Front end processor for short message service centers
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1. A communication gateway comprising:
- a front-end processor communicatively coupled to a short-message-system network element, the front-end processor providing session-initiation-protocol services for translating short-message data transmitted between a plurality of session-initiation-protocol endpoints, the front-end processor storing a firewall table; and
a master gateway communicatively coupled to the front-end processor and storing a plurality of external short-message entity profiles,wherein the front-end processor manages the firewall table using the plurality of external short-message entity profiles.
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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.
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1. A communication gateway comprising:
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a front-end processor communicatively coupled to a short-message-system network element, the front-end processor providing session-initiation-protocol services for translating short-message data transmitted between a plurality of session-initiation-protocol endpoints, the front-end processor storing a firewall table; and a master gateway communicatively coupled to the front-end processor and storing a plurality of external short-message entity profiles, wherein the front-end processor manages the firewall table using the plurality of external short-message entity profiles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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a plurality of front-end processors each communicatively coupled to a respective one of a plurality of short-message system network elements, each of the plurality of front-end processors providing session-initiation-protocol services for translating short-message data transmitted between a plurality of session-initiation-protocol endpoints, each of the plurality of front-end processors storing a firewall table; a master front-end processor communicatively coupled to each of the plurality of front-end processors and storing a plurality of external short-message entity profiles; wherein each of the plurality of front-end processors manages its respective firewall table using the plurality of external short-message entity profiles. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A communication gateway comprising:
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a front-end processor providing session-initiation-protocol services for translating short-message data transmitted between a plurality of session-initiation-protocol endpoints, the front-end processor storing a firewall table, wherein the front-end processor is in communication with a master gateway storing a plurality of external short-message entity profiles, the front-end processor managing the firewall table using the plurality of external short-message entity profiles. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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