System for handling file attachments
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1. A method for handling a message including an attachment sent to a wireless device within a wireless network, wherein the wireless device is not capable of displaying the attachment, the method comprising:
- receiving via a first network transport bus a message with an attachment within the wireless network, wherein the first network transport bus communicatively connects a plurality of network elements and utilizes a common messaging format for communication among and between the network elements, wherein the network elements comprise a plurality of adaptive routing concentrators, a plurality of routing and validation entities, and a plurality of network databases all communicatively connected to the first network transport bus, and wherein at least one routing and validation entity is communicatively connected to a user alias database and a routing and validation database via a second network transport bus;
detecting the attachment;
translating with at least one adaptive routing concentrator the received message and the received attachment into the common messaging format for storage in at least one network database, wherein the network database is communicatively connected to the first network transport bus;
retrieving the message from the first network transport bus in the common messaging format with at least one routing and validation entity and validating the retrieved message by comparing at least one of an originating address or a destination address to a list of approved addresses, wherein the list of approved addresses is stored in the user alias database that is communicatively connected to the first network transport bus;
accessing with at least one routing and validation entity the routing and validation database to locate a forwarding address associated with the wireless device, wherein a user of the wireless device had selected and stored information relating to a preferred destination device in the routing and validation database; and
sending the attachment to the preferred forwarding address.
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Abstract
A method and system for forwarding an attachment sent to a wireless device includes receiving a message with an attachment within a wireless network, detecting the attachment, accessing a forwarding address associated with the message, and sending the attachment to the forwarding address.
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1. A method for handling a message including an attachment sent to a wireless device within a wireless network, wherein the wireless device is not capable of displaying the attachment, the method comprising:
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receiving via a first network transport bus a message with an attachment within the wireless network, wherein the first network transport bus communicatively connects a plurality of network elements and utilizes a common messaging format for communication among and between the network elements, wherein the network elements comprise a plurality of adaptive routing concentrators, a plurality of routing and validation entities, and a plurality of network databases all communicatively connected to the first network transport bus, and wherein at least one routing and validation entity is communicatively connected to a user alias database and a routing and validation database via a second network transport bus; detecting the attachment; translating with at least one adaptive routing concentrator the received message and the received attachment into the common messaging format for storage in at least one network database, wherein the network database is communicatively connected to the first network transport bus; retrieving the message from the first network transport bus in the common messaging format with at least one routing and validation entity and validating the retrieved message by comparing at least one of an originating address or a destination address to a list of approved addresses, wherein the list of approved addresses is stored in the user alias database that is communicatively connected to the first network transport bus; accessing with at least one routing and validation entity the routing and validation database to locate a forwarding address associated with the wireless device, wherein a user of the wireless device had selected and stored information relating to a preferred destination device in the routing and validation database; and sending the attachment to the preferred forwarding address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for forwarding an attachment sent to a wireless device within a wireless network, the method comprising:
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receiving a message with an attachment within the wireless network via a first network transport bus, wherein the message is formatted in a first messaging format, wherein the first network transport bus communicatively connects a plurality of network elements and utilizes a common messaging format for communication among and between the network elements, wherein the network elements comprise a plurality of adaptive routing concentrators, a plurality of routing and validation entities, a plurality of data storage and routing terminals, and a plurality of network databases all communicatively connected to the first network transport bus, and wherein at least one routing and validation entity is communicatively connected to a user alias database and a routing and validation database via a second network transport bus; translating the first formatted message and attachment with at least one adaptive routing concentrator into the common messaging format that can be retrieved by any network device communicatively coupled to the first network transport bus; retrieving the message from the first network transport bus in the common messaging format with at least one routing and validation entity and validating the retrieved message by comparing at least one of an originating address or a destination address to a list of approved addresses, wherein the list of approved addresses is stored in the user alias database; accessing the routing and validation database with at least one routing and validation entity to determine a forwarding address associated with the wireless device, to which the attachment is to be sent, wherein the routing and validation database includes subscriber'"'"'s information stored therein; storing with at least one data storage and routing terminal the message and attachment in the common messaging format in at least one network database communicatively connected to the at least one data storage and routing terminal via a third network transport bus within the wireless network; translating with at least one adaptive routing concentrator the attachment from the common messaging format to a format suitable for the forwarding device; and sending the attachment to the forwarding device associated with the forwarding address. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A system for handling a message and an attachment sent to a wireless device within a wireless network, the system comprising:
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a component for receiving a message with an attachment within the wireless network via a first network transport bus, wherein the first network transport bus communicatively connects a plurality of network elements and utilizes a common messaging format for communication among and between the network elements, wherein the network elements comprise a plurality of adaptive routing concentrators, a plurality of routing and validation entities, a plurality of data storage and routing terminals, and a plurality of network databases all communicatively connected to the first network transport bus, and wherein at least one routing and validation entity is communicatively connected to a user alias database and a routing and validation database via a second network transport bus; a component for detecting the attachment; an adaptive routing concentrator for translating the received message and attachment into the common messaging format; a routing and validation entity for retrieving the published message from the first network transport bus in the common messaging format and validating the received message by comparing at least one of an originating address or a destination address to a list of approved addresses, wherein a user alias database and a routing and validation database are communicatively connected to at least one routing and validation entity via a second network transport bus and wherein the list of approved addresses is stored in the user alias database, and for accessing at least one routing and validation database to locate a forwarding address associated with the wireless device, wherein a user of the wireless device had previously selected and stored information relating to a preferred destination device in the routing and validation database; and a component for sending the attachment to the forwarding address. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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