AU767099B2

AU767099B2 - Intelligent source routing for mobile handset message service providers

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Publication number: AU767099B2
Application number: AU33012/02A
Authority: AU
Inventors: James Cleary
Original assignee: Amethon Solutions Asia Pacific Pty Ltd
Current assignee: Amethon Solutions Asia Pacific Pty Ltd
Priority date: 2001-04-11
Filing date: 2002-04-10
Publication date: 2003-10-30
Anticipated expiration: 2022-04-10
Also published as: AU3301202A

Description

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Patents Act 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION FOR A STANDARD PATENT

ORIGINAL

TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT Name of Applicant: Amethon Solutions (Asia Pacific) Pty Ltd Actual Inventor(s): Address for Service: James Cleary PC) Box 34, eft SWOOD NmS 2P7o 6ox M3 O.c2S7 Intelligent Source Routing For Mobile Handset Message Service Providers Invention Title: Details of Associated Provisional Application No(s): PR4336 The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me:- From: Julian Blenkinship To: AM3301202P Date: 9/17/2003 Time: 7:19:14 AM Page 2 of 12 Intelligent Source Routing for Mobile Handset Message Service Providers The present invention discloses a method for use with a routing system to facilitate the returning of messages from mobile handset message recipients utilising for example SMS, EMS or MMS formats on mobile cell phones to message originators utilising electronic text or graphics message transmission devices other than a mobile phones. The following explanation of the invention is given with reference to the popular SMS format but it is not intended that the invention be restricted to such format.

It is currently possible and indeed popular for message originators, parties, to send messages via e-mail to target persons, parties, utilising the SMS features of mobile phones. In order that such messages progress through the mobile telephone *system and effect a change of format from E-mail to SMS it is necessary that the "service provider interpose a "gateway" incorporating an E-mail-SMS protocol translator between the two systems. These gateways do not have the capability of routing return messages from the party's mobile phone when the return message is initiated merely by utilising the SMS "reply" function of such phone. In order that current gateways correctly match the reply message to the original party message it would be necessary for the party to embed a code in the return message entered into the SMS functions of the mobile phone which code is readable and interpretable by the gateway through which the return message passes. This would be both inconvenient and impracticable.

*Ib0 COMS ID No: SMBI-00418382 Received by IP Australia: Time 07:22 Date 2003-09-17 -rom: Julian Bienkinsnip To: AM3301202P Date: 9/17/2003 Time: 7:19:14 AM Page 3 of 12 2 It is accordingly an object of the present invention to facilitate return messages being sent by a graphics or text message recipient utilising a mobile handset back through a gateway to an originating party having an e-mail or other electronic text/graphics message sending interface without the handset enabled party having to embed a code in the return message.

According to the present invention there is disclosed a return message routing method for a mobile handset message system to facilitate identification of the correct return path for messages initially passing through a gateway from email or other electronic text or graphics message transmission device interfaced customers to message enabled mobile handset customers; the routing method including the steps of: a) providing a routing system associated with a gateway; the system having a predetermined number of output lines each having a different calling line identifying number (CLID); go b) identifying the target telephone number for each incoming message received by the system; c) routing each successive incoming message directed to the same target mobile handset through a different calling line identifying number based upon a predetermined pattern of usage in which the calling line identifying numbers are to be utilized; o*o eo *o *o COMS ID No: SMBI-004183 8 2 Received by IP Australia: Time 07:22 Date 2003-09-17 From: Julian Blenkinship To: AM3301202P Date: 9/17/2003 Time: 7:19:14 AM Page 4 of 12 3 d) storing a return path associated with each calling line identifying number and associated with each message which is dispatched from that number to a target mobile handset; e) receiving a return message from a mobile handset at the same calling line identifying number which dispatched the original message and recalling the source of the original message which passed through that calling line identifying number; f) routing the return message from the mobile handset to the originating source destination via an appropriate protocol converter.

*One embodiment of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying flow charts in which; Flow chart 1 depicts a typical path for an E-mail progressing from an party through a gateway associated with an intelligent source routing device to a "B" party utilising the SMS features of a mobile phone and; Flow chart 2 depicts a typical return path for an SMS message progressing from Sa '13" party through a gateway and intelligent source routing device in accordance with the present invention to an originating party.

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*ee *oo• *eee COMS ID No: SMBI-00418382 Received by IP Australia: Time 07:22 Date 2003-09-17 From: Julian Blenkinship To: AM3301202P Date: 9/17/2003 Time: 7:19:14 AM Page 5 of 12 4 With reference now to Figure 1 it will be noted that when the message is received by the intelligent source routing device the device first looks at the addressee and the then requests a CLID which is not in use during the current cycle relative to that addressee Once a CLID is assigned to the message and it is established that that CLID is not already in use during the current cycle relative to that, addressee the message may be dispatched the mobile phone utilising the assigned CLID. Of course an appropriate protocol conversion will have been effected by the gateway somewhere along the message pathway.

It should be noted that the protocol conversion which must take place is effected by a gateway in the normal manner. An intelligent source routing device maybe incorporated .within the gateway or alternatively the gateway effecting the protocol conversion maybe placed between the party and the intelligent source routing device or alternatively the intelligent source routing device may be placed between the party and the gateway.

