JP6031570B2 - Gateway system and server computer for short message service - Google Patents

Description

The present invention is for a short message service that enables a short message to be easily transmitted and received between a mobile phone terminal of a carrier that provides each mobile phone service and a consumer that uses a provider that provides a short message service. The present invention relates to a gateway system and a server computer .

  Currently, mobile phone terminals provided by carriers that provide mobile phone services generally have a short message service (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “SMS (Short Massage Service)”) function. Here, the carrier is a communication carrier classified as a first-class telecommunications carrier having communication equipment such as a line network, and NTT, KDDI, and the like correspond to this. In addition, SMS is a service for transmitting a mail by designating a telephone number as a destination between mobile phone terminals provided by the same carrier. For example, NTT (docomo) provides an SMS named short mail, and KDDI (au) provides an SMS named C mail. The number of characters that can be transmitted and received by SMS mail is about 100 single-byte characters, which is smaller than e-mail (E-mail) that is transmitted by specifying a mail address. However, since SMS mail is data that is transmitted using the control channel of the mobile phone's telephone line, it has better real-time performance than e-mail (e-mail) and the other party received the mail. Since it is possible to confirm this, it has already been implemented in many countries (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2010-34928 A

  However, since the Japanese short message service (SMS) is provided with its own specification (protocol) for each carrier as described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, it has been individualized until recently. Short messages can be sent and received only between mobile phone terminals of other carriers, and short messages cannot be sent and received with mobile phone terminals of other carriers.

  Thus, since the specifications (protocols) of the short message service (SMS) are different for each carrier, the short message service provider that provides the short message service to the consumer (customer) There is a problem that it is necessary to install a unique gateway for sending short messages with specifications (protocols) corresponding to carriers, and it is not possible to easily send and receive short messages with mobile phone terminals of all carriers. .

The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems, and enables a short message service provider to easily transmit and receive a short message between a mobile phone terminal of each carrier and a consumer. An object of the present invention is to provide a gateway system for a short message service and a server computer .

