Mobile messaging short code translation and routing system and method
Provided herein is a system, method and product for performing address translation and routing of short codes. The embodiment described herein primarily supports the wireless and standardized SMS; however, one skilled in the art can readily appreciate that the present invention can also be applied to any mobile messaging technology, e.g., Multimedia Messaging Service (“MMS”), etc.
1. In a network system comprising at least one mobile device, message entity gateway, short code translator and application server, a method of translating and routing short code addresses, comprising:
providing a plurality of short codes and corresponding application server destination addresses, wherein each short code is a 4-digit short code;
at said mobile device,
initiating a mobile-originated message to the application server, said message addressed with a 4-digit sort code; and
forwarding the mobile-originated message to the message entity gateway;
at said message entity gateway,
if the corresponding destination address of the 4-digit short code was previously cached, routing the mobile-originated message to the application server based on the destination address,
else,
querying the short code translator with said 4-digit short code for said corresponding application server destination address,
caching the destination address for future use,
establishing a connection between the message entity gateway and the application server, and
routing the mobile-originated message to the application server based on the destination address,
wherein the short code translator comprises a plurality of decentralized servers to cache a common short code translation database.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing a plurality of short codes and corresponding application server destination addresses comprises:
providing an end date when at least one of the plurality of short codes stops being valid.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile-originated message comprises one of the following: ANSI-41 SMS, GSM SMS, Short Message Peer-to-Peer (SMPP) protocol, simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP), computer interface for message distribution (CIMD), universal computer protocol (UCP), and Hypertext transport protocol (HTTP).
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing a plurality of short codes and corresponding application server destination addresses includes a range of the plurality of short codes corresponding to an application server destination address.
5. In a network system comprising at least one mobile device, message entity gateway, short code translator and application server, a method of translating and routing short code addresses, comprising:
providing a plurality of short codes and corresponding mobile device destination addresses, wherein each short code is a 4-digit short code;
at said application server,
initiating an application-originated message to the mobile device, said message addressed with a 4-digit short code; and
forwarding the application-originated message to the message entity gateway;
at said message entity gateway,
if the corresponding destination address of the 4-digit short code was previously cached, routing the application-originated message to the application server based on the destination address
else,
querying the short code translator with said 4-digit short code for said corresponding mobile device destination address,
caching the destination address for future use,
establishing a connection between the message entity gateway and the mobile device, and
routing the application-originated message to the mobile device based on the destination address
wherein the short code translator comprises a plurality of decentralized servers to cache a common short code translation database.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein providing a plurality of short codes and corresponding mobile device destination addresses comprises:
providing an end date for when the plurality of short codes and corresponding mobile device destination addresses is valid.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein providing a plurality of short codes and corresponding mobile device destination addresses includes a range of the plurality of short codes corresponding to a mobile device destination address.
8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
providing an end date for when the range of the plurality of short codes corresponding to the mobile device destination address is valid.
9. A system for translating and routing short code addresses, the system comprising:
a database for storing short code routing information for a plurality of short codes, wherein each short code is a 4-digit short code corresponding to a physical destination address;
a short code translator server for supporting resolution and administration of message routing for messages initiated from a mobile device to a destination application server or for messages initiated from an application server to a destination mobile device; and
a short code administration system for administering the plurality of short codes,
wherein the short code translator comprises a plurality of decentralized servers to cache a common short code translation database.
10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the physical destination address is a physical destination address for at least one of: an application server and a mobile device.
11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the database is further for storing an end date for when each of the plurality of short codes corresponding to a physical destination address is valid.
12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the database is further for storing short code routing information for a range of the plurality of short codes corresponding to a physical destination address.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the database is further for storing an end date for when the range of the plurality of short codes corresponding to a physical destination address is valid.
14. In a network system comprising at least one mobile device, message entity gateway, short code translator and application server, a method of translating and routing short code addresses, comprising:
providing a plurality of short codes and corresponding application server destination addresses, and providing an end date for when the plurality of short codes and corresponding application server destination addresses is valid;
at said mobile device,
initiating a mobile-originated message to the application server, said message addressed with a 4-digit sort code; and
forwarding the mobile-originated message to the message entity gateway;
at said message entity gateway,
if the corresponding destination address of the 4-digit short code was previously cached, routing the mobile-originated message to the application server based on the destination address,
else,
querying the short code translator with said 4-digit short code for said corresponding application server destination address,
caching the destination address for future use,
establishing a connection between the message entity gateway and the application server, and
routing the mobile-originated message to the application server based on the destination address,
wherein the short code translator comprises a plurality of decentralized servers to cache a common short code translation database.