Patent ID: 8805424
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by one or more devices, a short message service (SMS) message formatted for a voice network; determining, by the one or more devices and at a first time, if a wireless data network connection is established; establishing, by the one or more devices and based on receiving the SMS message and determining that the wireless data network connection is not established, a wireless data session with a wireless data network; verifying, by the one or more devices and at a second time, that the wireless data network connection is established, based on establishing the wireless data session, encapsulating, by the one or more devices and based on verifying that the wireless data network connection is established, the received SMS message in a data message to form a data SMS message for transmission over the wireless data network; and transmitting, by the one or more devices, the data SMS message using the wireless data network.