WO2012079233A1

WO2012079233A1 - Method and system for transmitting short messages between different communication networks

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Publication number: WO2012079233A1
Application number: PCT/CN2010/079838
Authority: WO
Inventors: 龙业成; 陈明辉; 张庆良; 黄煜森; 林宇翔
Original assignee: 盛博国际有限公司
Priority date: 2010-12-15
Filing date: 2010-12-15
Publication date: 2012-06-21

Abstract

A method for transmitting short messages between different communication networks is provided by the present invention, which includes: a transmitting terminal sends a short message written in a particular format to a particular service number provided by a first communication network in which the transmitting terminal is located, wherein the particular format is "a control code + a space code + short message content" or "short message content + a space code + a control code"; after receiving the short message via the particular service number, a short message service center of the first communication network sends the short message to a server including a short message processing module and connected to the short message center via Internet; the server uses the short message processing module to process, parse and recompose the short message, then extract an identifier of a receiving terminal, and according to the identifier of the receiving terminal, send the recomposed short message to a short message service center of a second communication network in which the receiving terminal is located; and the short message service center of the second communication network sends the received short message to the receiving terminal. A system for transmitting short messages between different communication networks is also related to by the present invention,

Description

Method and system for transmitting text messages between different communication networks

Field of the Invention This invention relates to the field of data communications, and more particularly to a method and system for transmitting short messages between different communication networks. technical background

In the current communication field, especially mobile communication, short message as a non-voice communication technology has become a very common communication means after voice communication. However, there are still certain restrictions on the transmission of short messages between different communication networks. This is because the SMS service centers of different communication networks need to pass through the gateway to achieve interworking. In addition, the SMS service centers of different communication networks may not be able to cooperate synergistically. Work, it will cause the transmission of SMS to have delay uncertainty, and even can not reach the receiving user.

If different communication networks are in different areas, text messages must be transmitted in a cross-domain manner, which can result in very high costs. Sometimes SMS service centers in communication networks in different regions may not be able to send text messages because of incompatible protocols or digital standards.

The present invention is directed to the above problems, and proposes a method and system that is simple in operation, low in cost, and capable of transmitting short messages between different communication networks. According to the present invention, text messages can also be transmitted between incompatible international communication networks, while eliminating expensive cross-domain charges and ensuring the reliability of short message transmission, and thus have a good market prospect. Summary of the invention

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and system for transmitting short messages between different communication networks via the Internet. The invention adopts a specific short message format to send short messages, which is simple in operation, stable and reliable, and avoids international cross-domain expenses.

In order to achieve the above object, an aspect of the present invention provides a method for transmitting a short message between different communication networks, the method comprising the following steps:

i) the sending terminal sends a short message written in a specific format to the special service number provided by the first communication network, the specific format is control code + partition code + short message content, or short message content + partition code + control code, wherein The control code is an identifier of the receiving terminal; Ii) the short message service center of the first communication network receives the short message of the specific format through the special service number, and sends the short message to the server connected to the short message service center and has a short message processing module through the Internet;

Iii) the server processes, parses, and reassembles the received short message by using the short message processing module, and then extracts the identifier of the receiving terminal and sends the reassembled short message to the Internet according to the identifier of the receiving terminal to the Receiving a short message service center of the second communication network where the terminal is located;

Iv) sending, by the short message service center of the second communication network, the received short message to the receiving terminal according to the present invention, the control code of the specific format is the identifier of the receiving terminal, including the telephone number, the name of the receiving terminal or combination. As an alternative, the name of the receiving terminal may further include a group name, and multiple group member users are included under the group name. When the telephone number and name of the receiving terminal are input for the first time, and the corresponding relationship is recognized by the short message processing module of the present invention, then only the name of the receiving terminal can be input in the control code portion, and the short message processing module will be on the platform provided by the short message processing module. The name is associated with its phone number and is used to send text messages.

The function of the partition code is to allow the short message processing module to identify and distinguish which part of the received short message is the identifier of the receiving terminal, which part is the body content of the short message, and plays the role of transmitting the instruction. The partition code may include, but is not limited to, one of the following symbols or any combination thereof: "#丄 Γ: 丄 Space or any combination thereof.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the special service number is a local telephone number of the transmitting terminal provided by the first communication network.

In the above step iii), the server parsing the received short message includes extracting the following information: a sender, a receiver, a sending area, a receiving area, a sending time, a sending instruction, and a short message content.

