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Routing a short message reply
Assignee: Vringo Infrastructure Inc
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Filing: 1998-01-02
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Granted: 2000-07-04
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Expires: 2018-01-02
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to a digital mobile system and a method for routing a short message via a short message gateway application in a digital mobile system. The invention discloses an arrangement which provides a subscriber with a transparent routine for answering to short messages. A short message reply is routed to the original source address in a gateway application connected to the system by means of a dynamic database by utilizing an identifier identifying the short message reply, formed in the gateway application.
Inventors
- 👤 Teemu Tarnanen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 00:00
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W88/00; H04W88/18; H04W88/184
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
175 words
A method for routing a short message via a short message gateway application in a digital mobile system, the method comprising the steps of receiving, in a short message gateway application, a data message containing the original source address and destination address, converting the data message into a short message, transmitting the short message to a mobile station determined in the destination address via the mobile system, forming an identifier identifying the short message, forming a temporary source address of the short message by combining the address of the gateway application and the identifier identifying the short message or a part of if, storing, in the gateway application, the routing data of the short message containing the original source address of the data message and said identifier identifying the short message, receiving from the mobile station a reply short message containing said identifier identifying the short message, retrieving from the routing data the original source address on the basis of said identifier identifying the short message, transmitting a reply message to said original source address.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
175 words
A method for routing a short message via a short message gateway application in a digital mobile system, the method comprising the steps of receiving, in a short message gateway application, a data message containing the original source address and destination address, converting the data message into a short message, transmitting the short message to a mobile station determined in the destination address via the mobile system, forming an identifier identifying the short message, forming a temporary source address of the short message by combining the address of the gateway application and the identifier identifying the short message or a part of if, storing, in the gateway application, the routing data of the short message containing the original source address of the data message and said identifier identifying the short message, receiving from the mobile station a reply short message containing said identifier identifying the short message, retrieving from the routing data the original source address on the basis of said identifier identifying the short message, transmitting a reply message to said original source address.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the identifier identifying the short message comprises a service centre time stamp.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
189 words
A digital mobile system comprising terminal equipments signalling with the system on predetermined signalling channels, at least one short message service centre with which the terminal equipments can exchange short messages, and at least one short message gateway application connected to at least one short message service centre for converting the data messages arriving at the short message service centre into the short message form, wherein the gateway application being arranged to form the temporary source address of the short message by combining the identifier identifying the short message or a part of it to the address of the gateway application, the gateway application being arranged to store the routing data of the short message, the routing data comprising the original source address of the message and the identifier identifying the short message, in response to the reception of the reply message, the gateway application being arranged to retrieve from the routing data the original source address of the message by means of the identifier used for identifying the short message, the gateway application being arranged to transmit the reply message to said original source address of the message.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
189 words
A digital mobile system comprising terminal equipments signalling with the system on predetermined signalling channels, at least one short message service centre with which the terminal equipments can exchange short messages, and at least one short message gateway application connected to at least one short message service centre for converting the data messages arriving at the short message service centre into the short message form, wherein the gateway application being arranged to form the temporary source address of the short message by combining the identifier identifying the short message or a part of it to the address of the gateway application, the gateway application being arranged to store the routing data of the short message, the routing data comprising the original source address of the message and the identifier identifying the short message, in response to the reception of the reply message, the gateway application being arranged to retrieve from the routing data the original source address of the message by means of the identifier used for identifying the short message, the gateway application being arranged to transmit the reply message to said original source address of the message.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
A system according to claim 3, wherein the identifier identifying the short message comprises the service centre time stamp.
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