Patent ID: 9071465
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising the steps of: receiving, by a message server located in a cluster of one or more message servers, a request to send a mobile network message service message to a specified recipient; accessing, from a bind pool having a plurality of binds, an available bind for sending the mobile network message service message from the message server to a routing entity; connecting the message server to the routing entity via the available bind; and sending, by the message server using the available bind and via a network, the mobile network message service message to the routing entity through which the message is to be forwarded to the specified recipient, wherein the step of accessing the available bind includes selecting the available bind from among the plurality of binds in the bind pool based on a status of each bind in the bind pool as being one of an available status and a pausing status, such that a bind having the pausing status is not selected for sending the mobile network message service message for a predetermined delay associated with the respective bind, the predetermined delay determined based on a number of messages allowed per second on the routing entity and a time elapsed to send a previous message using the respective bind.