The first communication network and the second communication network may be in the same or different regions.

Preferably, the transmitting terminal and the receiving terminal are mobile phones, and the first communication network and the second communication network are wireless communication networks.

A second aspect of the present invention provides a system for transmitting a short message between different communication networks, where the system includes a transmitting terminal, a receiving terminal, a first communication network where the transmitting terminal is located, and a second communication network where the receiving terminal is located. The system further includes a server, the server and the short message service center of the first communication network and the short message service center of the second communication network realize data communication through an internet connection, and the server has the function of processing the received short message and The parsed short message processing module, wherein the server receives, by using the special service number provided by the first communication network, the short message written by the sending terminal in a specific format, where the specific format is a control code + a split code + a short message content, or SMS content + split code + control code, The control code is an identifier of the receiving terminal; then, the short message processing module processes, parses, and reassembles the received short message, extracts the identifier of the receiving terminal, and reassembles the network according to the identifier of the receiving terminal. The short message is sent to the short message service center of the second communication network where the receiving terminal is located, and then sent to the receiving terminal.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages:

1. The present invention enables short message interworking between communication networks in the same or different areas, regardless of whether or not these communication networks employ compatible protocols and standards.

2. Transferring data between servers in different regions via the Internet greatly reduces the cost of setting up a communication device system, and users also save on expensive cross-domain costs.

3. The present invention uses a simple short message format to send text messages, making the way of sending text messages more personal and simple to use.

The concept, the specific structure and the technical effects of the present invention will be further described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in order to fully understand the objects, features and effects of the invention. DRAWINGS

1 is a schematic diagram of a system for transmitting a short message according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flow chart of sending a short message in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1. detailed description

As shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, this embodiment describes the method of the present invention by taking a mobile phone user in China as an example of a mobile phone user in the United Kingdom.

One feature of the present invention is to first provide at least one server connected to a short message service center of a different communication network via the Internet and having a short message processing module associated with the service number provided by each of the different communication networks. Of course, it is also possible to separately set up servers connected to the local communication network's short message service center via the Internet, and these servers also implement data transmission via the Internet. The above special service number is provided by the local communication network provider, and may be any local number such as a virtual mobile phone number. When a person wants to send a text message, he only needs to input the phone number and text message content of the receiving mobile phone into his mobile phone in a specific format, and then send it to the local special service number. The short message service center of the communication network where the special service number is located is forwarded to the server connected to the Internet through the short message. After receiving the short message, the server extracts and reassembles the information of the sending mobile phone and the receiving mobile phone number, the sender and the recipient's name, and the short message content by using the short message processing module, and then roots According to the telephone number of the receiving mobile phone, the area where the receiving mobile phone is located is identified, and the reassembled short message is sent to the short message service center of the communication network of the area through the Internet, and then sent to the designated receiving mobile phone by the short message service center.

Another feature of the invention is the particular format in which the text message is sent. According to the present invention, the specific format of the short message may be "control code + division code + short message content" or "sms content + division code + control code". The control code may be a phone number of the receiving mobile phone, or the control code may be a combination of the phone number of the receiving mobile phone and the name of the receiving mobile phone user. Generally, the first time you compose a text message, you need to enter the phone number of the receiving mobile phone to identify the designated receiving mobile phone. After the SMS processing module configured in the server recognizes the correspondence between the specified receiving mobile phone number and its name, it is no longer necessary to input the mobile phone number of the mobile phone in the control code portion, and only needs to input the name of the receiving mobile phone user, and the short message processing module according to the two The corresponding relationship can send a text message. The SMS processing module will also recombine the received SMS messages into the following specific format: "Send the phone number or name of the mobile phone user: SMS content". Therefore, the receiving mobile phone correspondingly receives the short message displayed in the above specific format, which makes the sending and receiving of the short message more personal and more obvious. Alternatively, the control code may replace the telephone number of the receiving handset with the group name and send a text message to the plurality of group members included under the group name at one time.

The separation code is for the short message processing module to recognize and distinguish between the control code and the short message content in the received short message, so as to extract the identifier of the receiving mobile phone and the text content of the short message. In addition, the split code also acts as a short message command. According to the present invention, the patch code may include, but is not limited to, one of the following symbols or any combination thereof: "#丄Γ: 丄 space or any combination thereof. As long as one of the above-specified symbols appears in the first time of the written message, It is considered as a separate code separating the identifier of the receiving mobile phone from the body content of the short message, and is regarded as an instruction to send a short message.

