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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2019
T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Sheraz Dar, Maple Valley, WA (US);
Zakir Hussain Syed, Bellevue, WA (US);
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
When a message server of an Internet Protocol (IP) network, such as a Rich Communication Services (RCS) server, receives a message addressed to a destination identifier, but cannot immediately forward the message on to a terminating communication device associated with the destination identifier, the message server can store the message in a message database. When a communication device associated with the destination identifier connects to a legacy network, a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) of the legacy network can send the message server a Short Message Peer-to-Peer (SMPP) message with a predefined alert indicator signaling that the communication device is available to receive messages through the legacy network. The message server can accordingly retrieve the stored message from the message database and send the message to the communication device through the legacy network.