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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2008
Vinod Kumar Pandey, Redmond, WA (US);
Karl J. Schlieber, Roswell, GA (US);
Matthew Wayne Stafford, Austin, TX (US);
Jianrong Wang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Vinod Kumar Pandey, Redmond, WA (US);
Karl J. Schlieber, Roswell, GA (US);
Matthew Wayne Stafford, Austin, TX (US);
Jianrong Wang, Sammamish, WA (US);
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Providing for inter-working between SMS network architectures and IMS network architectures in a mobile environment is described herein. By way of example, a next generation (NG) short message service center (SMSC) is provided that can receive SMS messages in mobile application protocol (MAP) and convert such messages to IMS protocol. In addition, the NG SMSC can also receive IMS data and convert the IMS data to an SMS MAP message. The NG SMSC can reference an IMS or an SMS location registry to determine a location of the target device, and convert from IMS to SMS MAP, and vice versa, as suitable. Accordingly, the NG SMSC can provide an efficient interface between legacy SMS and NG IMS network components while preserving legacy protocols associated with such networks.