System and method for determining an SMS message retransmission schedule
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsJeffrey Clinton Mikan, Charles M. Link, II, John Lewis, John Bonning
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Abstract
A system and method for determining an SMS retransmission schedule is provided. When a special error code is received by an SMSC, the SMSC can calculate the response time. The response time is the time that lapsed between forwarding the SMS message for delivery and receiving an error code. If the response time exceeds a response time threshold, the error code can be considered as falsely generated. A special retransmission schedule can be assigned to the SMS message. If the response time does not exceed a response time threshold, a different retransmission schedule can be assigned to the SMS message.
Claims20
A method, for determining a short message service retransmission schedule for a short message service message, comprising:
- receiving, by a computer processor of a telecommunication network, an error code associated with a short message service message transmitted;
- determining, by the computer processor, whether the error code received is a special error code being of a predetermined type that is commonly falsely reported;
- assigning, by the computer processor, if the error code received is not the special error code, a first retransmission schedule to the short message service message;
- and
- determining, by the computer processor, if the error code received is the special error code, a time period that elapsed from when the short message service message was transmitted until the error code was received at the computer processor, and:
- assigning, by the computer processor, if the time period determined is greater than a response time threshold, a second retransmission schedule to the short message service message;
- and
- assigning, by the computer processor, if the time period determined is not greater than the response time threshold, the first retransmission schedule to the short message service message.
A short message service center node, for use in a telecommunication network, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer-readable medium being in operative communication with the processor and comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an error code associated with a short message service message transmitted;
- determining whether the error code received is a special error code being of a predetermined type that is commonly falsely reported;
- assigning, if the error code received is not the special error code, a first retransmission schedule to the short message service message;
- and
- determining, if the error code received is the special error code, a time period that elapsed from when the short message service message was transmitted until the error code was received, and:
- assigning, if the time period determined is greater than a response time threshold, a second retransmission schedule to the short message service message;
- and
- assigning, if the time period determined is not greater than the response time threshold, the first retransmission schedule to the short message service message.
A tangible computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- receiving an error code associated with a short message service message transmitted;
- determining whether the error code received is a special error code being of a predetermined type that is commonly falsely reported;
- determining a retransmission schedule for the short message service message based upon the error code received;
- assigning, if the error code received is not the special error code, a first retransmission schedule to the short message service message;
- and
- determining, if the error code received is the special error code, a time period that elapsed from when the short message service message was transmitted until the error code was received, and:
- if the time period determined is greater than a response time threshold, a second retransmission schedule is assigned to the short message service message;
- and
- if the time period determined is not greater that the response time threshold, the first retransmission schedule is assigned to the short message service message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.