Intelligent delivery agent for short message distribution center

• US 9,398,108 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2015
• Issued: 07/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Original Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Inventors: Smith, Richard A., Dewey, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Faroul, Farah
• Application Number:
  US14/844,407
• Publication Number:
  US 20160057242A1
• Time in Patent Office: 320 Days
• Field of Search: 370/338
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/50 Queue scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/28 Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2016 Call initiation by network rather than by subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/205 Broadcasting broadcasting in packet switching networks H04L12/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4872 Non-interactive information services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5322 for recording text messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/533 Voice mail systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53316 Messaging centre selected by message originator
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/12 for working between exchanges having different types of switching equipment, e.g. power-driven and step by step or decimal and non-decimal
• 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]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 : Messaging devices, e.g. message centre

Abstract

A message distribution center (MDC) and Intelligent Delivery Agent are implemented in a wireless Internet gateway interposed between content providers and a wireless carrier to subjectively examine and direct messages via SMTP based on desired rules (non-peak hours, paying subscribers only, etc.) using standard SMTP Gateway and other well-known protocols. The MDC includes an individual queue for each subscriber, and the provider is informed through conventional SMTP protocol messages that the short message has been accepted. If the carrier has specifically disallowed service for a particular MIN (in the case of churning), then the content provider is informed through an SMTP interchange that the recipient is invalid.

Claims

1. A method of delivering packetized data to a wireless device, comprising:

receiving, at a physical message distribution center, IP packetized data addressed to a recipient wireless device;

requesting, by said physical message distribution center from an external physical mobile device registration server, a presence of said recipient wireless device determined based on a register which utilizes a change in mobile registration status; and

routing said IP data to said recipient wireless device when said recipient wireless device is online, and leaving a relevant IP packetized data queue in said physical message distribution center unprocessed when said recipient wireless device is offline.

2. The method of delivering packetized data to a wireless device according to claim 1, wherein:

said physical message distribution center communicates with said external physical mobile device registration server using Internet Protocol (IP).

3. The method of delivering packetized data to a wireless device according to claim 1, wherein said IP packetized data comprises:

a short messaging system (SMS) text message.

4. The method of delivering packetized data to a wireless device according to claim 1, further comprising:

routing said IP packetized data to said recipient wireless device via a destination wireless carrier using Short Message Peer-to-Peer (SMPP) protocol.

5. The method of delivering packetized data to a wireless device according to claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting said IP packetized data to said recipient wireless device via a destination wireless carrier using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) protocol.

6. The method of delivering packetized data to a wireless device according to claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting said IP packetized data to said recipient wireless device via a destination wireless carrier using Remote Method Invocation (RMI) protocol.

7. A method of delivering packetized data to a wireless device, comprising:

receiving, at a physical message distribution center, IP packetized data addressed to a recipient wireless device;

requesting, by said physical message distribution center from an external physical mobile device registration server, a presence of said recipient wireless device determined based on a register which utilizes a change in mobile registration status; and

leaving a relevant IP packetized data queue in said physical message distribution center unprocessed when said recipient wireless device is offline, until said recipient wireless device is determined by said physical message distribution center, through communication with said external physical mobile device registration server, to be online.

8. The method of delivering packetized data to a wireless device according to claim 7, wherein:

said physical message distribution center communicates with said external physical mobile device registration server using Internet Protocol (IP).

9. The method of delivering packetized data to a wireless device according to claim 7, wherein said IP packetized data comprises:

a short messaging system (SMS) text message.

10. The method of delivering packetized data to a wireless device according to claim 7, further comprising:

routing said IP packetized data to said recipient wireless device via a destination wireless carrier using Short Message Peer-to-Peer (SMPP) protocol.

11. The method of delivering packetized data to a wireless device according to claim 7, further comprising:

transmitting said IP packetized data to said recipient wireless device via a destination wireless carrier using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) protocol.

12. The method of delivering packetized data to a wireless device according to claim 7, further comprising:

transmitting said IP packetized data to said recipient wireless device via a destination wireless carrier using Remote Method Invocation (RMI) protocol.

13. Apparatus for delivering packetized data to a wireless device, comprising:

means for receiving, at a physical message distribution center, IP packetized data addressed to a recipient wireless device;

means for requesting, by said physical message distribution center from an external physical mobile device registration server, a presence of said recipient wireless device determined based on a register which utilizes a change in mobile registration status; and

means for routing said IP data to said recipient wireless device when said recipient wireless device is online, and leaving a relevant IP packetized data queue in said physical message distribution center unprocessed when said recipient wireless device is offline.

14. The apparatus for delivering packetized data to a wireless device according to claim 13, wherein:

said physical message distribution center communicates with said external physical mobile device registration server using Internet Protocol (IP).

15. The apparatus for delivering packetized data to a wireless device according to claim 13, wherein said IP packetized data comprises:

a short messaging system (SMS) text message.

16. The apparatus for delivering packetized data to a wireless device according to claim 13, further comprising:

means for routing said IP packetized data to said recipient wireless device via a destination wireless carrier using Short Message Peer-to-Peer (SMPP) protocol.

17. The apparatus for delivering packetized data to a wireless device according to claim 13, further comprising:

means for transmitting said IP packetized data to said recipient wireless device via a destination wireless carrier using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) protocol.

18. The apparatus for delivering packetized data to a wireless device according to claim 13, further comprising:

means for transmitting said IP packetized data to said recipient wireless device via a destination wireless carrier using Remote Method Invocation (RMI) protocol.