Dissemination of billing information in a distributed messaging environment
US8483657B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 4, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L51/063
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A messaging system for a wireless network may be constructed using a gateway architecture in which a number of messaging servers are connected to external networks through the gateway. In one implementation, a method implemented in the system may include receiving a message that is communicated as part of a messaging protocol for delivering text or multimedia messages to user devices and altering the message to include a billing identifier describing how the message should be billed. The message may be altered by the gateway and may be transmitted to a messaging server for extraction of the billing information.
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