# US 12,114,235 B2 · Short Message service ability updating method, device and apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,114,235 B2 - Document ID: US12114235B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/076,402 - Filed: 2022-12-07 - Published: 2023-03-30 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-04-16 - Assignees: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Datang Mobile Communications Equipment Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Tingfang Tang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12114235B2 ## CPC - H04W 4/14: Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD] - H04W 8/24: Transfer of terminal data - H04W 8/02: Processing of mobility data, e.g. registration information at HLR [Home Location Register] or VLR [Visitor Location Register]; Transfer of mobility data, e.g. between HLR, VLR or external networks - H04W 8/18: Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data - H04W 60/04: using triggered events - H04W 68/00: User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like - H04W 68/005: {Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Disclosed in the present application are a short message service (SMS) ability updating method, device and apparatus. The method includes a mobility management function receives a triggering condition of an SMS function/a user data management function, and/or, the mobility management function determines that SMS over NAS ability update needs to be triggered; the mobility management function updates the SMS over NAS ability of a UE. By using the present application, when a mobility management function receives a triggering condition of an SMS function/a user data management function, and/or, the mobility management function determines that SMS over NAS ability update needs to be triggered, the mobility management function updates the SMS over NAS ability of the UE. The SMS over NAS ability update can be triggered by means of a network side, thereby preventing the UE from making an erroneous SMS transmission attempt. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for updating Short Message service, SMS, over Non Access Stratum, NAS, support capability of a User Equipment (UE), comprising: determining, by an access and mobility management function (AMF), that SMS over NAS support capability update needs to be triggered; and updating, by the AMF, SMS over NAS support capability of the UE; wherein the updating, by the AMF, SMS over NAS support capability of the UE comprises: triggering, by the AMF, through a configuration update procedure, the UE to initiate a registration update procedure to update the SMS over NAS support capability; or updating, by the AMF, the SMS over NAS support capability of the UE through a configuration update procedure. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the triggering, by the AMF, through the configuration update procedure, the UE to initiate the registration update procedure to update the SMS over NAS support capability, or the updating, by the AMF, the SMS over NAS support capability of the UE through a configuration update procedure comprises: sending, by the AMF, an indication of SMS over NAS in the configuration update procedure, wherein the indication of SMS over NAS indicates to the UE to update the SMS over NAS support capability of the UE. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the triggering, by the AMF, through the configuration update procedure, the UE to initiate the registration update procedure to update the SMS over NAS support capability comprises: sending, by the AMF, an indication of UE re-registration in the configuration update procedure, wherein the indication of UE re-registration indicates to the UE to initiate a registration update procedure to update the SMS over NAS support capability. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the AMF determines that the SMS over NAS support capability update needs to be triggered when at least one of following conditions occurs: a change in operator configuration causes a network to trigger a change in the SMS over NAS support capability; subscription data obtained from a User Data Management, UDM, function changes; policy information of the UE changes; a change in information is obtained through a Short Message Service Function, SMSF; or the UE performs a deregistration procedure of which an access type is non-3rd generation partnership project, non-3GPP. ### Claim 5 A method for updating Short Message Service, SMS, over Non Access Stratum, NAS, support capability of a User Equipment, UE, comprising: receiving, by a UE, a trigger for SMS over NAS support capability update in a configuration update procedure from an Access and Mobility Management Function, AMF; and updating, by the UE, the SMS over NAS support capability of the UE according to the trigger from the AMF. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the receiving, by the UE, the trigger for SMS over NAS support capability update in the configuration update procedure from the AMF comprises: receiving, by the UE, an indication of SMS over NAS in the configuration update procedure, wherein the indication of SMS over NAS indicates to the UE to update the SMS over NAS support capability of the UE. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the receiving, by the UE, the trigger for SMS over NAS support capability update in the configuration update procedure from the AMF comprises: receiving, by the UE, an indication of UE re-registration from the AMF in the configuration update procedure, wherein the indication of UE re-registration indicates to the UE to initiate a registration update procedure to update the SMS over NAS support capability of the UE. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the updating, by the UE, the SMS over NAS support capability of the UE according to the trigger from the AMF comprises: updating, by the UE, the SMS over NAS support capability by initiating the registration update procedure, wherein the registration update procedure is triggered by the configuration update procedure. ### Claim 9 An access and mobility management function (AMF), comprising: a processor and a memory; wherein the processor is configured to read programs in the memory to execute the following: determining that Short Message service, SMS, over Non Access Stratum, NAS, support capability update needs to be triggered; updating SMS over NAS support capability of a user equipment (UE); wherein the updating of the SMS over NAS support capability of the UE comprises: triggering through a configuration update procedure, the UE to initiate a registration update procedure to update the SMS over NAS support capability; or updating the SMS over NAS support capability of the UE through a configuration update procedure. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The AMF of claim 9, wherein the triggering through the configuration update procedure, the UE to initiate the registration update procedure to update the SMS over NAS support capability, or updating the SMS over NAS support capability of the UE through a configuration update procedure comprises: sending an indication of SMS over NAS in the configuration update procedure, wherein the indication of SMS over NAS indicates to the UE to update the SMS over NAS support capability of the UE. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The AMF of claim 9, wherein the triggering through the configuration update procedure, the UE to initiate the registration update procedure to update the SMS over NAS support capability comprises: sending an indication of UE re-registration in the configuration update procedure, wherein the indication of UE re-registration indicates to the UE to initiate a registration update procedure to update the SMS over NAS support capability. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The AMF of claim 9, wherein the processor determines that the SMS over NAS support capability update needs to be triggered when at least one of following conditions occurs: a change in operator configuration causes a network to trigger a change in the SMS over NAS support capability; subscription data obtained from a User Data Management, UDM, function changes; policy information of the UE changes; a change in information is obtained through a Short Message Service Function, SMSF; or the UE performs a deregistration procedure of which an access type is non-3rd generation partnership project, non-3GPP. ### Claim 13 (depends on 5) A User Equipment (UE), comprising: a processor and a memory; wherein the processor is configured to read programs in the memory to execute the method according to claim 5. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The UE of claim 13, wherein the receiving the trigger for SMS over NAS support capability update in the configuration update procedure from the AMF comprises: receiving an indication of SMS over NAS in the configuration update procedure, wherein the indication of SMS over NAS indicates to the UE to update the SMS over NAS support capability of the UE. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The UE of claim 13, wherein the receiving the trigger for SMS over NAS support capability update in the configuration update procedure from the AMF comprises: receiving an indication of UE re-registration from the AMF in the configuration update procedure, wherein the indication of UE re-registration indicates to the UE to initiate a registration update procedure to update the SMS over NAS support capability of the UE. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The UE of claim 15, wherein the updating the SMS over NAS support capability of the UE according to the trigger from the AMF comprises: updating the SMS over NAS support capability by initiating the registration update procedure, wherein the registration update procedure is triggered by the configuration update procedure.