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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2001
Simon D. Byers, Summit, NJ (US);
Nathan Hamilton, Irvine, CA (US);
Shanmugavelayutham Muthukrishnan, Washington, DC (US);
James F. Parkyn, Pasadena, CA (US);
Simon D. Byers, Summit, NJ (US);
Nathan Hamilton, Irvine, CA (US);
Shanmugavelayutham Muthukrishnan, Washington, DC (US);
James F. Parkyn, Pasadena, CA (US);
AT&T Wireless Services, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
In a mobile communications network, a delivery acknowledgement receipt can be sent to indicate a SMS message is delivered. A system can be based on currently-existing protocols, such as described in the IS-136 standard. Existing network signals that acknowledge receipt of a message can be captured and utilized to notify the originator when the SMS message is delivered. A variety of other scenarios (e.g., unsuccessful delivery) can also be supported.