Patent ID: 9161187
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) configured to receive a text message from a message center over a network, and to determine whether the text message includes a sender name of a person who sent the text message; when the text message does not include the sender name, the SMSC is configured to parse the text message to locate a directory number of the sender, to send a query to a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) to acquire a name of the sender that is defined within the network as associated with the directory number, and to insert the sender name in the text message; when the text message includes the sender name, the SMSC is configured to process policy rules defined by a recipient to determine whether to override the sender name, to identify an alternate name for the sender of the text message responsive to a determination to override, and to insert the alternate name in the text message; the SMSC is configured to transmit the text message towards the recipient.