The text message content can be text, numbers, symbols, patterns, or any combination thereof, as will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Since the content of the short message is not the main point of the invention, it will not be described in detail.

In general, the first use of the system requires registration, so that the system identifies the sender's phone number and name, and establishes a correspondence between the two. The registration method can be implemented by sending the special service number to the specific format mentioned above. For example, the following text message can be input to the special service number to implement: "The sender's telephone number ten sender's name ten" #"+"ok" " . After receiving the short message, the server first checks whether the phone number has been saved in the database, and if not, establishes a correspondence between the phone number and its name and creates an information record. After that, the server receives the short message sent by the phone number, and when the message is recombined, the sender's name or its phone number is displayed in the above specific format.

The system of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Referring first to Figure 1, an embodiment of the present invention The system consists of a mobile phone 100, a China Mobile Communication Network 200, a short message service center 300 in the China Mobile Communication Network, a receiving mobile phone 800, a British mobile communication network 700, a short message service center 600 in the UK mobile communication network, a server 400, and a server. The 400 is connected to the Internet 500 in which the short message service center 300 and the short message service center 600 are connected to each other.

The SMS processing module is installed in the server 400, and the received short message is parsed according to the specified separation code to receive the identifier of the mobile phone and the body content of the short message, and then extract the following information: sender, receiver, sending area, receiving area, sending Time, send instructions, and text message content. The SMS processing module can also reassemble the SMS into the following format: "Sender's name or phone number: SMS content", and then send it to the SMS service center 600 in the UK mobile communication network, and then send and display the SMS in the above format. Receiving the mobile phone 800.

Server 400 is provided with a database for storing and retaining various data and communication records. The SMS processing module also includes various sub-modules that provide various management functions such as contact management sub-modules, group management sub-modules, data storage sub-modules, and charging system sub-modules. These management sub-modules may employ modules known in the art, as will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

Referring now to Figure 2, there is shown a flow chart of a Chinese mobile phone user May sending a text message to the British mobile phone user Roy. The special service number provided by China Mobile Communication Network is a virtual mobile number 1390293872611. Suppose the Chinese mobile phone user May has a phone number of 13902234567. She needs to write a text message on her mobile phone according to the above specific format, for example, "441151234567Roy#hello, you received?", where "441151234567" is the phone number of the British mobile phone user Roy, including the United Kingdom. Area code 44, "Roy" is his name; the separator code is "#"; the text message content is "hello, you received?". Of course, May can also type " hello, you received? #441151234567Roy".

Chinese mobile phone user May sends a text message to the special service number 1390293872611 after entering the above SMS on his mobile phone. After receiving the above short message, the SMS service center of China Mobile Communication Network transmits it to the server via the Internet. The short message processing module of the server processes and parses the received short message to obtain the following information:

Sender - phone number: 8613902234567, name: May;

Sending Region - China 86;

Recipient - Phone Number: 441151234567, Name: Roy;

Receiving area - United Kingdom 44;

Send Time - Shows the actual time that May sent a text message;

Send command - separator code ( "#" ), send SMS; SMS content - "hello, you received?".

Then, the short message processing module reassembles the above short messages into the following format: " May: you received? ". According to the receiving area in the United Kingdom, the above reassembled text messages are transmitted to the SMS service center of the British mobile communication via the Internet. The SMS service center will send the re-composed SMS " May: you received? " to the local mobile phone user Roy.

If the British mobile phone user Roy wants to reply to the Chinese mobile phone user May's text message, the process of sending the text message is the same as the above process. Specifically, the British mobile phone user Roy first sends a reply message written in the above specific format to the special service number provided by the UK mobile communication network, for example, "8613902234567May#yes, I received!". The text message is displayed on the mobile phone of the Chinese mobile phone user May by the "Mobile Service Center of the British Mobile Communication, an Internet-server, an Internet, and a short message service center of the China Mobile Communication Network", which is displayed as "Roy: yes, I received". ! " .

If it is necessary to send the same short message to multiple receiving mobile phones, only need to input the group name in the control code part, then all the group members included under the group name are regarded as recipients, and the server's short message processing module will separately extract The identifiers of the members of each group are then sent to the short message service center of the communication network where each group member is located, and then sent separately.

Of course, different communication networks in the same area can also send and receive short messages by a process similar to the above.

