Patent ID: 9615237
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A communication system, comprising: a plurality of network operator devices disposed in a plurality of networks managed by at least one carrier; and a distribution information determination device comprising at least one processor and being disposed between the plurality of network operator devices and a plurality of application servers configured to provide an application service via at least one of the plurality of networks, the distribution information determination device including a service policy determined by the plurality of application servers, wherein the processor of the distribution information determination device is configured to: receive, the service policy transmitted from the plurality of application servers in advance of receiving event information transmitted from an external device; determine, upon receiving the event information, and based on the service policy and the event information, a distribution message and a distribution policy; convert, when methods for determining the distribution message and the distribution policy differ for at least two of the plurality of networks, the distribution message and the distribution policy into one or more distribution message data formats and one or more distribution policy data formats, each distribution message format and each distribution policy data format defined by one or more of the plurality of networks; and transmit, to at least one of the plurality of network operator devices satisfying the service policy, the distribution message and the distribution policy, or the one or more distribution message data formats and the one or more distribution message policy data formats, and the at least one of the plurality of network operator devices is configured to distribute the distribution message or the one or more distribution message data formats to a plurality of communication devices based on the distribution policy or the one or more distribution policy data formats transmitted from the distribution information determination device, wherein the external device comprises at least one of the plurality of communication devices.