Patent ID: 7209950
Filing Date: 2007-04-24
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method executed in a computer system for routing a message from a sender in a first digital mobile network employing a first digital mobile network protocol to an intended receiver in a second different digital mobile network, the second digital mobile network employing a second digital mobile network protocol that is different from the first network protocol, the message comprising a message body and associated message routing information, the method comprising: forwarding said message to a server from said sender, said server being connectable to said first and said second digital mobile network; relating, using a routing database, a receiver identifier, the receiver identifier being contained in the associated message routing information and associated with the intended receiver, to corresponding routing format information associated with the second digital mobile network protocol, the routing format information associated with the second digital mobile network protocol comprising at least a second protocol mobile carrier interface format type and a second protocol mobile carrier addressing format type; reformatting said associated message routing information into a format specified by said corresponding routing format information, wherein the reformatting is transparent to a sender and receiver of the message and the message body remains unchanged, by the steps of: forwarding said reformatted message to said receiver in accordance with the reformatted associated message routing information.