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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2006
John David Billing, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Michael Wright, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gail Gyurek, Raleigh, NC (US);
John David Billing, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Michael Wright, Raleigh, NC (US);
Gail Gyurek, Raleigh, NC (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Short messages are formatted as control messages in a communication network but do not control the communication network. Techniques for dynamically distributing short messages include remotely reprogramming a control node that processes control messages for the communications network to change processing of short messages without further involvement by a vendor of the control node. In some embodiments, this involves sending provider data that includes a special parameter set, a special value set, and a special action set. The special parameter set includes at least one parameter among multiple parameters in multiple network protocol headers for a data packet that includes a short message. The special value set includes at least one value for each parameter in the special parameter set. The special action set includes at least one action of multiple actions for forwarding a short message.