Proxy Mobile Phone Internet SMS Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for sending and receiving SMS messages via the Internet often incur charges, regardless of the user's texting plan, and lack flexibility in using Internet-connected devices for communication.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilizes a server and a proxy mobile phone to send and receive text-based messages via the global communication network, allowing messages to be forwarded between the Internet and the cellular network without the need for an aggregator, using the proxy mobile phone to convert formats and protocols as necessary.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If an aggregator or Direct to SMSC Gateway is used to route SMS messages via the Internet, then text-based messages can be sent and received from Internet-connected devices, but charges are incurred for each message regardless of the user's texting plan
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the message routing function from traditional aggregators and gateways by using a proxy mobile phone to directly forward messages between the Internet and cellular network. This eliminates the need for intermediary services that charge per message, allowing users to leverage their existing unlimited texting plans for Internet-based messaging.
Solution Approach 2:
The proxy mobile phone serves as an intermediary device that bridges the Internet and cellular network. It receives messages from Internet-connected devices, converts them to SMS format, and forwards them through the cellular network to the destination mobile phone, enabling cost-free message routing through the user's existing cellular plan.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional SMS routing through aggregators is used, then messages can be forwarded between Internet and cellular networks, but the system complexity increases due to multiple gateway components
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex gateway infrastructure (aggregators, SMSC gateways, protocol converters) and replaces it with a single proxy mobile phone. This simplifies the system architecture by consolidating multiple specialized components into one device that leverages existing mobile phone capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The proxy mobile phone performs multiple functions: it acts as an Internet-connected device, an SMS composer, a protocol converter, and a message forwarder. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate specialized components, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining full message routing capability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a proxy mobile phone is used to forward messages, then format conversion between Internet and cellular protocols is enabled, but the device complexity of the proxy phone increases
Solution Approach 1:
The proxy mobile phone uses its built-in SMS composition and messaging capabilities to handle format conversion. Instead of requiring external protocol conversion software or hardware, the phone leverages its native functions to compose SMS messages from Internet-based message formats and automatically forward them through the cellular network.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for sending and receiving text-based messages using a proxy mobile phone is disclosed. Sending includes receiving via a global communication network, at a server, an outgoing text-based message and sending the message and a directive for a proxy mobile phone to receive the message and forward the message via a wireless telephonic network to a destination device specified by a destination identifier. Receiving includes receiving, at the server, an incoming text-based message and an origin identifier indicating the message has been received by the proxy mobile phone via the wireless telephonic network and forwarded by the proxy mobile phone to the server via the global communication network. The incoming text message is provided by the server for access via the global communication network. Further, a system is disclosed having a server and a client equipped mobile phone, the system being configured to use the method.