Method of handling SMS messages and related communication system

摘要

In a communication system, an SMS message can be transmitted from a sending entity to a receiving entity. The sending entity is configured to encode the SMS message by inserting both the sender number and the sender text description of the sending entity in the TP-OA field of the SMS message. After transmission, the receiving entity is configured decode the TP-OA field of the encoded SMS message and simultaneously display the sender number and the sender description as the title of the SMS message on a screen.

主权项

1. A method of handling a short message service (SMS) message which is sent from a sending entity to a receiving entity, the method comprising:
providing a number and a text description associated with the sending entity; the sending entity encoding the SMS message by inserting the number associated with the sending entity in a number sub-field of an Address-Value field in a Transfer-Protocol-Originating-Address (TP-OA) field of the SMS message and by inserting the text description associated with the sending entity in a text sub-field of the Address-Value field in the TP-OA field of the SMS message; the sending entity transmitting the encoded SMS message to the receiving entity; the receiving entity decoding the number sub-field of the Address-Value field in the TP-OA field of the received encoded SMS message for acquiring the number associated with the sending entity; the receiving entity decoding the text sub-field of the Address-Value field in the TP-OA field of the received encoded SMS message for acquiring the text description associated with the sending entity; and the receiving entity simultaneously displaying the number and the text description as a title of the SMS message on a screen.