Patent ID: 9510180
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising the steps of: by a digital gateway, maintaining a database that associates mobile devices with a customer application, by the digital gateway, receiving a plurality of mobile management messages from the HLR via the first communication interface; by the digital gateway, comparing a mobile management message from the plurality of mobile management messages with the database to determine whether the mobile management message is associated with one of the mobile devices; and by the digital gateway, if the mobile management message is determined to be associated with the one of the mobile devices, sending notification to the customer application via the fourth communication interface that the one of the mobile devices is available, wherein the step of sending notification to the customer application comprises the digital gateway translating the mobile management message into a format compatible with the customer application, wherein the mobile management message has a protocol that is incompatible with the customer application and the translated mobile management message has a protocol that is compatible with the application.