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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2001
Rick L. Allison, Apex, NC (US);
Peter J. Marsico, Carrboro, NC (US);
Rick L. Allison, Apex, NC (US);
Peter J. Marsico, Carrboro, NC (US);
Tekelec, Calabasas, CA (US);
Abstract
A short message service (SMS) flood control routing node includes an SMS flood control module that receives short message service messages, determines the presence of short message service flooding, and takes appropriate action, such as discarding short message service messages that result in flooding. The presence of short message service message flooding may be determined by maintaining a count of short message service messages addressed to a particular called party within a time period. If the count exceeds a threshold, the short message service message that caused the count to exceed the threshold may be discarded. The routing node may generate a message the originator of a short message service message flood and/or to an enforcement agency.