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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
May. 26, 2015
Mantech Advanced Systems International, Inc., Herndon, VA (US);
Jerry N. Lukin, West Richmond, VA (US);
Mihaela Mihaylova, Rolling Meadows, IL (US);
Nathan Klonoski, Alexandria, VA (US);
Robert Adam McKay, Sterling, VA (US);
Sam Emara, Fairfax, VA (US);
Steven Hildner, Leesburg, VA (US);
Terry Bahr, Santa Clarita, CA (US);
Thomas Shanley, Ashburn, VA (US);
Timothy C. Berzins, Annapolis, MD (US);
Wesley W. Driver, Herndon, VA (US);
Mantech Advanced Systems International, Inc., Herndon, VA (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and software for mediating SMS messages, and especially type 0 SMS messages, in a wireless mobile communications device configured to send and receive data using a GSM protocol and including a subscriber identity module ('SIM') including electronic hardware and computer software executed by the hardware such that the SIM is configured to send, receive, and process messages using a Short Message System ('SMS') between the wireless mobile communications device and a communications network. One aspect includes a method for mediating SMS messages comprising: configuring electronic hardware on the wireless mobile communications device to implement a firewall on the wireless mobile communications device, the firewall configured to identify and optionally mediate infrastructure SMS messages.