In order to solve the above problem, a gateway system for a short message service according to claim 1 of the present invention provides:
Short message service servers installed in a plurality of carriers that provide short message services using mobile phone terminals, and sending and receiving of short messages to and from consumer terminals that do not belong to the carrier to be respectively connected to the installed provider server to each of the plurality of providers to provide services, for short message service including a server computer that mediates short messages transmitted and received between said mobile telephone terminal and the consumer terminal A gateway system,
The server computer
The short message of the carrier protocol transmitted from the mobile phone terminal of the carrier via the short message service server of each carrier into the short message of the provider protocol for sending and receiving the short message with the provider A first protocol conversion process to be converted, a carrier that is a transmission destination of a short message transmitted from the consumer terminal through the provider, is specified, and a short of the provider protocol is used for the carrier protocol used in the specified carrier Protocol conversion means for performing a second protocol conversion process for converting a message;
In the first protocol conversion process, setting means capable of setting for each provider whether or not to replace a telephone number of a source mobile phone terminal with a virtual telephone number unrelated to the telephone number;
With
The server computer
In the first protocol conversion process, when conversion to a provider protocol of a short message for a provider that is set to perform replacement with a virtual telephone number in the setting means, it is included in the short message of the carrier protocol. A feature is that the telephone number of the caller mobile phone terminal in the carrier is replaced with a virtual telephone number.
In order to solve the above problem, a server computer according to claim 2 of the present invention provides:
Short message service servers installed in a plurality of carriers that provide short message services using mobile phone terminals, and sending and receiving of short messages to and from consumer terminals that do not belong to the carrier A server computer that is connected to a provider server installed in each of a plurality of providers that provide services, and mediates a short message transmitted and received between the mobile phone terminal and the consumer terminal,
The short message of the carrier protocol transmitted from the mobile phone terminal of the carrier via the short message service server of each carrier into the short message of the provider protocol for sending and receiving the short message with the provider A first protocol conversion process to be converted, a carrier that is a transmission destination of a short message transmitted from the consumer terminal through the provider, is specified, and a short of the provider protocol is used for the carrier protocol used in the specified carrier Protocol conversion means for performing a second protocol conversion process for converting a message;
In the first protocol conversion process, setting means capable of setting for each provider whether or not to replace a telephone number of a source mobile phone terminal with a virtual telephone number unrelated to the telephone number;
With
In the first protocol conversion process, when conversion to a provider protocol of a short message for a provider that is set to perform replacement with a virtual telephone number in the setting means, it is included in the short message of the carrier protocol. Replace the phone number of the source mobile phone terminal in the carrier with a virtual phone number
It is characterized by that.
According to these features, together with the short message according to each carrier protocol transmitted from the mobile phone terminal of the carrier is transmitted after being converted to a short message of the provider protocol, the provider protocol transmitted from the consumer terminal via provider Since the short message is converted into a short message according to each carrier protocol and transmitted, the provider can install the short message service of the present invention without installing a gateway corresponding to the carrier protocol short message of each carrier. By simply connecting to a mobile gateway system, it is possible to easily send and receive short messages with the mobile phone terminals of each carrier.
According to these features, it can be set implementation and non-execution of the substitution of the virtual telephone number for each individual providers. In addition, when performing replacement with a virtual telephone number, it becomes possible to mediate a short message without knowing the telephone number of the source mobile phone terminal by the provider or the consumer of the provider. As the importance of telephone numbers increases due to number portability, for example, it is prevented that these telephone numbers are illegally used by overseas providers that are not regulated in Japan. At the same time, a short message can be transmitted (replyed) from the consumer side.
The gateway system for short message service according to means 1 of the present invention is:
Short message service servers installed on multiple carriers that provide short message services using mobile phone terminals, and short messages to and from consumer terminals that do not belong to the carrier A gateway system for a short message service, including a server computer that is connected to a provider server installed in a provider that provides a service and mediates a short message transmitted and received between the mobile phone terminal and the consumer terminal. ,
The server computer
The short message of the carrier protocol transmitted from the mobile phone terminal of the carrier via the short message service server of each carrier into the short message of the provider protocol for sending and receiving the short message with the provider A first protocol conversion process to be converted, a carrier that is a transmission destination of a short message transmitted from the consumer terminal through the provider, is specified, and a short of the provider protocol is used for the carrier protocol used in the specified carrier It is characterized by comprising protocol conversion means for performing a second protocol conversion process for converting a message.
According to this feature, a short message according to each carrier protocol transmitted from the mobile phone terminal of the carrier is converted into a short message of the provider protocol and transmitted, and a short message of the provider protocol transmitted from the consumer terminal through the provider Since the message is converted into a short message according to each carrier protocol and transmitted, the gateway system for the short message service according to the present invention does not require the provider to install a gateway corresponding to the carrier protocol short message of each carrier. By simply connecting to the mobile phone terminal, it is possible to easily send and receive short messages with the mobile phone terminals of each carrier.

The gateway system for short message service according to means 2 of the present invention is:
Short message service servers installed in a plurality of carriers that provide short message services using mobile phone terminals, and sending and receiving of short messages to and from consumer terminals that do not belong to the carrier Gateway system for short message service, including a server computer that is connected to a provider server installed in each of a plurality of providers that provide a service and mediates a short message transmitted and received between the mobile phone terminal and the consumer terminal Because
The server computer
The short message of the carrier protocol transmitted from the mobile phone terminal of the carrier via the short message service server of each carrier into the short message of the provider protocol for sending and receiving the short message with the provider A first protocol conversion process to be converted, a carrier that is a transmission destination of a short message transmitted from the consumer terminal through the provider, is specified, and a short of the provider protocol is used for the carrier protocol used in the specified carrier Protocol conversion means for performing a second protocol conversion process for converting a message;
Virtual telephone number storage means for storing the telephone number of the source mobile phone terminal and the virtual telephone number unrelated to the telephone number in association with each other;
With
The server computer
In the first protocol conversion process, the telephone number of the caller mobile phone terminal in the carrier included in the carrier protocol short message is replaced with a virtual telephone number;
In the second protocol conversion process, the virtual telephone number included in the provider protocol short message is replaced with a telephone number stored in the virtual telephone number storage means in association with the virtual telephone number;
The virtual telephone number storage means stores an individual virtual telephone number for each provider for the same telephone number,
In the first protocol conversion process or the second protocol conversion process, conversion is performed using a virtual telephone number corresponding to each provider.
According to this feature, a short message according to each carrier protocol transmitted from the mobile phone terminal of the carrier is converted into a short message of the provider protocol and transmitted, and a short message of the provider protocol transmitted from the consumer terminal through the provider Since the message is converted into a short message according to each carrier protocol and transmitted, the gateway system for the short message service according to the present invention does not require the provider to install a gateway corresponding to the carrier protocol short message of each carrier. By simply connecting to the mobile phone terminal, it is possible to easily send and receive short messages with the mobile phone terminals of each carrier.
According to this feature, it becomes possible to mediate a short message without knowing the telephone number of the source mobile phone terminal by the provider or the consumer of the provider. For example, the importance of the telephone number by number portability For example, while the phone numbers are acquired by overseas providers that are not subject to Japanese regulations and used illegally, short messages are also received from the consumer side. Can be sent (replyed).
In addition, according to this feature, since individual virtual telephone numbers are stored and used for each provider, even if virtual telephone numbers leak from each provider or consumers of each provider, they are used by each provider. Since the virtual telephone numbers used by other providers can be used as they are, the damage caused by the outflow of these virtual telephone numbers can be reduced.

