Messaging centre management method for cellular radio messaging.

摘要

The invention relates to a messaging centre management method for a cellular radio messaging system, in which a subscriber to whom a connection request is sent is liable to be temporarily unavailable. According to the invention, the said method comprises the following steps: - the subscriber (1) is detected as being temporarily unavailable; - the said connection request is sent back to the said messaging centre (2); - the said messaging centre (2) stores a message intended to be delivered later to the temporarily unavailable subscriber (1); - the said messaging centre (2) automatically calls the said subscriber (1) back, according to a configurable recall strategy, so as to deliver the said stored message to the subscriber (1). Moreover, the said step of storing a message is accompanied by a step of sending a short message to the temporarily unavailable subscriber (1) via a short-message service. Finally, the said configurable recall strategy consists in making an instantaneous attempt to call the subscriber (1) back on receiving a subsequent acknowledgement of reception of the short message, the said subsequent reception acknowledgement indicating that the said subscriber (1) is available.