Telecommunications Network Node for Automatic Group Message Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current group communication methods in telecommunications networks, such as GSM, GPRS, and UMTS, require users to manually enter contact information for each message recipient, making the process user-unfriendly and costly, as individual messages are sent to each recipient separately.
Innovation Solution
A network node in the telecommunications network detects when a message sender is sending identical messages to multiple recipients and generates grouping information, allowing for network-side grouping and cost-effective group communication without requiring changes to terminal devices or user subscriptions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If individual messages are sent to each message recipient separately, then message transmission can be achieved using existing telecommunications network standards, but user effort and transmission costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary component (message service platform/network node) that automatically detects identical messages, generates grouping information, and manages the distribution to multiple recipients. This intermediary handles the complexity of group message management, relieving users of the burden of manually coordinating multiple individual message transmissions while maintaining compatibility with existing telecommunications network standards.
2Ease of operation
If manual entry of contact information for each recipient is required, then existing message services can be used, but the process becomes user-unfriendly and inconvenient
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service functionality where the message service platform automatically performs tasks that would otherwise require manual user input. The platform autonomously detects identical messages, retrieves recipient contact information, generates grouping information, and manages message distribution, thereby eliminating the need for users to manually enter contact information for each recipient and significantly reducing message preparation time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by having the message service platform pre-generate grouping information and pre-organize recipient data before actual message transmission. This preliminary processing of contact information and message grouping prepares the system in advance, allowing users to simply send the message content without worrying about recipient management, thus reducing the time and effort required for message preparation.
3Productivity
If individual message transmission is used for group communication, then existing network infrastructure can be utilized, but transmission costs increase for both service providers and users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple individual message transmissions into a single group message transmission by introducing grouping information. The message service platform consolidates identical messages intended for multiple recipients and transmits them as one unified message unit, thereby reducing the total number of transmission operations, lowering network resource consumption, and decreasing transmission costs for both service providers and users while maintaining compatibility with existing network infrastructure.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to the transmission of messages in telecommunications networks (13), wherein it is recognized that a message sender (1) sends at least two messages successively to different message receivers (6, 7, 8) within a predefinable duration, the length and/or similarity of the message contents of the messages is detected, if the length and/or similarity of the message contents is identical, information for grouping the message sender (1) and the message receivers (6, 7, 8) is generated, the messages are provided with the grouping information and the messages are forwarded to the message receivers (6, 7, 8).