# US 8,543,145 B2 · Short message service management system, short message forwarding device, short message forwarding manner definition information supply device, and short message forwarding method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,543,145 B2 - Document ID: US8543145B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/999,986 - Filed: 2009-06-15 - Published: 2011-04-28 - Granted: 2013-09-24 - Earliest claimed: 2008-06-18 - Assignees: Ntt Docomo, Inc. - Applicants: Yasuyuki Honda; Shigeru Iwashina; Nobuo Takeuchi - Inventors: Yasuyuki Honda; Shigeru Iwashina; Nobuo Takeuchi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8543145B2 ## CPC - H04W 4/14: Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD] - G08G 1/093: {Data selection, e.g. prioritizing information, managing message queues, selecting the information to be output} - H04L 51/42: Mailbox-related aspects, e.g. synchronisation of mailboxes - H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information - H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - H04L 12/1895: {for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates} - H04L 51/214: using selective forwarding - H04L 51/58: Message adaptation for wireless communication - H04W 4/06: Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services - H04W 4/12: Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements - H04W 4/16: Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold - H04W 84/042: {Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems} - H04W 88/08: Access point devices - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A short message with a destination of a single terminal device that has been defined by a user on the transmitting side, from among multiple terminal devices used by an identical user on the receiving side, is forwarded to and received by another predetermined terminal device that has been defined as a destination. Communication relay equipment included between multiple networks operated by network operators is provided with functions of temporarily storing a short message and storing information that defines a short message forwarding manner. In transmitting the short message, even if the original destination is not capable of receiving the message, the short message is transmitted to another destination based upon the information that defines the short message forwarding manner. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A short message service management system comprising: a short message storing unit for at least temporarily storing a short message to be transmitted from a message originating terminal to a first destination terminal device; a short message forwarding manner definition information storing unit for storing short message forwarding manner definition information that defines a first identifier in a first network where the first destination terminal device that is a destination of the short message is located in association with a second identifier in a second network where a second destination terminal device that is a forwarding destination of the short message is located, wherein the short message is forwarded to the second destination terminal device, instead of the first destination terminal device, when the first destination terminal device is not capable of receiving the short message; a short message forwarding manner definition information supply unit for generating the short message forwarding manner definition information and supplying the short message forwarding manner definition information to the short message forwarding manner definition information storing unit; a terminal location inquiry unit for, when the first destination terminal device is not capable of receiving the short message as indicated by a detection of a reception No Good (NG), generating a terminal location inquiry by referring to the short message forwarding manner definition information stored in the short message forwarding manner definition information storing unit to identify the second destination terminal device as the forwarding destination of the short message and identify the first network as an originating network and the second network as a destination network, and transmitting the terminal location inquiry to the second network; and a short message forwarding unit for forwarding the short message stored in the short message storing unit to the second destination terminal device in the second network, upon reception of a response to the terminal location inquiry from the second network. ### Claim 2 A short message forwarding device comprising: a short message storing unit for at least temporarily storing a short message to be transmitted from a message originating terminal to a first destination terminal device; a short message forwarding manner definition information storing unit for storing short message forwarding manner definition information that defines a first identifier in a first network where the first destination terminal device that is a destination of the short message is located in association with a second identifier in a second network where a second destination terminal device that is a forwarding destination of the short message is located, wherein the short message is forwarded to the second destination terminal device, instead of the first destination terminal device, when the first destination terminal device is not capable of receiving the short message; a terminal location inquiry unit for, when the first destination terminal device is not capable of receiving the short message as indicated by a detection of a reception No Good (NG), generating a terminal location inquiry by referring to the short message forwarding manner definition information stored in the short message forwarding manner definition information storing unit to identify the second destination terminal device as the forwarding destination of the short message and identify the first network as an originating network and the second network as a destination network, and transmitting the terminal location inquiry to the second network; and a short message forwarding unit for forwarding the short message stored in the short message storing unit to the second destination terminal device in the second network, upon reception of a response to the terminal location inquiry from the second network. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The short message forwarding device according to claim 2, wherein the short message storing unit, the short message forwarding manner definition information storing unit, the terminal location inquiry unit, and the short message forwarding unit are arranged in predetermined short message relay equipment for forwarding the short message in a short message service system, and wherein the predetermined short message relay equipment is arranged between the first network and the second network. ### Claim 4 A short message forwarding manner definition information supply device that supplies short message forwarding manner definition information to a short message forwarding device, the short message forwarding manner definition information supply device comprising: a short message forwarding manner definition information generating unit for generating the short message forwarding manner definition information; and a short message forwarding manner definition information transmitting unit for transmitting the short message forwarding manner definition information generated by the short message forwarding manner definition information generating unit to the short message forwarding device, and the short message forwarding device comprising: a short message storing unit for at least temporarily storing a short message to be transmitted from a message originating terminal to a first destination terminal device; a short message forwarding manner definition information storing unit for storing short message forwarding manner definition information that defines a first identifier in a first network where the first destination terminal device that is a destination of the short message is located in association with a second identifier in a second network where a second destination terminal device that is a forwarding destination of the short message is located, wherein the short message is forwarded to the second destination terminal device, instead of the first destination terminal device, when the first destination terminal device is not capable of receiving the short message; a terminal location inquiry unit for, when the first destination terminal device is not capable of receiving the short message as indicated by a detection of a reception No Good (NG), generating a terminal location inquiry by referring to the short message forwarding manner definition information stored in the short message forwarding manner definition information storing unit to identify the second destination terminal device as the forwarding destination of the short message and identify the first network as an originating network and the second network as a destination network, and transmitting the terminal location inquiry to the second network; and a short message forwarding unit for forwarding the short message stored in the short message storing unit to the second destination terminal device in the second network, upon reception of a response to the terminal location inquiry from the second network. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The short message forwarding manner definition information supply device according to claim 4, wherein the short message forwarding manner definition information generating unit generates the short message forwarding manner definition information in response to manipulation of a terminal device by a user using a short message service. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The short message forwarding manner definition information supply device according to claim 4, wherein the short message forwarding manner definition information generating unit automatically generates the short message forwarding manner definition information based upon a history of the user's use situation of the service. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The short message forwarding manner definition information supply device according to claim 4, wherein the short message forwarding manner definition information generating unit automatically generates the short message forwarding manner definition information based upon location information of the terminal device used by the user. ### Claim 8 A short message forwarding method comprising: at least temporarily storing a short message to be transmitted from a message originating terminal to a first destination terminal device; generating short message forwarding manner definition information that defines a first identifier in a first network where the first destination terminal device that is a destination of the short message is located in association with a second identifier in a second network where a second destination terminal device that is a forwarding destination of the short message is located, wherein the short message is forwarded to the second destination terminal device, instead of the first destination terminal device, when the first destination terminal device is not capable of receiving the short message; at least temporarily storing the short message forwarding manner definition information generated; when the first destination terminal device is not capable of receiving the short message as indicated by a detection of a reception No Good (NG), generating a terminal location inquiry by referring to the short message forwarding manner definition information stored to identify the second destination terminal device as the forwarding destination of the short message and identify the first network as an originating network and the second network as a destination network; transmitting the terminal location inquiry to the second network; and forwarding the short message stored to the second destination terminal device in the second network, upon reception of a response to the terminal location inquiry from the second network.