Sending short messages between different communication networks by the method of the invention not only solves the incompatibility problems that may exist when sending short messages between different communication networks, but also greatly reduces the communication network providers' communication equipments by using the Internet to transmit data. The system's fixed cost investment, and because of the avoidance of international cross-domain costs, the cost of sending multinational text messages to users is greatly reduced. In addition, the specific short message format provided by the present invention makes it possible to send and receive text messages more personally and at a glance. According to the present invention, the transmission of the short message is not limited to the type of the mobile phone, and the smart phone or the ordinary mobile phone can also send the international short message at a low cost.

In summary, what has been described in this specification is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Any technical solution that can be obtained by a person skilled in the art according to the prior art by logic analysis, reasoning or limited experimentation based on the prior art is within the scope of the claims of the present invention.

Claims

A method of transmitting a short message between different communication networks, characterized in that: the method comprises the following steps:

i) the sending terminal right sends a special message written in a specific format to the special service number provided by the first communication network, and the specific format is control code + division code + short message content, or short message content + separation code + control code. The control code is an identifier of the receiving terminal;

Ii) the short message service center of the first communication network receives the short message of the specific format through the special service number, and sends the short message to the server connected to the short message service center and has a short message processing module through the Internet;

Iv) The short message service center of the second communication network sends the received short message to the receiving terminal. Book

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein: the control code of the specific format is a telephone number, a name, or a combination thereof of the receiving terminal, and the separation code includes one of the following symbols or any combination thereof: #号, colon, or space.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein: the name of the receiving terminal includes a group name, and the group name includes a plurality of group member users.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein: after the correspondence between the telephone number of the receiving terminal and its name is recognized, the control code is composed only of the name of the receiving terminal.

The method according to claim 1, wherein: the special service number is a local telephone number where the transmitting terminal provided by the first communication network is located.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein: in step iii), the server parsing the received short message comprises extracting the following information: sender, receiver, sending area, receiving area, sending time , send instructions and text messages.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein: in step iii), the server reassembles the short message into a format to be sent to the receiving terminal: "Sender's name or phone number: SMS Content".

8. The method of claim 1 wherein: said first communication network and said second communication The letter network is in the same or different areas.

The method according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein: the transmitting terminal and the receiving terminal are mobile phones, and the first communication network and the second communication network are wireless communication networks .

10. A system for transmitting short messages between different communication networks, the system comprising a transmitting terminal, a receiving terminal, a first communication network in which the transmitting terminal is located, and a second communication network in which the receiving terminal is located, wherein The system further includes a server, the server and the short message service center of the first communication network and the short message service center of the second communication network implement data communication through an internet connection, and the server has the function of processing the received short message. Parsed SMS processing module,

The server receives, by using the special service number provided by the first communication network, a short message written by the sending terminal in a specific format, where the specific format is a control code + a split code + a short message content, or a short message content + a split code + a control code, where the control code is an identifier of the receiving terminal; then the short message processing module processes, parses, and reassembles the received short message, extracts the identifier of the receiving terminal, and uses the identifier of the receiving terminal to The reassembled short message is sent to the short message service center of the second communication network where the receiving terminal is located, and then sent to the receiving terminal.

1 1. The system according to claim 10, wherein: the control code of the specific format is a telephone number, a name or a combination thereof of the receiving terminal, and the separating code comprises one of the following symbols or any combination thereof: # Number, colon, or space.

The system according to claim 1 , wherein: the name of the receiving terminal includes a group name, and the group name includes a plurality of group member users.

The system according to claim 1, wherein: after the correspondence between the telephone number of the receiving terminal and its name is recognized by the short message processing module, the control code is composed only of the name of the receiving terminal.

The system according to claim 10, wherein: the special service number is a local telephone number where the transmitting terminal provided by the first communication network is located.

The system according to claim 10, wherein: the short message processing module is capable of extracting the following information: a sender, a receiver, a sending area, a receiving area, a sending time, a sending instruction, and a short message content.

The method according to claim 10, wherein: the short message processing module reassembles the short message into a format to send out: "Sender's name or phone number: short message content".

17. The system of claim 10, wherein: the short message processing module comprises a contact management sub-module, a group management sub-module, a data storage sub-module, and a charging system sub-module.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein: said first communication network and said second communication network are in the same or different regions.

The method according to any one of claims 10 to 18, wherein: the transmitting terminal and the receiving terminal are mobile phones, and the first communication network and the second communication network are wireless communication networks. .