Method for time-stamping a message based on a recipient location
View Patent ↗A method time-stamps an electronic message in accordance with information about the time zone in which the intended recipient resides where the message is originally received by a message center in a time zone different from the intended recipient.
1. A method for time-stamping a message from a sender to a mobile device, comprising:
receiving a message including an identifier of an intended recipient at a first time;
locating a mobile device identifier corresponding to the identifier of the intended recipient;
determining a time zone of a mobile switching center with which a mobile device corresponding to the mobile device identifier is registered;
translating the first time into a second time corresponding to the time zone of the mobile switching center with which the mobile device is registered; and
forwarding the received message with a time stamp including the second time to the intended recipient.
2. The method of claim 1 , the determining further comprises:
querying a database using information corresponding to the mobile device identifier to identify the mobile switching center with which the mobile device is registered.
3. The method of claim 2 , the determining further comprises:
querying another database using information corresponding to the identified mobile switching center to identify the time zone of the identified mobile switching center.
4. The method of claim 1 , the receiving further comprises:
receiving the message at a message center.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a personal identification number is sent as the identifier of the intended recipient.