Message routing to devices with non-routable addresses

A system for routing messages to a target Internet of Things (IoT) device using non-routable identifiers, the system comprising:

• a hardware processor;
• a communications port coupled to the hardware processor;
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the hardware processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the hardware processor, cause a message routing platform to:
• receive, via a published application programming interface (API), and from a message originator that calls the API, an incoming message to be delivered to the target IoT device,
• wherein the API is associated with a telecommunications service provider that provides telecommunications services to subscribers who desire access to a mobile telecommunications network, and
• wherein the incoming message comprises a destination address of the target IoT device that is not routable on the mobile telecommunications network;
• in response to determining that the destination address of the target IoT device is not routable, translate the non-routable destination address to a mapped device address of the target IoT device,
• wherein translating the non-routable destination address to the mapped destination address of the target IoT device is based on a type of an identifier of the non-routable destination address;
• determine a location identifier of the target IoT device from a location lookup node of the telecommunications service provider based on the mapped device address;
• and
• route the incoming message to the target IoT device using the determined location identifier of the target IoT device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor in a mobile telecommunications network, cause the network to execute a method to route messages to a target Internet of Things (IoT) device using non-routable identifiers, the method comprising:

• receiving, via a published application programming interface (API), and from a message originator that calls the API, an incoming message to be delivered to the target IoT device,
• wherein the API is associated with a subscriber system of a telecommunications service provider that provides telecommunications services to subscribers who desire access to the mobile telecommunications network, and
• wherein the incoming message comprises a destination address of the target IoT device that is not routable on the mobile telecommunications network;
• in response to determining that the destination address of the target IoT device is not routable, translating the non-routable destination address to a mapped device address of the target IoT device,
• wherein translating the non-routable destination address to the mapped destination address of the target IoT device is based on a type of an identifier of the non-routable destination address;
• determining a location identifier of the target IoT device from a location lookup node based on the mapped device address;
• and
• routing the incoming message to the target IoT device using the determined location identifier of the target IoT device.