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1. A method for forwarding a Short Messaging Service (SMS) message by a server system, the server system including a Short Messaging Service Center (SMSC) server in a mobile communication network as a first server, the method comprising the first server performing steps of:
receiving an SMS message addressed to a mobile device of a recipient; sending the received SMS message from the first server through the mobile communication network toward the recipient's mobile device; determining whether or not the received SMS message is also to be forwarded to a network connected terminal device other than the recipient's mobile device; and upon determining that the received SMS message is to be forwarded to the network connected terminal device, sending a copy of the SMS message through a network toward the network connected terminal device, wherein at least one of: a) the first server performs steps of at least one of:
i) in determining whether or not the received SMS message is also to be forwarded to a network connected terminal device other than the recipient's mobile device:
acquiring, from the SMS message, recipient information regarding the recipient of the SMS message;searching a database by using the recipient information to determine if the database indicates that an SMS message addressed to the recipient is also to be forwarded to the network connected terminal device; andobtaining device information of the network connected terminal device from the database upon determining that the SMS message is to be forwarded to the network connected terminal device, andthe step of sending a copy of the SMS message uses the obtained device information,ii) after determining that the received SMS message is to be forwarded to the network connected terminal device and before sending a copy of the SMS message toward the network connected terminal device,
determining whether a protocol of the SMS message and a protocol for the network connected terminal device to receive messages are different; andupon determining that the protocols of the SMS message and network connected terminal device are different, changing the protocol of the SMS message to a protocol for receipt of the SMS message by the network connected terminal device before sending the copy of the SMS message toward the network connected terminal device, oriii) before sending a copy of the SMS message,
determining whether an acknowledgement notification has been received from the recipient's mobile device, the acknowledgement notification indicating that the SMS message has been successfully delivered to the recipient's mobile device; andupon determining that an acknowledgement notification has not been received, sending the copy of the SMS message toward the network connected terminal device; or b) the server system further comprises a second server,
in the step of sending a copy of the SMS message, the first server sends the copy of the SMS message to the second server, andthe method further comprises the second server performs steps of:upon receiving the copy of the SMS message, obtaining destination information of the network connected terminal device; andsending the copy of the SMS message to the network connector terminal device by using the destination information. |