The gateway system for short message service according to means 3 of the present invention is:
Short message service servers installed in a plurality of carriers that provide short message services using mobile phone terminals, and sending and receiving of short messages to and from consumer terminals that do not belong to the carrier Gateway system for short message service, including a server computer that is connected to a provider server installed in each of a plurality of providers that provide a service and mediates a short message transmitted and received between the mobile phone terminal and the consumer terminal Because
The server computer
The short message of the carrier protocol transmitted from the mobile phone terminal of the carrier via the short message service server of each carrier into the short message of the provider protocol for sending and receiving the short message with the provider A first protocol conversion process to be converted, a carrier that is a transmission destination of a short message transmitted from the consumer terminal through the provider, is specified, and a short of the provider protocol is used for the carrier protocol used in the specified carrier Protocol conversion means for performing a second protocol conversion process for converting a message;
Virtual telephone number storage means for storing the telephone number of the source mobile phone terminal and the virtual telephone number unrelated to the telephone number in association with each other;
With
The server computer
In the first protocol conversion process, whether or not the telephone number of the caller mobile phone terminal included in the carrier protocol short message and the virtual telephone number corresponding to the telephone number are stored in the virtual telephone number storage means If it is not stored, the telephone number and the virtual telephone number are associated with each other and stored in the virtual telephone number storage means, and the telephone of the source mobile phone terminal in the carrier included in the carrier protocol short message Replace the number with a virtual phone number,
In the second protocol conversion process, it is determined whether or not a virtual telephone number included in the short message of the provider protocol is stored in the virtual telephone number storage means, and if not stored, an error message is returned. When it is stored, it is replaced with the telephone number stored in the virtual telephone number storage means in association with the virtual telephone number.
According to this feature, a short message according to each carrier protocol transmitted from the mobile phone terminal of the carrier is converted into a short message of the provider protocol and transmitted, and a short message of the provider protocol transmitted from the consumer terminal through the provider Since the message is converted into a short message according to each carrier protocol and transmitted, the gateway system for the short message service according to the present invention does not require the provider to install a gateway corresponding to the carrier protocol short message of each carrier. By simply connecting to the mobile phone terminal, it is possible to easily send and receive short messages with the mobile phone terminals of each carrier.
According to this feature, it becomes possible to mediate a short message without knowing the telephone number of the source mobile phone terminal by the provider or the consumer of the provider. For example, the importance of the telephone number by number portability For example, while the phone numbers are acquired by overseas providers that are not subject to Japanese regulations and used illegally, short messages are also received from the consumer side. Can be sent (replyed).
Further, when the virtual telephone number is not stored in the virtual telephone number storage means, in the first protocol conversion process, the telephone number of each carrier and the virtual telephone number corresponding to the telephone number are stored in the virtual telephone number storage means. On the other hand, in the second protocol conversion process, an error message is returned, and for example, an error including a message indicating that the destination telephone number is incorrect is sent to the source consumer terminal. The mobile phone terminal of each carrier can transmit SMS, and the processing when the virtual phone number is not stored in the virtual phone number storage means is different between the first protocol conversion processing and the second protocol conversion processing. And a consumer terminal can easily send and receive short messages.

Server computer of claim 3 of the present invention is a server computer according to claim 2,
It is characterized in that it comprises a virtual telephone number storage means for storing in association with the telephone number and the virtual telephone number of the calling Xinyuan mobile phone.
According to this feature, it is not necessary to previously store the telephone number of each carrier and the virtual telephone number corresponding to the telephone number in the virtual telephone number storage means, and the data stored in the virtual telephone number storage means Not only can the capacity be reduced, but the trouble of storing these telephone numbers and virtual telephone numbers can be greatly reduced.

