Managing text message traffic in mobile telephone networks
AssigneeSolent Text Limited
InventorRobert Harding
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Abstract
A grooming technique for managing text message traffic in mobile telephone networks, such as SMS text messages, involves directing certain text messages to a first delivery means (30) which attempts text message delivery one or more times to a destination mobile switching centre (22) or to a host (24) without passing through a store and forward function. Other text messages are directed to a second delivery means, involving a short message service centre (14), which provides a store and forward function for repeated attempted delivery of the text messages.
Claims13
A method of managing text message traffic in a telecommunications services apparatus for processing text messages in a mobile telephone network, the method comprising
- directing certain text messages to a first delivery means operable to attempt text message delivery without passing through a store and forward function, and
- directing other text messages to a second delivery means providing a store and forward function for repeated attempted delivery of the text messages,
- wherein the text messages are directed selectively to either said first or said second delivery means dependent on specific attributes of the text messages.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the first delivery means comprises a transaction converter.
A method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the second delivery means comprises a short message service centre.
Text message management apparatus for managing text message traffic in a telecommunications services apparatus for processing text messages in a mobile telephone network, the text message management apparatus comprising:
- first means for directing certain text messages to a first delivery means operable to attempt text message delivery without passing through a store and forward function, and
- second means for directing other text messages to a second delivery means providing a store and forward function for repeated attempted delivery of the text messages,
- wherein the text messages are directed selectively to either said first or said second delivery means dependent on specific attributes of the text messages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.