Telecommunications system for communicating a SMS message to a mobile user on an IP network
US8364180B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 7, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 7, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W92/02
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A telecommunications system provides a facility for communicating a Short Message Service (SMS) message to a mobile user equipment using a subscriber identity number when the mobile user equipment is communicating via an Internet Protocol network using an Internet Protocol (IP) communication being terminated on the IP network. The system comprises an SMS network including a Short Message Service Center (SM-SC), a gateway mobile switching center (GMSC), the SMS network providing a facility for communicating SMS messages, and an Internet Protocol/SMS (IP/SMS) gateway for communicating between the SMS network and the IP network. The system also includes a home location database for maintaining address data identifying a current location of a mobile user equipment. The gateway mobile switching center is operable in response to the SMS message to interrogate the home location database for an address to which the SMS message should be sent. The home location database is operable to provide the gateway mobile switching center with an address of the IP/SMS gateway, which has been stored in association with the subscriber identity number. The gateway switching center is operable to send the…
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.