US7487262B2 Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Methods and systems for routing messages through a communications network based on message content

Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC

•

Filing: 2002-11-18

•

Granted: 2009-02-03

•

Expires: 2022-11-18

📄 Original PDF 🌐 Google Patents 🔄 Sync Now

Abstract

Abstract A method and system for routing messages through a communications network based on the content of the message. The method of the present invention comprises providing a method for retrieving information through a telecommunications network comprising receiving, in a message data structure, a request message comprising a command; sending a query message to a content provider based on the command; receiving a query response message from the content provider comprising response information; and sending a request response message based on the response information.

Inventors

👤 Donald M. Cardina
👤 John Ervin Lewis
👤 Kenneth Dale Heil

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —

Jurisdiction US

Data Source google_patents

Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 07:56

CPC Classifications

H; H04; H04W; H04W4/00; H04W4/12; H04L; H04L45/00; H04L45/02; H04L45/04; H04L45/302; H04L45/306; H04L47/00; H04L47/10; H04L47/24; H04L47/2408; H04L51/00; H04L51/56; H04L67/00; H04L67/01; H04L67/04; H04L67/2866; H04L67/30; H04L67/306; H04L67/50; H04L67/60; H04L67/63; H04L69/00; H04L69/30; H04L69/32; H04L69/322; H04L69/329; H04L51/06; H04L51/066; H04L51/21; H04L51/234; H04L51/48; H04L51/58; H04L69/08; H04W4/18; H04W40/00; H04W40/24; H04W40/246; H04W40/248; H04W8/00; H04W8/18; H04W88/00; H04W88/16; H04W88/18; H04W88/184; H04W92/00; H04W92/02; H04W92/04; H04W92/06

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 12

Claim 1

Independent Claim 203 words

A method for processing a user request for data in a wireless telecommunications network comprising: receiving, from a wireless communication device via a network transport bus, a request message, wherein the request message includes a user-inputted command and a user-inputted parameter for requesting information from one of a plurality of content providers, wherein at least two of the plurality of content providers operate under different technology protocols, wherein the network transport bus communicatively connects a plurality of network elements and utilizes a common messaging format for communication among and between the network elements and wherein the network elements comprise an adaptive routing concentrator, a routing and validation entity, network database, and a subscriber interface all communicatively connected to the network transport bus; selecting an appropriate content provider to provide content that is associated with the user-inputted command and the user-inputted parameter; creating a query message based on the user-inputted command in a format recognizable by the selected content provider; sending the query message to the selected content provider; receiving a query response message from the selected content provider comprising the requested information; and sending a request response message that includes the requested information to the wireless communication device via the network transport bus.

Claim 2

Independent Claim 203 words

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 21 words

The method of claim 1 , further comprising: determining a destination address of the query message based on the user-inputted command.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 33 words

The method of claim 2 , wherein the step of determining the destination address of the query message further comprises associating an alias destination received in the request message with the destination address.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 25 words

The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected content provider is at least one of an Intranet web site and an Internet web site.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 29 words

The method of claim 1 , further comprising: sending a further information request to the wireless telecommunication device if the received request message does not contain a recognized command.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 32 words

The method of claim 1 , further comprising: sending a query message to the selected content provider based on a default command if the received request does not contain a recognized command.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 112 words

The method of claim 1 , further comprising: parsing the received message request to identify at least one of a fragment of a command, a misspelled command, an aliased command, a command concatenated to a parameter, a command concatenated to an address, and an abbreviated command if the received request does not contain a recognized command; associating the at least one of the fragment of a command, the misspelled command, the aliased command, the command concatenated to the parameter, the command concatenated to the address, and the abbreviated command with the recognized command as an associated command; and sending the query message to the selected content provider based on the associated command.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 24 words

The method of claim 1 , wherein creating the query message further comprises: creating the query message based on the at least one parameter.

