Patent ID: 7966027
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing short message service (SMS) message content within a wireless network, comprising steps of: receiving a first SMS message from a mobile station at a message center (MC) of the wireless network, wherein the first short message requests content and comprises: a short code and an identification of the mobile station; based on the short code, sending the first SMS message as a Short Message Peer-to-Peer Protocol (SMPP) message through a gateway to an External Short Messaging Entity (ESME); receiving a SMPP message as a response from the ESME at the MC via the gateway, wherein the received SMPP response message comprises: content, the short code, a content rating for evaluating the content in the received SMPP response message, and the mobile station identification; determining a subscriber rating associated with the mobile station identification; comparing the subscriber rating with the content rating; and determining, based upon the comparison of the subscriber rating with the content rating, whether or not to deliver a second short message containing the received content, from the MC to the mobile station, through the wireless network.