Turning now to Figure 2 it will be seen that when the party replies to a message from the party the message is received by the intelligent source routing device at the telephone number (CLID) originally assigned by the relevant database and then a query is sent to the database in order retrieve the original message and hence identify the relevant return path. Once the return party is identified the protocol conversion is effected and the message is dispatched to the party.

9 S. If for example the mobile phones on a given system possess only a capability of storing ten SMS messages (as is currently the case) an intelligent source routing COMS ID No: SMBI-00418382 Received by IP Australia: Time 07:22 Date 2003-09-17 From: Julian Blenkinship To: AM3301202P Date: 9/17/2003 Time: 7:19:14 AM Page 6 of 12 device in accordance with the present invention having subscribers with such phones need only have 10 CLIDs.

An appropriate cycle pattern may be a round-robin pattern or a time period of one week or even one month. It will be appreciated that if a cycle time of one week is chosen then any messages stored on a particular mobile-phone which are over one week old will not be capable of being the subject of a reply via the intelligent source routing device having regard to the fact that the database associated with CLID through which the message originally passed will have cleared the relevant information and hence the return path will have been "forgotten".

In the event and that the cycle time is set at one week and more than 10 messages are sent to a particular a mobile phone during that period then the latest message will be assigned to the CLID which handled the earliest message and hence the information referable to the earliest message will have been lost and it will no longer be possible for the intelligent source routing device to accept a return message in respect of such earliest message. Of course this will be of no consequence as the earliest message will *'.probably also have been deleted from the relevant mobile phone in order that the phone can except its latest messages.

It will be appreciated that alternate embodiments of the present invention may be devised apart from those embodiments above described and it is the intention of the present document that such embodiments fall within the scope of the present oton.

invention. For example the electronic text or graphics communication device being e COMS ID No: SMBI-00418382 Received by IP Australia: Time 07:22 Date 2003-09-17 From: Julian Blenkinship To: AM3301 202PDae91723Tm:71:4AMPg7of2 Date: 9/17/2003 Time: 7:19:14 AM Page 7 of 12 6 used by the party need not be E-mail but may for example be an interface using th~e XIVL data transmission format.

COMS ID No: SMBI-00 4 18 3 8 2 Received by IP Australia: Time 07:22 Date 2003-09-17

Claims

1. A return message routing method for a mobile handset message system to facilitate identification of the correct return path for messages initially passing through a gateway from email or other electronic text or graphics message transmission device interfaced customers to message enabled mobile handset customers; the routing method including the steps of: a) providing a routing system associated with a gateway; the system having a predetermined number of output lines each having a different calling line identifying number (CLID); b) identifying the target telephone number for each incoming message received S. by the system c) routing each successive incoming message directed to the same target mobile handset through a different calling line identifying number based upon a predetermined pattern of usage in which the calling line identifying numbers are to be utilized; d) storing a return path associated with each calling line identifying number and associated with each message which is dispatched from that number to a target mobile handset; *oo. on COMS ID No: SMBI-00418382 Received by IP Australia: Time 07:22 Date 2003-09-17 From: Julian Blenkinship To: AM3301 202PDae91720li:71:4AMPg9of2 Date: 9117/2003 rime: 7:19:14 AM Page 9 of 12 8 e) receiving a return message from a mobile handset at the same calling line identifying number which dispatched the original message and recalling the source of the original message which passed through that calling line identifying number; f) routing the return message from the mobile handset to the originating source destination via an appropriate protocol converter.

2. A return message routing method in accordance with Claim 1 hereof wherein the mobile handset message system is comprised of mobile cell phones in conjunction with the existing SMS protocol.

3. A return mnessage routing method in accordance with Claim 1 hereof wherein the predetermined number of output lines exceeds the number of messages that may be *0 stored in individual target mobile handsets

4. A return message routing method in accordance with Claim 1 hereof wherein the *.pattern is time based such that a sequence of CUID usage by the system referable to a particular target handset is observed until the expiry of a time lirmit whereupon the sequence of CLID usage is repeated or an alternate sequence of usage conumenced.

A return message routing method in accordance with Claim 1 hereof wherein the pattern is a closed loop such that CLEI~s are initially utilized in accordance with a COMS ID No: SMBI-00418382 Received by IP Australia: Time 07:22 Date 2003-09-17 From: Julian Blenkinship To: AM3301202P Date: 9/17/2003 ime: 7:19:14 AM Page 10 of 12 9 predetermined sequence and after exhaustion of available CLIDs for a target handset the CLIDs are reused in a predetermined sequence.

6. A return message routing method in accordance with Claim 1 hereof wherein the message originators are email interfaced to the gateway of the system.

7. A return message routing method in accordance with Claim 1 hereof wherein the message originators are interfaced to the system via a web page utilizing HTTP protocol.

8. An intelligence source routing system utilising the method of any one of Claims 1-7 hereof. Dated 24 July 2003 Amethon Solutions (Asia Pacific) Pty Ltd 0* 0. *0* 0 0 oooo 0000 **0 0 S 0.°9 990°00 0 o o ooeo ft COMS ID No: SMBI-00418382 Received by IP Australia: Time 07:22 Date 2003-09-17