Server computer of claim 4 of the present invention is a server computer of claim 3,
Among the telephone numbers and virtual telephone numbers stored in the virtual telephone number storage means, there is provided an erasing means for erasing the storage of a telephone number and a virtual telephone number that satisfy a preset erasure condition. .
According to this feature, since the storage of the telephone number and virtual telephone number for which the erasure condition is satisfied is deleted, the data capacity stored in the virtual telephone number storage means can be reduced.

Server computer of claim 5 of the present invention is a server computer according to claim 4,
It is characterized in that it is settable individually before Symbol erasing condition for each said provider.
According to this feature, since the business form and the like differ depending on each provider, it becomes possible to set the erasure condition according to the business form by each provider, so that the storage capacity of the virtual telephone number storage unit is wasted. Can be avoided.

1 is a system diagram showing a configuration of an SMS system according to an embodiment to which a gateway system for a short message service of the present invention is applied. (A) is a figure which shows the structure of the gateway database used for the Example, (b) is a figure which shows the gateway database for provider A companies, (c) is the gateway database for provider B companies (D) is a figure which shows an erasing condition table. It is a flowchart which shows the processing content of the protocol conversion process 1 implemented in the protocol conversion server used for the Example. It is a flowchart which shows the processing content of the protocol conversion process 2 implemented in the protocol conversion server used for the Example. It is a figure which shows the flow of the data in the SMS system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the processing content of the gateway database update process implemented in the data management server used for the Example.

  The form for implementing the gateway system for short message service concerning this invention is demonstrated below based on an Example. In the following embodiment, SMS is used as the name of the short message.

  FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing a configuration of a short message system of this embodiment to which the gateway system for short message service of the present invention is applied. The gateway system for the short message service includes a protocol conversion server 1 and a data management server 2 having a gateway database (GW-DB) installed in the SMS gateway service center. In the SMS gateway service center, Carrier A company, carrier B company, and carrier C company, which are first-class telecommunications carriers that provide mobile phone services, are connected to mobile terminals of each carrier with respect to consumer terminals 7 that do not belong to any carrier SMS providers A to C that provide services that enable transmission and reception of short messages with 5 (5a, 5b, 5c) are connected.

  The protocol conversion server 1 and the data management server 2 are connected so as to be able to exchange data with each other, and these two servers cooperate to provide each function of the gateway for the short message service.

  In FIG. 1, only three carriers, Carrier A, Carrier B, and Carrier C, are shown as carriers. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and these carriers include at least two carriers. I need it. The carrier may be a carrier that provides a service of a simple mobile phone (PHS).

  Moreover, although FIG. 1 illustrates SMS providers A to C, the present invention is not limited to this, and there may be only one SMS provider or four or more companies. May be.

  As shown in FIG. 1, each carrier is connected to each mobile phone via a base station 4 (4a, 4b, 4c) that performs wireless communication with the mobile phone terminals 5 (5a, 5b, 5c) belonging to each carrier. An SMS server 3 (3a, 3b, 3c) for sending and receiving SMS to and from the terminal 5 (5a, 5b, 5c) is installed and is intended for the mobile phone terminal 5 (5a, 5b, 5c) in the same carrier Are distributed and distributed by the SMS server 3 of each carrier, and the SMS for other carriers is not shown corresponding to the destination carrier from the SMS server 3 (3a, 3b, 3c) of each carrier. After being converted into the SMS protocol of the destination carrier by the carrier gateway server, it is transmitted to the SMS server 3 (3a, 3b, 3c) of the destination carrier. .

  The SMS server 3 (3a, 3b, 3c) of each carrier is associated with the data for delivering the SMS, specifically, the mobile phone numbers of the mobile phone terminals 5a, 5b, 5c belonging to the carrier. In addition, an SMS database storing SIM data, location data, and the like is stored.

  The SMS database also stores the telephone number of the consumer terminal 7 as the telephone number of the SMS transmission destination, and the SMS transmission destination for the telephone number is associated with the telephone number as the SMS service center. Is stored, specifically, the network address of the protocol conversion server 1 or the like.

  Therefore, the SMS addressed to the telephone number of the consumer terminal 7 is transmitted from the SMS server 3 (3a, 3b, 3c) to the protocol conversion server 1 while keeping the protocol of each carrier.

