Paul R Ruppert

US Patent:

7013156, Mar 14, 2006

Filed:

Mar 10, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/796043

Inventors:

Mark R. Smith - Warrenton VA, US
Paul R. Ruppert - Rockville MD, US

Assignee:

Mobile 365, Inc. - Chantilly VA

International Classification:

H04Q 7/20

US Classification:

455466, 4555521

Abstract:

Systems and methods for exchanging a short message service (SMS) message between networks operating in accordance with different standards. An intermediary system operates between a first network operating in accordance with a first standard and a second network operating in accordance with a second standard. A routing information request for an SMS message is received, at the intermediary, from the first network and the intermediary sends, in response to the routing information request, an acknowledgement message to the first network. The SMS message is thereafter received at the intermediary and an acknowledgement of receipt of the SMS message is generated in the intermediary and then sent to the first network. The SMS message is then sent from the intermediary to the second network. In a preferred embodiment, the intermediary is an entity distinct from the first and second networks, but operates as a virtual MSC from the perspective of the first and second networks.

US Patent:

7203507, Apr 10, 2007

Filed:

Dec 8, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/296273

Inventors:

Mark R. Smith - Warrenton VA, US
Paul R. Ruppert - Rockville MD, US

Assignee:

Sybase 365, Inc. - Chantilly VA

International Classification:

H04Q 7/20

US Classification:

455466, 4555521

Abstract:

Systems and methods for exchanging a short message service (SMS) message between networks operating in accordance with different standards. An intermediary system operates between a first network operating in accordance with a first standard and a second network operating in accordance with a second standard. A routing information request for an SMS message is received, at the intermediary, from the first network and the intermediary sends, in response to the routing information request, an acknowledgement message to the first network. The SMS message is thereafter received at the intermediary and an acknowledgement of receipt of the SMS message is generated in the intermediary and then sent to the first network. The SMS message is then sent from the intermediary to the second network. In a preferred embodiment, the intermediary is an entity distinct from the first and second networks, but operates as a virtual MSC from the perspective of the first and second networks.

US Patent:

20070191003, Aug 16, 2007

Filed:

Apr 9, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/783347

Inventors:

Mark Smith - Warrenton VA, US
Paul Ruppert - Rockville MD, US
Robert Lovell - Leesburg VA, US

International Classification:

H04Q 7/20

US Classification:

455428000

Abstract:

Systems and methods for exchanging a short message service (SMS) message between networks operating in accordance with different standards. An intermediary system operates between a first network operating in accordance with a first standard and a second network operating in accordance with a second standard. A routing information request for an SMS message is received, at the intermediary, from the first network and the intermediary sends, in response to the routing information request, an acknowledgement message to the first network. The SMS message is thereafter received at the intermediary and an acknowledgement of receipt of the SMS message is generated in the intermediary and then sent to the first network. The SMS message is then sent from the intermediary to the second network. In a preferred embodiment, the intermediary is an entity distinct from the first and second networks, but operates as a virtual MSC from the perspective of the first and second networks.