Patent ID: 6085100
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method for routing a short message via a short message gateway application in a digital mobile system, the method comprising the steps ofreceiving, in a short message gateway application, a data message containing the original source address and destination address,converting the data message into a short message,transmitting the short message to a mobile station determined in the destination address via the mobile system,forming an identifier identifying the short message,forming a temporary source address of the short message by combining the address of the gateway application and the identifier identifying the short message or a part of if,storing, in the gateway application, the routing data of the short message containing the original source address of the data message and said identifier identifying the short message,receiving from the mobile station a reply short message containing said identifier identifying the short message,retrieving from the routing data the original source address on the basis of said identifier identifying the short message,transmitting a reply message to said original source address.