  In the following description, when the carriers A, B, and C are not specified, the mobile phone terminals 5a, 5b, and 5c may be collectively referred to as the mobile phone terminal 5, and similarly, the base station 4a, 4b and 4c may be collectively referred to as the base station 4, and the SMS servers 3a, 3b, and 3c may be collectively referred to as the SMS server 3.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, provider providers 6 (6a, 6b, 6c) connected to the protocol conversion server 1 so as to be able to perform data communication are installed in the SMS providers A to C, and the provider servers 6 ( 6 a, 6 b, 6 c) perform SMS transmission / reception with the protocol conversion server 1 by SMPP (Short Message Peer-to-Peer Protocol), which is a predetermined protocol, and are transmitted from each consumer terminal 7. The mobile phone terminal 5 is provided with a relay function for transmitting the SMS for the consumer terminals 7 transmitted from the protocol conversion server 1 to the individual consumer terminals 7 while transmitting the SMS for the mobile phone terminal 5 to the protocol conversion server 1.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, the gateway database (GW-DB) included in the data management server 2 of this embodiment stores an individual database for each provider. Specifically, a gateway database for provider A (GW-DB), a gateway database for provider B (GW-DB), and a gateway database for provider C (GW-DB) are stored.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 (b) and 2 (c), the configuration of these gateway databases (GW-DB) belongs to the mobile phone terminal 5 assigned with the mobile phone number in association with the mobile phone number. Data such as the carrier type (carrier A, carrier B, carrier C), the virtual mobile phone number for which the mobile phone number is replaced, and the registration date (including hour and minute) of the virtual mobile phone number are stored. Yes.

  The virtual mobile phone number is a unique number that does not overlap in the provider's gateway database (GW-DB), and the mobile phone number and the virtual mobile phone number are associated one-to-one.

  However, in FIG. 2B and FIG. 2C, for example, as shown in the case of the mobile phone number “090XXXXxxxx”, different virtual services are used for each provider with respect to the same mobile phone number “090XXXXxxxx”. The mobile phone number is stored.

  That is, the same mobile phone number may be stored in the gateway database (GW-DB) for each provider company, but the virtual mobile phone numbers corresponding to these same mobile phone numbers are stored in the individual provider companies. For each provider company, a different virtual mobile phone number is assigned and stored by being individually assigned in the gateway database (GW-DB) for use.

  Further, the data management server 2 stores the deletion condition table shown in FIG. 2D, and the virtual mobile phone number stored in the gateway database (GW-DB) for each provider company is deleted. Erase conditions are stored and set individually for each provider company.

  As these erasure conditions, specifically, as shown in FIG. 2D, conditions relating to the elapsed time after the virtual mobile phone number is stored (registered) may be set. Depending on the provider company, When the stored (registered) virtual mobile phone number is used without being erased, “no erasure” may be stored as in the provider C company, for example.

  The data management server 2 stores a provider table (not shown) in which the telephone number of each consumer terminal 7 that uses the SMS service of the provider company is stored in association with each provider company. Based on the provider table, the provider of the SMS destination is specified.

  Next, the protocol conversion processing 1 performed by the protocol conversion server 1 in response to receiving the SMS from the SMS server 3 will be described with reference to FIG. 3. First, the protocol conversion server 1 receives the protocol conversion processing 1 in the protocol conversion processing 1. An SMS transmission source carrier and a transmission destination SMS provider are specified (step S1).

  Then, various data corresponding to SMPP including the mobile phone number of the transmission source and the telephone number of the consumer terminal 7 of the transmission destination are extracted from the received SMS (step S2).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the mobile phone number extracted in step S2 is already stored in the gateway database (GW-DB) for the destination provider of the SMS.

  Specifically, if the destination provider is provider A, whether or not the mobile phone number extracted in step S2 is already stored in the gateway database (GW-DB) for provider A Determine whether.

  If the extracted mobile phone number is already registered, the process proceeds to step S4, and the virtual mobile phone stored in the gateway database (GW-DB) in association with the registered mobile phone number. A telephone number is extracted (step S4).

  Then, the extracted virtual telephone number and each data extracted in step S2 are applied to the corresponding data of SMPP to generate SMPP data (step S5), and the generated SMPP data is sent to the SMS provider specified in step S1. It transmits to (step S6).

  On the other hand, if the extracted mobile phone number is not stored in the gateway database (GW-DB) for the destination provider company specified in step S1, “No” is determined in step S3, and the process proceeds to step S7. Then, a virtual telephone number registration process for storing a virtual telephone number corresponding to the mobile phone number in association with the mobile phone number is performed.

