Patent ID: 6970711
Filing Date: 2005-11-29
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method in a GPRS message center for delivering SMS messages to a mobile terminal, comprising: determining whether a mobile terminal for which the GPRS message center is to transmit an SMS message is a GPRS ready mobile terminal capable of recieving SMS messages in a data packet format; determining whether to transmit an SMS message over one of an SS7 network or a data packet network, wherein the GPRS message center transmits SMS messages in the data packet format as a default mode of operation to GPRS ready terminals capable of recieving SMS messages in the data packet format; and transmitting the message over one of the SS7 network or the data packet network wherein, if transmitted over the data packet network, the messages are transmitted to a specified port address of a gateway GPRS support node, which specified port address is reserved for SMS messages that are GPRS based messages.