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US 7,450,697 · App. 10/615,892 · Granted Nov 11, 2008

Network protocol converter

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Patent No.
US 7,450,697
App. No.
10/615,892
Granted
Nov 11, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

An arrangement includes an input to receive DTMF tones, logic to convert the DTMF tones to SMPP protocol, and an output to provide the SMPP protocol.

Claims (29)

1. An arrangement for transmitting a page, the arrangement comprising:

an input to receive DTMF tones constituting a page from a source;

logic on a converter to convert the DTMF tones to SMPP protocol; and

an output to provide the SMPP protocol to a paging device.

2. The arrangement of claim 1 further comprising:

a Short Message Service Center to receive the SMPP protocol and to form a Short Message Service (SMS) message.

3. The arrangement of claim 2 further comprising:

a switching network element to receive the SMS message and to route the SMS message to a paging device.

4. A method of sending a page to a paging device, the method comprising:

receiving DTMF tones constituting a page from a source;

converting the DTMF tones to SMPP protocol; and

providing the SMPP protocol to a Short Message Service Center.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising:

receiving the DTMF tones from a Public Switched Telephone Network.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

forming a Short Message Service (SMS) message from the SMPP protocol.

7. The method of claim 6 further comprising:

communicating the SMS message to a paging device.

8. A method of sending a page to a paging device, the method comprising:

a first paging device providing paging information as DTMF tones;

a first network element converting the DTMF tones to SMPP protocol;

a second network element converting the SMPP protocol to an SMS message comprising the paging information; and

providing the SMS message to a second paging device.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

the first paging device providing the DTMF tones to a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN); and

the PSTN communicating the DTMF tones to the network element to convert to SMPP protocol.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

the first paging device providing the DTMG tones to one of a Voice Mail System (VMS) and a Private Branch Exchange (PBX); and

the one of VMS and PBX communicating the DTMF tones to the network element to convert to SMPP protocol.