  In this virtual telephone number registration process, first, a virtual telephone number unique to the SMS provider is generated. As a method for generating these unique virtual telephone numbers, the mobile telephone number may be generated based on a conversion rule assigned to each SMS provider, or an arbitrary number may be generated using a random number or the like. Then, it is sufficient to search for whether the generated number is duplicated with the already registered virtual telephone number, and use the one identified as not duplicated (no storage of the same number).

  The virtual telephone number generated in this way is stored (registered) in association with the mobile telephone number in the gateway database (GW-DB) for the destination provider company, and the date and time data (hours and minutes at the time of registration). Data) such as carrier type and carrier type, and the process proceeds to step S5.

  In step S5, the newly generated virtual telephone number and each data extracted in step S2 are applied to the corresponding data of SMPP to generate SMPP data, and then the generated SMPP data is sent to the SMS provider specified in step S1. It transmits to (step S6).

  Thereby, in the SMPP data, the mobile phone number included in the received SMS is replaced with the virtual phone number.

  Next, the protocol conversion process 2 performed by the protocol conversion server 1 in response to receiving the SMS from the company server 6 will be described with reference to FIG. 4. First, in the protocol conversion process 2, the protocol conversion server 1 transmits The original company is specified (step Sb1).

  These companies may be specified from the network address of the source of the received SMS data.

  Then, each data including the destination virtual telephone number is extracted from the received SMPP data (step Sb2), and the extracted virtual telephone number is stored in the gateway database (GW-DB) for the source company. It is determined whether or not.

  If the virtual telephone number is stored in the gateway company database (GW-DB) of the transmission source, “Yes” is determined in step Sb3 and the process proceeds to step Sb4 to identify the carrier corresponding to the virtual telephone number To do.

  Specifically, the carrier type stored in association with the virtual telephone number may be extracted and specified in the transmission source company gateway database (GW-DB).

  Then, each data extracted in step Sb2 is applied to the protocol of the specified carrier, and the virtual telephone number is replaced with the mobile phone number stored in association with the virtual telephone number, and the transmission destination carrier (Sb5), the generated carrier-corresponding protocol data is transmitted to the SMS server 3 of the carrier specified in step Sb4 (step Sb6).

  If it is determined as “No” in step Sb3, that is, if the virtual telephone number is not stored in the gateway database (GW-DB) for the transmission source, the process proceeds to step Sb7, where the transmission source An error reply process is performed to transmit an error SMS including a message indicating that the destination telephone number is incorrect to the consumer terminal 7, and the process ends.

  When the protocol conversion server 1 executes the protocol conversion process 1 and the protocol conversion process 2, the SMS is transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 5 to the consumer terminal 7, and the SMS is transmitted from the consumer terminal 7 to the mobile phone terminal 5. The flow to be described will be described with reference to FIG.

  For the user carrying the mobile phone terminal 5, for example, the telephone number used by the consumer terminal 7 (not the usual 11-digit number, but a special 3 It may be a 4-digit number).

  When an SMS is transmitted to the telephone number of the consumer terminal 7 notified by the user of the mobile phone terminal 5, the SMS addressed to the consumer terminal 7 is sent by the protocol conversion server 1 (gateway center) as a transmission destination by the SMS server 3. It is identified and transmitted to the protocol conversion server 1 (gateway center).

  In the protocol conversion server 1, the above-described protocol conversion processing 1 is performed, whereby the SMS based on the carrier protocol including the actual mobile phone number is converted into the SMS based on the SMPP including the virtual mobile phone number. It is transmitted to the server 6.

  In response to the reception of the SMS from the protocol conversion server 1, the company server 6 identifies the consumer terminal 7 that is the destination of the received SMS, and sends the SMS received from the protocol conversion server 1 to the identified consumer terminal 7. By sending (relaying), the SMS reaches the consumer terminal 7.

  Note that these consumer terminals 7 do not need to have a call function or the like like the mobile phone terminals 5 and may be terminals having a display device capable of displaying SMS and an input device for inputting SMS. A computer or the like can be preferably used.

  When the consumer returns an SMS in response to the reception of the SMS from the user of the mobile phone terminal 5, the SMS of the reply is relayed by the enterprise server 6 and transmitted to the protocol conversion server 1.

  Then, by performing the protocol conversion processing 2 described above in the protocol conversion server 1, the SMS based on the SMPP including the virtual mobile phone number is converted into the SMS based on the carrier protocol including the actual mobile phone number and transmitted. It is transmitted to the SMS server 3 installed in the previous carrier.

