Short message (SMS) storage system

Abstract

The invention relates to a short message storage system comprising: a short message server centre (2), (SMSC); STP nodes (4) (network signalling transit point); a data location register for mobile terminals (3) (HLR) and a visitor location register (VLR). The inventive system is characterised in that it comprises additional SMS storage means (5) and means (3 or 4) of storing an identification element for said additional SMS storage means which link the storage means (5) identification element with the address thereof in the mobile network. In this way, when a number corresponding to the storage means (5) identification element is sent, the means (3 or 5) are consulted and, from this, the network address associated with the identification element is obtained. The aforementioned address is then used as a VLR address in order to send the SMS to the storage means (5) where it is stored as if it were a mobile terminal. The storage system operates such that each mobile terminal user uses the storage means (5) identification element in order to send a previously-generated or -received SMS in the same way as a user sends an SMS to another mobile terminal.

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Background technique [0001] It is known to send short messages SMS via a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network or a Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service (UMTS) network, whereby the mobile telephone network includes a Short Message Service Center (SMSC) through which the The sender mobile terminal, or by means of a network interface, sends an SMS from the Internet to another recipient mobile terminal, the SMSC thereby receives the SMS and the recipient mobile terminal number (International Mobile Station ISDN Number (MSISDN)) in order to receive from a A Home Location Register (HLR) requests location information about the recipient's mobile terminal. Access to the HLR is achieved through a signaling transfer point (STP) node, so that the HLR can obtain the recipient's International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) and the visitor location register in which the recipient's mobile terminal is registered from the recipient's terminal MSISDN (VLR). The VLR...

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[0005] With the help of the above structure, if the network does not automatically send these messages, the user will not be able to access his / her various messages, and he / she will not even be able to know whether he / she has any undelivered messages

[0006] In Spanish Patent Application No. 9901879 belonging to the same holder as the present invention, a system for receiving, storing and sending short messages is disclosed, comprising independent SMS storage means, where said SMS are stored for later retrieval of them sent to the receiver's mobile terminal, all of which are transparent to the sending mobile terminal user, therefore, an intermediate short message storage device is obtained between the SMSC and a terminal of the network, but in the network, There are no rules enabling a user to autonomously store messages he / she receives or generates in his / her mobile terminal, or in any other application that allows this

This new feature could be very useful, given the limitations that mobile terminals have, and since this is the only means for users to store their messages, i.e. there is no alternative for mobile terminals, and also cannot handle more messages than can be autonomously stored in his / her mobile terminal, which can then be accessed or resent to an external application or to another mobile terminal

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