wherein each corresponding short-message-system network element is to transmit a short-message data to a plurality of session-initiation-protocol endpoints and to provide session-initiation-protocol services to translate the short-message data transmitted between the plurality of session-initiation-protocol endpoints, the master front-end processor coupled to each of the plurality of front-end processors to store a master catalog of a plurality of subscriber profiles and to store a plurality of external short-message entity profiles,

wherein the master front-end processor is coupled to the each of the plurality of front-end processors to coordinate a response of the each of the plurality of front-end processors to a security threat by managing a firewall table of the each of the plurality of front-end processors.

9. The communication gateway of claim 8, wherein the each of the plurality of front-end processors is coupled with the corresponding short-message-system network element to communicate with a plurality of Public Service Agencies for session-initiation-protocol translation and data delivery for an emergency communication services.

10. The communication gateway of claim 8, wherein the response of the each of the plurality of front-end processors to a security threat comprises the each of the plurality of front-end processors functioning as a layer 2 firewall to screen an incoming data.

11. The communication gateway of claim 8, wherein the front-end processor is communicatively coupled with the master gateway via a Short Messaging System External Short Messaging Entity.

12. The communication gateway of claim 8, wherein the session-initiation-protocol services for translating short-message data comprises session-initiation-protocol services for translating short-message -peer-to-peer data.

13. The communication gateway of claim 8, wherein the master front-end processor is coupled to the each of the plurality of front-end processors to coordinate session-initiation-protocol enablement among the plurality of front-end processors.

14. The communication gateway of claim 8, wherein the short-message-system network element and the front-end gateway share a common Internet Protocol address.