  In response to receiving the SMS of its own carrier protocol transmitted from the protocol conversion server 1, the SMS server 3 transmits the SMS to the mobile phone terminal 5 having the actual mobile phone number included in the SMS. As a result, the SMS from the consumer reaches the mobile phone terminal 5.

  Note that the data management server 2 of the present embodiment periodically performs a gateway database (GW-DB) update process shown in FIG. 6 at predetermined time intervals.

  In the gateway database (GW-DB) update process of the present embodiment, the data management server 2 first specifies an erasure condition corresponding to the gateway database (GW-DB) to be updated (step Sc1).

  Specifically, if the gateway database (GW-DB) to be updated is the gateway database (GW-DB) of provider A, it is stored corresponding to provider A in the erasure condition table of FIG. If the erase condition is extracted and specified, and it is a gateway database (GW-DB) of provider B, the erase condition stored corresponding to provider B in the erase condition table of FIG. If the gateway database (GW-DB) of provider C company is extracted, the erasure conditions stored in correspondence with provider C company are extracted and specified in the erasure condition table of FIG. To do.

  Then, all virtual telephone numbers that satisfy the specified erasure condition are extracted from the gateway database (GW-DB) to be updated (step Sc2).

  Next, it is determined whether or not there is a virtual telephone number that satisfies the erasure condition, that is, whether or not there is an extracted virtual telephone number, and if it exists, storage (registration) of the extracted virtual telephone number is performed. (Step Sc4) On the other hand, if there is no extracted virtual telephone number, the process proceeds to step Sc5 without going through step Sc4.

  In step Sc5, it is determined whether or not the update process has been performed for all gateway databases (GW-DB). If not, the next gateway database (GW-DB) is set as an update target, and the step is performed. Return to Sc1.

  By doing so, data such as a virtual telephone number that satisfies the deletion condition and an actual mobile phone number corresponding to the virtual telephone number are deleted from each gateway database (GW-DB). The storage capacity required for storing the gateway database (GW-DB) can be reduced, and in this embodiment, these erasure conditions can be set for each provider according to the business form of each provider. It is preferable that the storage capacity of the gateway database (GW-DB) serving as a virtual telephone number storage means can be avoided, but the present invention is not limited to this. The erasing condition may be the same for all providers.

  Even if these erasure conditions are not satisfied, the data of each gateway database (GW-DB), for example, when information leakage such as a virtual telephone number occurs in a provider corresponding to each gateway database (GW-DB) Etc., by deleting all the data in the gateway database (GW-DB) corresponding to the provider, it is possible to prevent annoying SMS due to illegal use of the leaked virtual telephone number.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, SMS according to each carrier protocol transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 5 of the carrier is converted into SMPP SMS as a provider protocol and transmitted, and transmitted from the consumer terminal 7 through the provider. Since the SMS of the SMPP is converted into a short message according to each carrier protocol and transmitted, the provider can install the SMS gateway service center (without installing a gateway corresponding to the carrier protocol short message of each carrier independently. By simply connecting to the protocol conversion server 1), it is possible to easily send and receive short messages with the mobile phone terminal 5 of each carrier.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, in the protocol conversion process 1, since the mobile phone number is replaced with the virtual mobile phone number and the SMS data of SMPP is generated, the mobile phone number of the caller mobile phone terminal 5 is changed to the provider or Since it becomes possible to mediate SMS without being understood by the consumer of the provider, for example, the importance of telephone numbers increases due to number portability, for example, by overseas providers that are not subject to domestic regulations It is possible to prevent these mobile phone numbers from being acquired and used illegally.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the virtual mobile phone number and the mobile phone number are stored in association with each other, and in the protocol conversion process 2, the virtual mobile phone number is replaced with the actual mobile phone number and the destination carrier protocol is transmitted. SMS data is generated so that the consumer can send (reply) the SMS while preventing the mobile phone number of the source mobile phone terminal 5 from being grasped by the provider or the consumer of the provider. it can.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, the registration of the virtual telephone number to each gateway database (GW-DB) is automatically performed in the protocol conversion 1 on the condition that the mobile telephone number is not registered. There is no need to previously store the mobile phone number of the mobile phone terminal 5 of each carrier and the virtual phone number corresponding to the phone number in each gateway database (GW-DB) serving as the virtual phone number storage means of the present invention. Not only can the data capacity stored in these gateway databases (GW-DB) be reduced to the minimum necessary, but also the trouble of storing these mobile phone numbers and virtual phone numbers can be saved significantly.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, individual virtual telephone numbers are stored and used for each provider, so even if a virtual telephone number leaks from each provider or each consumer, it is used by each provider. Even if the virtual telephone number is invalidated (erased), the virtual telephone numbers used by other providers can be used as they are, and the damage caused by the outflow of these virtual telephone numbers can be reduced.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and modifications and additions within the scope of the present invention are included in the present invention. It is.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, for all SMS, replacement with a virtual telephone number is performed in protocol conversion. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and as with the erasure condition described above, Company A will be replaced with a virtual phone number, but provider B will be replaced with a virtual phone number for each provider, such as not being replaced with a virtual phone number. May be set.

