# US 8,542,660 B2 · Intelligent delivery agent for short message distribution center > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,542,660 B2 - Document ID: US8542660B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/356,735 - Filed: 2012-01-24 - Published: 2012-08-02 - Granted: 2013-09-24 - Earliest claimed: 2000-04-11 - Assignees: TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. - Applicants: Richard A. Smith; Michael Dewey - Inventors: Richard A. Smith; Michael Dewey - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8542660B2 ## CPC - H04W 4/14: Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD] - H04L 47/50: Queue scheduling - H04L 51/58: Message adaptation for wireless communication - H04L 67/54: Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users - H04L 67/56: Provisioning of proxy services (store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54) - H04L 69/28: Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols - H04M 3/42382: {Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks} - H04M 3/4872: {Non-interactive information services} - H04M 3/5322: {for recording text messages} - H04M 3/533: Voice mail systems - H04M 3/53316: {Messaging centre selected by message originator} - H04W 8/005: {Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals} - H04W 88/184: {Messaging devices, e.g. message centre} - H04L 51/214: using selective forwarding - H04M 7/12: for working between exchanges having different types of switching equipment, e.g. power-driven and step by step or decimal and non-decimal - H04M 2203/2016: Call initiation by network rather than by subscriber - H04M 2203/205: Broadcasting - H04M 2207/18: wireless networks - H04W 4/12: Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements - H04W 88/16: Gateway arrangements - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract A message distribution center (MDC) and Intelligent Delivery Agent are implemented in a wireless Internet gateway interposed between content providers and a wireless carrier to subjectively examine and direct messages via simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP) based on desired rules (non-peak hours, paying subscribers only, etc.) using standard SMTP Gateway and other well-known protocols. The MDC includes an individual queue for each subscriber, and the provider is informed through conventional SMTP protocol messages that the short message has been accepted. If the carrier has specifically disallowed service for a particular mobile identification number (MIN) (in the case of churning), then the content provider is informed through an SMTP interchange that the recipient is invalid. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of delivering a text message, comprising: receiving, at a message distribution center, a text message; queuing, at said message distribution center, said received text message in an individual subscriber queue; determining, at said message distribution center, a presence status of a destination wireless device relating to a given communication standard via message delivery receipt data associated with a given communication standard; and in response to said determination, delivering from said message distribution center said text message to said destination wireless device using said available communication standard when said destination wireless device is determined to be available via said given communication standard, and foregoing delivery of said text message to said destination wireless device when said wireless device is not available on any of said communication standards. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of delivering a text message according to claim 1, wherein: said text message is transmitted to a destination wireless carrier using Remote Method Invocation (RMI) protocols. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of delivering a text message according to claim 1, wherein: said text message is transmitted to a wireless carrier using Short Message Peer-to-Peer (SMPP) protocols. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of delivering a text message according to claim 1, wherein: said text message is transmitted to a destination gateway using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP). ### Claim 5 Apparatus for delivering a text message, comprising: means for receiving, at a message distribution center, a text message; means for queuing, at said message distribution center, said received text message in an individual subscriber queue; means for determining, at said message distribution center, a presence status of a destination wireless device relating to a given communication standard via message delivery receipt data associated with a given communication standard; and means, responsive to said determination, for delivering from said message distribution center said text message to said destination wireless device using said available communication standard when said destination wireless device is determined to be available via said given communication standard, and foregoing delivery of said text message to said destination wireless device when said wireless device is not available on any of said communication standards. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus for delivering a text message according to claim 5, wherein: said means for delivering said text message delivers said text message to a destination wireless carrier using Remote Method Invocation (RMI) protocols. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The apparatus for delivering a text message according to claim 5, wherein: said means for delivering said text message delivers said text message to a destination wireless carrier using Short Message Peer-to-Peer (SMPP) protocols. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The apparatus for delivering a text message according to claim 5, wherein: said text message is transmitted to a destination gateway using Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).