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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2015
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Bin Cao, Rochester, MN (US);

James E. Carey, Rochester, MN (US);

Kirubel Z. Seifu, Addis Ababa, ET;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 8/26 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0803 (2013.01); H04W 8/20 (2013.01); H04W 8/205 (2013.01); H04W 8/26 (2013.01); H04L 51/14 (2013.01); H04L 51/18 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mobile data network supports making subscriber data addressable as devices in a mobile data network. Each data chunk is assigned a device address in the mobile data network. The data chunk can then be addresses as a device in the mobile data network. A first implementation allows accessing data in existing mobile data networks by sending a text message to the device address of the data chunk. When the data chunk receives a text message, it responds with one or more text messages that deliver the data in the data chunk to the sender who sent the text message. A second implementation includes a subscriber data mechanism in the mobile data network that supports tracking, transfer and management of subscriber data in the mobile data network. Making subscriber data addressable as a device simplifies data-centric communication in a mobile data network.


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