System and method of creating and providing SMS HTTP tagging

• US 9,686,661 B2
• Filed: 11/02/2015
• Issued: 06/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Dingler, John R., Holladay, Eythan C., Dennard, Mark D., Marceau, Jessica E., Trevathan, Matthew B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shen, Qun
• Application Number:
  US14/929,987
• Publication Number:
  US 20160057591A1
• Time in Patent Office: 596 Days
• 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:

determine whether a message on a device was sent via SMS, 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; 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

each response of the survey includes a different SMS tag configured to force a return message which indicates that a response on a website has been selected for the survey to be sent via the SS7 protocol to a different number than remaining responses,

wherein the programming instructions are further operable to receive a confirmation from the different number that the selection for the survey has been received.

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 the website on the device via a browser function, the website comprising responses that are selectable by the user for the survey when the message is determined to have been sent via the Internet.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the return message is indicative of the response selected by the user.

5. 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.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the programming instructions are further operable to unzip or uncompress the message and then display the message when the message is uncompressed.

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

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

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

determine a character size of the message; and

compress the message in response to the message being greater than a predefined character length.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the predefined character length is 225 characters.

9. A system comprising:

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

program instructions to determine whether a message on a device was sent via SMS, the message including an SMS tag which comprises a hyperlink for a survey;

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

each response of the survey includes a different SMS tag configured to force a return message which indicates that a response on a website has been selected for the survey to be sent via the SS7 protocol to a different number than remaining responses, and

receiving a confirmation from the different number that the selection for the survey has been received.

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

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

14. The system of claim 9, further comprising program instructions to determine a character size of the message and separate the message into a plurality of packets in response to the message being greater than a predefined character length.

15. The system of claim 9, further comprising program instructions to determine a character size of the message and compress the message in response to the message being greater than a predefined character length.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the predefined character length is 225 characters.