Method and system for sending messages
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- sending, in a telecommunications network, to a mobile terminal, a text-form message, wherein the text-form message relates to a current session and a current stage of the current session within a predefined dialog including a plurality of stages in which the current stage of the predefined dialog determines a sender address of the text-form message, wherein the sending comprises altering the sender address of the text-form message, and wherein the altered sender address is determined based on a combination of a session number of the current session and the current stage of the current session; and
receiving, at the altered sender address or at an address contained in the sent text-form message, a reply message from the mobile terminal, wherein the predefined dialog proceeds based on contents of the reply message,wherein the reply message is a service order message, which is associated with at least one order for a supplementary service, and which is subject to payment, andwherein the method further comprises initiating delivery of the supplementary service over a communications channel that is not used to send or receive the text-form messages.
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Abstract
The present publication discloses a method and system for sending messages in a telecommunications network. In the method, a first text-form message is sent to a user of the service, a reply to the first text-form message is received from the user of the service to an address defined in the previous message, if the reply is of the correct form and content, the desired service is sent to the user of the service. According to the invention, the user of the message service is offered a second service by a message, the information (such as the sending number is text-message traffic) defining the reply address of which differs from that of the first message, and the second offer message is sent with a sending delay, which depends of the content or type of the first service.
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43 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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sending, in a telecommunications network, to a mobile terminal, a text-form message, wherein the text-form message relates to a current session and a current stage of the current session within a predefined dialog including a plurality of stages in which the current stage of the predefined dialog determines a sender address of the text-form message, wherein the sending comprises altering the sender address of the text-form message, and wherein the altered sender address is determined based on a combination of a session number of the current session and the current stage of the current session; and receiving, at the altered sender address or at an address contained in the sent text-form message, a reply message from the mobile terminal, wherein the predefined dialog proceeds based on contents of the reply message, wherein the reply message is a service order message, which is associated with at least one order for a supplementary service, and which is subject to payment, and wherein the method further comprises initiating delivery of the supplementary service over a communications channel that is not used to send or receive the text-form messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 16)
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8. A telecommunications apparatus comprising:
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a processor coupled to a memory executing; a transmission system for sending, in a telecommunications network to a mobile terminal, a text-form message, wherein the text-form message relates to a current session and a current stage of the current session within a predefined dialog including a plurality of stages in which the current stage of the predefined dialog determines a sender address of the text-form message, wherein the telecommunication apparatus further comprises a sender-address altering system for altering the sender address of the text-form message, wherein the altered sender address is determined based on a combination of a session number of the current session and the current stage of the current session; and a reception system for receiving, at the altered sender address or at an address contained in the sent text-form message, a reply message from the mobile terminal, wherein the predefined dialog proceeds based on contents of the reply message, wherein the reply message is a service order message, which is associated with at least one order for a supplementary service that is subject to payment, and wherein the telecommunication apparatus further initiates delivery of the supplementary service over a communications channel which is not used to send or receive the text-form messages. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17)
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18. A method comprising:
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sending, in a telecommunications network, from a network server to a mobile terminal of a user, a first offer message that relates to a first service event and is a text-form message, wherein the first offer message relates to a current session and a current stage of the current session within a predefined dialog including a plurality of stages in which the current stage of the predefined dialog determines a sender address of the first offer message, wherein the sending comprises altering the sender address of the first offer message to provide a first reply address, and wherein the altered sender address is determined based on a combination of a session number of the current session and the current stage of the current session; receiving by the network server, at the first reply address which is the altered sender address in the sent first offer message, a reply message from the user'"'"'s mobile terminal, wherein the predefined dialog proceeds based on contents of the reply message, wherein the reply message is a service order message, which is associated with at least one order for a supplementary service and subject to payment, wherein the method further comprises initiating delivery of the order over a communications channel that is not used to send or receive the text-form messages, and wherein, in response to the reply to the first offer message indicating acceptance of the first offer message, the network server initiating delivery of the first service event to the user, and the network server sending a second offer message to the mobile terminal of the user, wherein the second offer message indicates a second reply address, which is distinct from the first reply address. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A telecommunications network server comprising:
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a processor coupled to a memory executing; a transmission system for sending, in a telecommunications network, from the network server to a mobile terminal of a user, a first offer message that relates to a first service event and is a text-form message, wherein the first offer message relates to a current session and a current stage of the current session within a predefined dialog including a plurality of stages in which the current stage of the predefined dialog determines a sender address of the first offer message, wherein the sending comprises altering the sender address of the first offer message to provide a first reply address, and wherein the altered sender address is determined based on a combination of a session number of the current session and the current stage of the current session; wherein the network server receives, at the first reply address which is the altered sender address in the sent first offer message, a reply message from the user'"'"'s mobile terminal, wherein the predefined dialog proceeds based on contents of the reply message, wherein the reply message is a service order message, which is associated with at least one order for a supplementary service and is subject to payment, wherein the network server initiates delivery of the order over a communications channel that is not used to send or receive the text-form messages, wherein, in response to the reply to the first offer message indicating acceptance of the first offer message, the network server initiates delivery of the first service event to the user and sends a second offer message to the mobile terminal of the user, and wherein the second offer message relates to a second service event and indicates a second reply address, which is distinct from the first reply address, whereby the network server serves as a mechanism for receiving text-form messages and altering the sender-address of the text-form messages. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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