Apparatus and method for routing message service

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US 20090075684A1
(19) United States
(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2009/0075684 A1
Cheng et al. (43) Pub. Date: Mar. 19, 2009
(54) APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ROUTING (30) Foreign Application Priority Data
MESSAGE SERVICE
May 31, 2006 (CN) ....................... .. 2006100851593
(75) Inventors: Hua Cheng, Shenzhen (CN); Hao
Lai, ShenZhen (CN); Youzhu Shi, Publication Classi?cation
ShenZhen (CN) (51) Int. Cl.
H04W 4/12 (2009.01)
Correspondence Address:
(52) US. Cl. ...................................................... .. 455/466
DARBY & DARBY P.C.
PO. BOX 770, Church Street Station (57) ABSTRACT
New York, NY 10008-0770 (US)
The present invention discloses an apparatus for routing mes
(73) Assignee: HuaWel Technologies Co., Ltd., sage services, including a message service information trans
ShenZhen (CN) mitting module, adapted to send a request message Which
carries message service information that associates the mes
(21) Appl. No.: 12/323,857 sage service information receiver; a message service infor
mation route selecting module, adapted to send message ser
vice information to a message service information
(22) Filed: Nov. 26, 2008
interWorking interface module; and the message service
information interWorking interface module, adapted to the
Related US. Application Data
transfer the message service information to the home network
(63) Continuation of application NO_ PCT/CN2007/ of the message service information receiver. The invention
070067, ?led on May 30, 2007, also discloses a method for routing message services.
HLR/ MMS
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8302 Common Registration
S 304 SIP method
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< 8306 Service >
Control
S 308 SIP method
[Send MMS]
S310 Deliver MMS
S312 SIP resp
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S326 SIP method
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Patent Application Publication Mar. 19, 2009 Sheet 1 0f 18 US 2009/0075684 A1
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Patent Application Publication Mar. 19, 2009 Sheet 2 0f 18 US 2009/0075684 A1
HLR/ MMS
HSS Relav/ SMS
Server 'WMSC lPMessagingGW s- CSCF |MS UE
8302 Common Registration
S 304 SIP method
[Send MMS]
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Patent Application Publication Mar. 19, 2009 Sheet 3 0f 18 US 2009/0075684 A1
BGCF IP-SM-GW S-CSCF UE
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registration
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8406 Message
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8408 Message
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authorization
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Patent Application Publication Mar. 19, 2009 Sheet 4 of 18 US 2009/0075684 A1
Message service
Message service routing apparatus information transmitting
500 module 510
Message service information route selecting module 530
.1 . . Message service information
information transfer .
. . receiver home network
method judging module J. udgi. ng module 520
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Message service information interworking interface module 540
Out-session message service information inten/vorking ln-session message service information
interface module 560 interworking interface module 550
Message service information
content media formatiudging itt-buabtutl it. session
module 552 _ message message
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Out-session multimedia gegstgbg'zgr?gé information information
message service infognation function control function
information interworking interworking interface mnrlliln RR’) mnrlnla 121:4
interface module 564 mm‘ [In ERR
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Patent Application Publication Mar. 19, 2009 Sheet 5 of 18 US 2009/0075684 A1
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Send a request message, which carries message service 3502
information that associates a message service information receiver/\—/
and a message service information receiver identifier
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Judge whether the message service information receiver is a 3504
traditional circuited switched domain user according to the N
message service information receiver identifier
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Transfer the message service information to the home network of
the message service information receiver when it is determined M3605
that the message service information receiver is a traditional circuit
switched domain user
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Figure 6
Patent Application Publication Mar. 19, 2009 Sheet 6 0f 18 US 2009/0075684 A1
The message service infcmiation transnitting module 510 sends a
request message to the rressage service information route /-\_/ S702
selecting module 530, the message carrying message service
infom'ration
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The message service information receiver home networkjudging S704
module 520 in the message service information route seleding N
module 530judges whether the message service infonnation
receiver is a traditional circuit switched domain user by querying a
public database such as the DNS or ENUM or checking the local
con?guration of the message service application server according
to the message service information receiver identi?er
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l he rn-sessron message sen/ice information rntemonqng rnterraoe
module 560 in the message service infonmticn interwoiking
interface module 540 delivers the message service infom'etion to
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information receiver
Figure 7
Patent Application Publication Mar. 19, 2009 Sheet 7 0f 18 US 2009/0075684 A1
MMS network of
Message service themessage
service request CSCF a “cation Servlce request
serder PP receiver
8802 message
8804 message
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1004 message
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Patent Application Publication Mar. 19, 2009 Sheet 8 0f 18 US 2009/0075684 A1
MMS network of
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sender app ‘Canon receiver
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Patent Application Publication Mar. 19, 2009 Sheet 9 0f 18 US 2009/0075684 A1
MMS network of
Message the message
service request CSCF Service request
sender receiver
S1302 message >
81304 HTTP
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MMS network of
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service request CSCF BGCF servlce [equest
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MMS network of
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