Patent ID: 7395077

Claim:
A method of controlling delivery of text messages to a subscriber in a telecommunications services apparatus, the method comprising the steps of: selecting a mode of delivery from a plurality of delivery modes by the subscriber for at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) a future text message and (ii) a category of future text messages; implementing the selected mode of delivery by a message processing means which is part of a home network with which the subscriber's mobile telephone is associated, wherein text messages intended by a sender for delivery to said subscriber are directed to the message processing means which then implements the selected delivery mode; intercepting a routing query from another network made in response to a request from a user associated with said another network by a single processing means provided in said home network; detecting by the signal processing means that the subscriber has selected a mode of delivery; and providing by the signal processing means, in response to the routing query on behalf of an HLR (home location register) of the home network, a modified address which causes the text message from said another network to be directed to said message processing means for implementation of said delivery mode, wherein the modified address is used instead of an address from the HLR.