Message Routing Using A Home Gateway

• US 20150172885A1
• Filed: 07/25/2012
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Godavari, Srinivasu, Madhvanath, Sriganesh, Manjunath, Geetha
• Granted Patent: US 9,674,677 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/08 User group management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]

Abstract

Provided is a method of routing a message using a home gateway. A message is received at a message originating gateway, which identifies a home gateway of the sender of the message and routes the message thereto. A message communication preference of a receiver of the message is determined and the message is translated into the message communication preference of the receiver. The message is then routed to the receiver.

Claims

1. A method of routing a message using a home gateway, comprising:

receiving a message from a sender at a message originating gateway;

identifying a home gateway of the sender at the message originating gateway;

routing the message from the message originating gateway to the home gateway of the sender;

determining a message communication preference of a receiver of the message;

translating the message into the message communication preference of the receiver; and

routing the message to the receiver.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sender and the receiver belong to a pre-defined group of users of the home gateway.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the message communication preference of the receiver includes a preferred communication format for receiving the message.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the message communication preference of the receiver includes preferred communication device for receiving the message.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the message includes an alias name of the receiver.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the alias name is used to identify the receiver of the message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein translating the message into the message communication preference of the receiver includes translating the message into a preferred communication format of the receiver.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein translating the message into the message communication preference of the receiver includes converting an initial message protocol into a preferred message protocol of the receiver.

9. A message routing system, comprising:

a first message gateway; and

a home gateway of a sender of a message, wherein the first message gateway to identify and route the message to the home gateway of the sender, and wherein, upon receipt, the home gateway of the sender to translate the message into a preferred message communication mode of a receiver and to route the message to the receiver thereafter.

10. The message routing gateway of claim 9, wherein the preferred message communication mode of the receiver is stored in the home gateway of the sender.

11. The message routing gateway of claim 9, wherein the first message gateway is hosted in a cloud computing system.

12. The message routing gateway of claim 9, wherein the first message gateway is a SMS gateway.

13. The message routing gateway of claim 9, wherein the message is one of a SMS (Short Message Service) message, a chat message and an email message.

14. The message routing gateway of claim 9, wherein the message is routed to a remote display device connected to the home gateway of the sender.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium, the non-transitory computer readable medium comprising machine executable instructions, the machine executable instructions when executed by a computer system causes the computer system to:

receive a message from a sender, wherein the message includes a home gateway identification information of the sender;

determine a message communication preference of a receiver of the message;

translate the message into the message communication preference of the receiver; and

route the message to the receiver.