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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2023
T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Sean P. Hoelzle, Collegeville, PA (US);
Ayman Zaki, Renton, WA (US);
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to using a message modification attribute value to indicate restrictions on lines of communication that may be used for a particular device. In some aspects, a network node of a telecommunications network receives a request to deliver a SMS message from a first mobile device to a second mobile device. The network node determines that the first mobile device is eligible to receive SMS messages but not instant messages. Therefore, the network node generates a message modification attribute value indicating the communication channel via which messages are to be delivered to the first mobile device. The network node sends the SMS message to the second mobile device modified by the message modification attribute value. The second mobile device receives the message and, based on the message modification attribute value, acknowledges to use SMS communication with the first mobile device for a first duration of time.