SMS Push Notification Gateway for Mobile Reliability
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing push notification systems in telecommunications networks face challenges with timely and reliable delivery, especially in bad network conditions, and consume mobile device resources due to long-lived Internet Protocol connections, with differing implementations across mobile platforms complicating cross-platform communication.
Innovation Solution
The method employs an SMS channel using the Short Message Service (SMS) protocol for transmitting push notifications, allowing for reliable and timely delivery without continuous Internet Protocol connections, and adapts to different mobile platforms by using binary message formats and SMS over IP functionality, enabling delivery reports and flexible routing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If Internet Protocol push notifications are used to transmit push notifications to mobile devices, then push notifications can be delivered to the device, but long-lived Internet Protocol connections are required which consume resources and battery of the mobile device
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an SMS gateway as an intermediary component that bridges the IP push notification system and the SMS network. The gateway receives IP push notifications, converts them into SMS messages, and transmits them through the SMS network to the mobile device. This intermediary approach allows the system to use the reliable SMS delivery mechanism while avoiding the need for mobile devices to maintain long-lived IP connections, thereby reducing battery consumption and resource usage.
2Reliability
If Internet Protocol push notifications are used, then push notifications can be transmitted, but timely delivery cannot be guaranteed especially in bad network situations
Solution Approach 1:
The SMS gateway acts as a mediator that leverages the SMS network's robust delivery capabilities. The SMS network is designed to deliver messages reliably even in poor network conditions, and the gateway utilizes this infrastructure to ensure timely and reliable push notification delivery, overcoming the limitations of IP-based push notification systems in bad network situations.
3Adaptability or versatility
If different mobile platforms are supported with their own push notification implementations, then each platform can be optimized, but cross-platform push notifications become difficult to handle
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a universal SMS-based push notification system that can deliver notifications to all mobile platforms through a common interface. The SMS gateway converts IP push notifications into SMS messages that are universally compatible across different mobile platforms (iOS, Android, Windows Phone, etc.), eliminating the need for separate platform-specific implementations and simplifying cross-platform notification handling while maintaining adaptability to various devices.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for an enhanced communication between a user equipment and a telecommunications network, wherein the user equipment comprises an application and a short message push client, wherein the telecommunications network comprises an application server and a short message push server, wherein the application uses push notifications received from the telecommunications network, wherein in case that a push notification is to be sent from the application server to the application of the user equipment the method comprises the following steps: -- in a first step, information related to the push notification to be sent is transmitted from the application server to the short message push server, -- in a second step, the push notification is transmitted from the short message push server to the short message push client, -- in a third step, the push notification, received by the short message push client, is made available to the application of the user equipment, wherein the push notification is transmitted from the short message push server to the short message push client as at least one short message according to the short message service protocol (SMS protocol), wherein the at least one short message is of a binary message format.