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US 7,031,733 · App. 10/280,502 · Granted Apr 18, 2006

Online short message service (SMS) monitoring tool

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 7,031,733
App. No.
10/280,502
Granted
Apr 18, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A short message service (SMS) monitoring tool in a SMS-capable core node selectively monitoring SMS communications in a wireless communications system. SMS tool commands sent as SMS messages to the SMS monitoring tool enable/disable the SMS monitoring tool; start and stop monitoring; select mobile equipment (ME) for communications monitoring; and clear stored communications data. Collected SMS data include communications statistics and performance data.

Claims (18)

1. A short message service (SMS) monitoring tool in a SMS-capable core node of a wireless communications network, said SMS monitoring tool comprising:

means for enabling and disabling said SMS monitoring tool responsive to first selected SMS messages;

means for starting and stopping SMS communications monitoring responsive to second selected SMS messages; and

means for storing collected SMS communications statistics and performance data responsive to third selected SMS messages.

2. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 1 wherein said second selected SMS messages and third selected SMS messages are said first selected SMS messages.

3. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 1 further comprising:

means for clearing said SMS monitoring tool responsive to fourth selected SMS messages.

4. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 3 wherein said means for enabling and disabling, said means for starting and stopping and said means for storing operate responsive to said fourth selected SMS messages.

5. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 1 further comprising:

means for selecting one of a plurality of SMS communications devices for monitoring by said SMS monitoring tool responsive to fourth selected SMS messages.

6. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 5 wherein said means for enabling and disabling, said means for starting and stopping and said means for storing operate responsive to said fourth selected SMS messages.

7. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 1 further comprising:

means for selecting monitoring communications with a plurality of SMS communications devices by said SMS monitoring tool responsive to fourth selected SMS messages.

8. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 7 wherein said means for enabling and disabling, said means for starting and stopping and said means for storing operate responsive to said fourth selected SMS messages.

9. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 1 , wherein SMS monitoring tool has a debug mode selectively enabled and disabled by respective ones of said first selected SMS messages and said second selected SMS messages.

10. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 9 , wherein said communications statistics and performance data is classified as originating from a selected wireless device, terminating in another wireless device or memory available at a terminating wireless device.

11. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 1 , wherein said SMS-capable core node is in a short message service center (SMSC).

12. A SMS monitoring tool as in claim 1 , said SMS-capable core node is a service for general packet radio service (GPRS) support node (SGSN).