System and method for enabling short message services between wireless and wireline communication systems

A method for delivering SMS messages between wireless and wireline devices, said method comprising:

• receiving an SMS message generated by a wireless device and including a telephone number associated with a destination wireline device;
• routing the SMS message to a short message service center/media gateway (SMSC/MG) utilized to perform address translation for SMS messages;
• accessing a database configured to store parameters defining type and usage of numbers blocks of telephone numbers in response to the message being received at the SMSC/MG;
• looking-up, in the database, a type parameter associated with a numbers block of telephone numbers in which a telephone number associated with the destination wireline device is located;
• looking-up, in the database, a usage parameter associated with the numbers block of telephone numbers in which the telephone number associated with the destination wireline device is located;
• determining whether the combined type and usage parameters associated with the destination wireline device is within the numbers block of telephone numbers are defined to share communications between wireless and wireline networks;
• and
• routing the SMS message to the wireline device in response to determining that the combined type and usage parameters associated with the numbers block of telephone numbers in which the telephone number associated with the destination wireline device enable sharing between wireless and wireline networks.

A method for enabling short messaging services to be communicated between wireless and wireline devices, the method comprising:

• setting at least one parameter associated with a numbers block of telephone numbers in a database to enable communications with the numbers block of telephone numbers to be shared with at least wireless and wireline types of networks, the parameters are enabled to include a type parameter and a usage parameter associated with the numbers block of telephone numbers;
• establishing a relationship with an ICSG operator to configure an OCN associated with a wireline carrier within a short message service center for routing SMS messages to a short message service center of a wireline carrier for delivery to subscribers within the block of address identifiers, wherein the short message center includes a SMSC/MG utilized to perform address translation for the SMS messages, the SMS messages being routed through the SMSC/MG for delivery to the wireline devices enabled to receive the SMS messages;
• determining whether a wireless carrier associated with a SMS message to be communicated has a relationship with the ISCG;
• routing the SMS message to the SMSC/MG in response to determining there is the relationship between the wireless carrier associated with the SMS message and the ISCG;
• and
• routing the SMS message to a wireline device in response to determining that the parameters associated with the numbers block of telephone numbers associated with the wireline device are defined to enable sharing between the wireless and the wireline networks.