Network traffic control via sms text messaging
AssigneeBarracuda Networks, Inc.
InventorKlaus M. GHERI
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Abstract
A wireless mobile device coupled to a communications network is configured to transmit a Short Message Service (SMS) message to a network control device when the network control device is not accessible via a TCP/IP network. Said network control device is configured to parse and extract an instruction label from the SMS message received, retrieve a sequence of commands predefined and stored on the network control device based on the extracted instruction label, execute the sequence of commands on the network control device, and provide a status report back to the wireless mobile device following execution of the sequence of commands on the network control device.
Claims25
A system comprising:
- a wireless mobile device coupled to a communications network, wherein the wireless mobile device is configured to transmit a Short Message Service (SMS) message to a network control device when the network control device is not accessible via a TCP/IP network;
- said network control device coupled to the communications network and configured to:
- receive the SMS message sent by the wireless mobile device when the network control device is not accessible via a TCP/IP network;
- parse and extract an instruction label from the SMS message received;
- retrieve a sequence of commands predefined and stored on the network control device based on the extracted instruction label;
- execute the sequence of commands on the network control device;
- provide a status report back to the wireless mobile device following execution of the sequence of commands on the network control device.
A method comprising:
- transmitting by a wireless mobile device coupled to a communications network a Short Message Service (SMS) message to a network control device when the network control device is not accessible via a TCP/IP network;
- receiving the SMS message by the network control device when the network control device is not accessible via a TCP/IP network;
- parsing and extracting an instruction label from the SMS message received;
- retrieving a sequence of commands predefined and stored on the network control device based on the extracted instruction label;
- executing the sequence of commands on the network control device;
- providing a status report back to the wireless mobile device following execution of the sequence of commands on the network control device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.