Patent ID: 8543145
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: G08G,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A short message service management system comprising: a short message storing unit for at least temporarily storing a short message to be transmitted from a message originating terminal to a first destination terminal device; a short message forwarding manner definition information storing unit for storing short message forwarding manner definition information that defines a first identifier in a first network where the first destination terminal device that is a destination of the short message is located in association with a second identifier in a second network where a second destination terminal device that is a forwarding destination of the short message is located, wherein the short message is forwarded to the second destination terminal device, instead of the first destination terminal device, when the first destination terminal device is not capable of receiving the short message; a short message forwarding manner definition information supply unit for generating the short message forwarding manner definition information and supplying the short message forwarding manner definition information to the short message forwarding manner definition information storing unit; a terminal location inquiry unit for, when the first destination terminal device is not capable of receiving the short message as indicated by a detection of a reception No Good (NG), generating a terminal location inquiry by referring to the short message forwarding manner definition information stored in the short message forwarding manner definition information storing unit to identify the second destination terminal device as the forwarding destination of the short message and identify the first network as an originating network and the second network as a destination network, and transmitting the terminal location inquiry to the second network; and a short message forwarding unit for forwarding the short message stored in the short message storing unit to the second destination terminal device in the second network, upon reception of a response to the terminal location inquiry from the second network.