Gateway Service Provider Identifier Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current messaging systems restrict senders from interacting with services available at the recipient's service provider, limiting the options for message delivery when the initiation and recipient's service providers are different.
Innovation Solution
A gateway component that provides an identifier of the service provider associated with the recipient to the sender, allowing interaction with available services by employing a user address, enabling the sender to initiate messages through an internet interface and determine the appropriate service provider using database interfaces and protocols like AIN, WIN, or CAMEL.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Extent of automation
If the initiation service provider automatically delivers the message to the service provider associated with the recipient, then the message delivery is automated and the sender is restricted from interacting with services, but the sender loses the ability to access and utilize services offered by the recipient's service provider
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism (service provider identifier transmission) that allows the initiation service provider to automatically determine the recipient's service provider while simultaneously conveying service identifier information to the sender. This intermediary transmission of identifier data enables the sender to access services without manual intervention, resolving the contradiction between automation and service accessibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically determining and transmitting the service provider identifier to the sender before the sender needs to access services. This advance provision of identifier information enables the sender to subsequently access and utilize services offered by the recipient's service provider without requiring manual lookup or intervention.
2Reliability
If the initiation service provider determines the service provider associated with the recipient using database interfaces, then the message delivery routing is accurate, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by implementing a multi-functional database interface system that serves multiple purposes: determining the recipient's service provider for accurate routing, transmitting service identifiers to senders, and enabling service selection. This unified multi-functional approach maintains routing accuracy while managing system complexity through consolidation of functions.
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AI summary
An apparatus in one example comprises a gateway component that provides an identifier of a service provider to a sender of a message through employment of a user address associated with the recipient of the message.