US 8,571,524 B2Granted

Method and apparatus for delivery confirmation of a message

AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated

InventorRoozbeh Atarius

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Abstract

A system and method for delivery confirmation of a short message comprising sending the short message to an recipient communication device, determining that an instant message delivery notification (IMDN) is not received, and indicating delivery failure of the short message to the mobile station. In another aspect, if a 202 Accepted message is received, the IM server is subscribed to. Alternatively when a message indicating that an recipient communication device is reachable is received, the service center sends the short message to the communication device. In another alternative, if a recipient absence notification is received the short message is buffered in a service center until the service center receives notification that the recipient communication device is present. Upon receipt of the notification, the service center retransmits the short message, and a successful delivery report is sent when the short message is received by the recipient communication device.

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Dependent claims

A method for providing an accurate delivery confirmation of a message, comprising:

receiving in a short message to instant messaging interface gateway a message in a short message service protocol addressed to a recipient communication device;
relaying the message to the recipient communication device in an instant messaging protocol via an instant messaging server;
determining at the instant messaging server whether the recipient communication device has returned an instant messaging delivery notification (IMDN) before indicating delivery success of the message or delivery failure of the message from the instant messaging server to the short message service to instant messaging interface gateway;
indicating delivery success of the message from the instant messaging server to the short message service to instant messaging interface gateway upon determining the instant messaging delivery notification has been returned;
indicating delivery failure of the message from the instant messaging server to the short message service to instant messaging interface gateway upon determining the instant messaging delivery notification has not been returned;
delaying sending any indication of delivery of the message to the recipient communication device from the short message service to instant messaging interface gateway until after the indication of the delivery success of the message or the indication of the delivery failure of the message is received from the instant messaging server at the short message service to instant messaging interface gateway;
storing the message in the instant messaging server;
subscribing the short message service to instant messaging interface gateway to the instant messaging server so that short message service to instant messaging interface gateway can receive notification of the instant messaging delivery notification;
and
wherein subscribing the short message service to instant messaging interface gateway to the instant messaging server is part of an IMS procedure.

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A communication network system spanning two communication protocols comprising:

means for receiving in a short message service to instant messaging interface gateway a message in a short message service protocol addressed to a recipient communication device;
means for relaying the message to the recipient communication device in an instant messaging protocol via an instant messaging server;
means for determining at the instant messaging server whether the recipient communication device has returned an instant messaging delivery notification (IMDN) before indicating delivery success of the message or delivery failure of the message from the instant messaging server to the short message service to instant messaging interface gateway;
means for indicating delivery success of the message from the instant messaging server to the short message service to instant messaging interface gateway upon determining the instant messaging delivery notification has been returned;
means for indicating delivery failure of the message from the instant messaging server to the short message service to instant messaging interface gateway upon determining the instant messaging delivery notification has not been returned;
means for delaying sending any indication of delivery of the message to the recipient communication device from the short message service to instant messaging interface gateway until after the indication of the delivery success of the message or the indication of the delivery failure of the message is received from the instant messaging server at the short message service to instant messaging interface gateway;
means for storing the message in the instant messaging server;
means for subscribing the short message service to instant messaging interface gateway to the instant messaging server so that short message service to instant messaging interface gateway can receive an indication of the instant messaging delivery notification;
and
wherein the means for subscribing the short message service to instant messaging interface gateway to the instant messaging server performs the subscribing as part of an IMS procedure.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/366,315Filed 5 Feb 2009 · us provisional application
Priority: 6 Feb 2008
Published: US 2009/0197622 A16 Aug 2009
Granted: 29 Oct 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H04L 51/23
Monitoring or handling of messages: reliability checks, e.g. acknowledgments or fault reporting
H04L 51/04
User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail: real-time or…
H04L 51/066
Message adaptation to terminal or network requirements: format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
H04L 51/42
User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail:…

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Application61/026,682Us provisional application · filed 6 Feb 2008
US 2009/0197622 A1Pre-grant publication · published 6 Aug 2009
US 8,571,524 B2This patent

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