Method and system for reporting a short message capability via an IP multimedia subsystem

• US 9,843,910 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2016
• Issued: 12/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Interdigital Technology Corporation (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Interdigital Technology Corporation (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shaheen, Kamel M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Nghi H
• Application Number:
  US15/174,289
• Publication Number:
  US 20160286368A1
• Time in Patent Office: 554 Days
• Field of Search: 4554351, 455466, 455424, 4554121
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• 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 60/04 using triggered events
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/04 Registration at HLR or HSS [Home Subscriber Server]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements

Abstract

A method and system for reporting short message (SM) capability over an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) using a session initiation protocol (SIP) are disclosed. A short message Internet Protocol gateway (SM-IP-GW) receives a registration request via session initiation protocol (SIP). The registration request may indicate a capability of a WTRU to receive Short Message Service (SMS) messages via an Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS). The SM-IP-GW transmits a successful registration message to a home location register (HLR) to indicate that a WTRU has successfully registered with the SM-IP-GW. Once the HLR is informed that a WTRU is successfully registered with the SM-IP-GW, SMS messages may be received and transmitted via the IMS using SIP.

Claims

1. A method performed by a short message Internet Protocol gateway (SM-IP-GW), the method comprising:

receiving a registration request, at the SM-IP-GW from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) via session initiation protocol (SIP), wherein the registration request indicates a capability of the WTRU to receive Short Message Service (SMS) messages via an Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS);

transmitting a successful registration message, from the SM-IP-GW to a home location register (HLR), wherein the successful registration message indicates that the WTRU has successfully registered with the SM-IP-GW; and

receiving a message comprising SMS data, at the SM-IP-GW from the WTRU, via the IMS using SIP.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the message comprising SMS data is a multimedia message service (MMS) message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the message comprising SMS data is an instant message service message.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the registration request is received over an interworking wireless local area network (I-WLAN).

5. A method performed by a short message Internet Protocol gateway (SM-IP-GW), the method comprising:

receiving a registration request, at the SM-IP-GW from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) via session initiation protocol (SIP), wherein the registration request indicates a capability of the WTRU to receive Short Message Service (SMS) messages via an Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS);

transmitting a successful registration message, from the SM-IP-GW to a home location register (HLR), wherein the successful registration message indicates that the WTRU has successfully registered with the SM-IP-GW; and

transmitting a message comprising SMS data, from the SM-IP-GW to the WTRU, via the IMS using SIP.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the message comprising SMS data is a multimedia message service (MMS) message.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the message comprising SMS data is an instant message service message.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the registration request is received over an interworking wireless local area network (I-WLAN).

9. A short message Internet Protocol gateway (SM-IP-GW) comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a registration request, at the SM-IP-GW from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) via session initiation protocol (SIP), wherein the registration request indicates a capability of the WTRU to receive Short Message Service (SMS) messages via an Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS); and

a transmitter configured to transmit a successful registration message, from the SM-IP-GW to a home location register (HLR), wherein the successful registration message indicates that the WTRU has successfully registered with the SM-IP-GW;

wherein the transmitter is further configured to transmit a message comprising SMS data, from the SM-IP-GW to the WTRU, via the IMS using SIP.

10. The SM-IP-GW of claim 9, wherein the message comprising SMS data is a multimedia message service (MMS) message.

11. The SM-IP-GW of claim 9, wherein the message comprising SMS data is an instant message service message.

12. The SM-IP-GW of claim 9, wherein the registration request is received over an interworking wireless local area network (I-WLAN).

13. The SM-IP-GW of claim 9, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive a message comprising SMS data, at the SM-IP-GW from the WTRU, via the IMS using SIP.