Dynamic Tags for Flexible Wireless Message Addressing
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing messaging paradigms, such as SMS and MMS, face challenges in providing flexible and extensible message addressing capabilities as the volume of messages increases, with conventional addressing schemes like telephone numbers and short codes becoming insufficient for enhanced user experience and performance.
Innovation Solution
The introduction of Dynamic Tags (DynaTags), which are variable length sequences of characters within a private namespace managed by mobile subscribers, allowing association with multiple destination addresses and enabling advanced message routing within a wireless messaging ecosystem.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional addressing schemes like telephone numbers and short codes are used, then message routing is straightforward, but addressing flexibility and extensibility are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a namespace server as an intermediary component that mediates between the message sender and the actual destination. The DynaTag acts as a user-defined alias that resolves through the namespace server to the real destination address. This intermediary mechanism provides flexibility in addressing without requiring changes to the core messaging infrastructure, allowing users to create custom addressing schemes while maintaining compatibility with existing message routing systems.
2Productivity
If message volume increases, then messaging ecosystem matures and more addressing paradigms are needed, but existing schemes become insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic addressing through DynaTags that can be created, modified, and deleted by users according to their needs. The namespace server dynamically resolves these tags to actual destinations in real-time. This dynamic approach allows the addressing system to adapt to changing message volume requirements and evolving messaging patterns without requiring pre-defined addressing schemes, thereby supporting both high message volume and addressing versatility.
3Ease of operation
If DynaTags are introduced for enhanced routing, then message routing flexibility improves, but namespace management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables users to self-manage their own namespaces through the namespace server. Users can create, modify, and delete their own DynaTags without requiring administrator intervention or complex configuration procedures. The namespace server provides automated resolution services that simplify the user experience while managing the underlying complexity. This self-service approach improves ease of operation for message routing while the system automatically handles the management complexity through automated namespace resolution and server-side processing.
Data Source
AI summary
Coincident with the evolution, maturation, etc. of wireless messaging ecosystems, today and in the future the addressing of a message needs to include—and all of the different entities that process messages (e.g., Wireless Carriers, intermediaries, enterprises, Content Providers, Service Providers, etc.) need to support—additional (i.e., enhanced, flexible, extensible, etc.) message addressing capabilities. The present invention provides an infrastructure that supports such additional (i.e., enhanced, flexible, extensible, etc.) message addressing capabilities through, among other things, the availability of Dynamic Tags (DynaTags). The infrastructure may optionally leverage the capabilities of a centrally-located Messaging Inter-Carrier Vendor.