  In the above embodiment, the same SMPP protocol with each provider is used, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the protocol with these providers may be a protocol other than SMPP. In addition, a specific provider may use a separate protocol from other providers.

  Moreover, in the said Example, when a virtual telephone number is leaked, it has illustrated erasing as a method of invalidating this leaked virtual telephone number, but this invention is limited to this Rather, by assigning a new second virtual telephone number to these leaked first virtual telephone numbers, and changing these first virtual telephone numbers to second virtual telephone numbers and using them, By using the second virtual telephone number while invalidating the first virtual telephone number, even a provider who has leaked information may be able to continuously provide services.

1 Protocol conversion server 2 Data management server 3 SMS server 4 Base station 5 Mobile phone terminal 6 Provider server 7 Consumer terminal

Claims (5)

Short message service servers installed in a plurality of carriers that provide short message services using mobile phone terminals, and sending and receiving of short messages to and from consumer terminals that do not belong to the carrier to be respectively connected to the installed provider server to each of the plurality of providers to provide services, for short message service including a server computer that mediates short messages transmitted and received between said mobile telephone terminal and the consumer terminal A gateway system,
The server computer
The short message of the carrier protocol transmitted from the mobile phone terminal of the carrier via the short message service server of each carrier into the short message of the provider protocol for sending and receiving the short message with the provider A first protocol conversion process to be converted, a carrier that is a transmission destination of a short message transmitted from the consumer terminal through the provider, is specified, and a short of the provider protocol is used for the carrier protocol used in the specified carrier Protocol conversion means for performing a second protocol conversion process for converting a message;
In the first protocol conversion process, setting means capable of setting for each provider whether or not to replace a telephone number of a source mobile phone terminal with a virtual telephone number unrelated to the telephone number;
With
The server computer
In the first protocol conversion process, when conversion to a provider protocol of a short message for a provider that is set to perform replacement with a virtual telephone number in the setting means, it is included in the short message of the carrier protocol. A gateway system for a short message service, characterized in that a telephone number of a caller mobile phone terminal in the carrier is replaced with a virtual telephone number. Short message service servers installed in a plurality of carriers that provide short message services using mobile phone terminals, and sending and receiving of short messages to and from consumer terminals that do not belong to the carrier are respectively connected to a plurality of provider server installed in each of the providers of services, said a server computer that mediates a short message to be transmitted and received between the mobile telephone terminal and the consumer terminal,
The short message of the carrier protocol transmitted from the mobile phone terminal of the carrier via the short message service server of each carrier into the short message of the provider protocol for sending and receiving the short message with the provider A first protocol conversion process to be converted, a carrier that is a transmission destination of a short message transmitted from the consumer terminal through the provider, is specified, and a short of the provider protocol is used for the carrier protocol used in the specified carrier Protocol conversion means for performing a second protocol conversion process for converting a message;
In the first protocol conversion process, setting means capable of setting for each provider whether or not to replace a telephone number of a source mobile phone terminal with a virtual telephone number unrelated to the telephone number;
With
Prior Symbol first protocol conversion process, in the case of performing conversion to the provider protocol of the short message to the provider that is configured to perform the substitution of the virtual telephone number in the setting means, contained in the short message of the carrier protocol A server computer that replaces a telephone number of a caller mobile phone terminal in the carrier with a virtual telephone number. Server computer according to claim 2, characterized in that it comprises a virtual telephone number storage means for storing in association with the telephone number of the calling Xinyuan mobile telephone terminal and a virtual phone number. Of the telephone number and the virtual telephone number stored in the virtual telephone number storage means, there is provided an erasure means for erasing the storage of the telephone number and the virtual telephone number that satisfy a preset erasure condition. The server computer according to claim 3 . Server computer of claim 4, characterized in that it is settable individually before Symbol erasing condition for each said provider.

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