Claim 10

Independent Claim 252 words

A system for processing an information request in a wireless communications network comprising: a request message receiver for receiving from a wireless device a request message via a network transport bus, wherein the request message includes a user- inputted command and at least one user-inputted parameter for requesting information from one of a plurality of content providers, wherein at least two of the plurality of content providers operate under different technology protocols, wherein the network transport bus communicatively connects a plurality of network elements and utilizes a common messaging format for communication among and between the network elements, and wherein the network elements comprise an adaptive routing concentrator, a routing and validation entity, a network database, and a subscriber interface all communicatively connected to the network transport bus; a query message sender communicatively connected to the network transport bus, wherein the query message sender selects an appropriate content provider to provide content that is associated with the user-inputted command and the user-inputted parameter, creates a query message based on the user-inputted command, the at least one parameter, and a protocol associated with the selected content provider, and sends the query message to the selected content provider; a query response message receiver communicatively connected to the network transport bus, wherein the query response message receiver receives requested information from the selected content provider; and a response message sender communicatively connected to the network transport bus, wherein the response message sender sends the requested information to the wireless device via the network transport bus.

Claim 11

Independent Claim 252 words

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 34 words

The system of claim 9 , wherein the request message receiver and the response message sender is connected to the communications network via a multiplexer that is communicatively connected to the network transport bus.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US4625308A Cited

US4527270A Cited

US5974203A Cited

US5142693A Cited

US5034976A Cited

US5029199A Cited

US5224095A Cited

US5130986A Cited

US5193110A Cited

US5436960A Cited

US20040082316A1 Cited

US5313653A Cited

US5572583A Cited

US5333184A Cited

US5329578A Cited

US5325310A Cited

US5406557A Cited

US6714859B2 Cited

US5930239A Cited

US5457732A Cited

US5625816A Cited

US5856825A Cited

US5742905A Cited

US5742668A Cited

US5724407A Cited

US5751791A Cited

US5878230A Cited

US5889861A Cited

US6151696A Cited

US5635918A Cited

US5604788A Cited

US5797094A Cited

US5646676A Cited

US5754754A Cited

US5751798A Cited

US5809415A Cited

US6625447B1 Cited

US6473609B1 Cited

US6085068A Cited

US5862325A Cited

US6088717A Cited

US6108688A Cited

US5857191A Cited

US5918158A Cited

US6285889B1 Cited

US5978919A Cited

US5889839A Cited

US5960338A Cited

US5987609A Cited

US5838768A Cited

US6219542B1 Cited

US5948061A Cited

US6181781B1 Cited

US6094573A Cited

US6408191B1 Cited

US5966663A Cited

US6212550B1 Cited

US6125281A Cited

US5915021A Cited

US20020160756A1 Cited

US5987100A Cited

US6173284B1 Cited

US5987317A Cited

US6006189A Cited

US6363339B1 Cited

US6216008B1 Cited

US6393288B1 Cited

US6032039A Cited

US6421707B1 Cited

US6259910B1 Cited

US6912400B1 Cited

US6012098A Cited

US6731942B1 Cited

US6075971A Cited

US6202099B1 Cited

US6119014A Cited

US6092114A Cited

US6175743B1 Cited

US20030123622A1 Cited

US6173415B1 Cited

US20010044310A1 Cited

US6438585B2 Cited

US20020115457A1 Cited

US6131118A Cited

US6622124B1 Cited

US20010005859A1 Cited

US6839741B1 Cited

US6643684B1 Cited

US6571245B2 Cited

US6389276B1 Cited

US6643507B1 Cited

US6628761B1 Cited

US20020068554A1 Cited

US6330436B1 Cited

US6564253B1 Cited

WO2001003011A2 Cited

US20020168978A1 Cited

US6418306B1 Cited

US6487602B1 Cited

US6360252B1 Cited

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	2012-02-03	2012-08-04	2013-02-03	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	2016-02-03	2016-08-04	2017-02-03	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2020-02-03	2020-08-04	2021-02-03	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Assigned Categories & Tags

No categories assigned to this patent yet.

Assign Category Tag

Select Category

Notes (Optional)