Abstract: Systems and methods for assigning short codes to provide uniformity among wireless carriers. In the systems and methods, a Universal Short Code (USC) Administrator maintains a list of short codes and their lease status so that SMS messages sent to a particular short code may be routed to the proper holder of the short code. A network facilitator is in communication with both the USC Administrator and at least one wireless carrier to route the SMS message to the proper holder of the short code. The short code may be leased for a specified period of time so that the short code can be reassigned after expiration of the lease. The systems and methods also support inquiries concerning particular short codes, leases, lessees, and usage prices.

Abstract: An intermediary infrastructure that facilitates the interconnection of multiple IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) networks. The interconnections may span one or more of the IMS logical planes Services Plane, Control Plane, and Network or Transport Plane. The intermediary offers among other things a process, routing, and switching complex that is able to among other things process incoming messages including using a comprehensive routing repository to complete message routing operations.

Abstract: An infrastructure that (1) leverages technology to apply an array of techniques, strategies, capabilities, etc. to, for example, the output of CCTV systems to yield, possibly inter alia, augmented threat identification capabilities and (2) allows mobile subscribers, through their wireless devices, to fully participate in such threat detection mechanisms to provide for, possibly inter alia, enhanced threat alerting capabilities. The infrastructure may optionally leverage the capabilities of a centrally-located Messaging Inter-Carrier Vendor.

Abstract: A service that leverages established wireless messaging paradigms such as, possibly inter alia, Short Message Service and Multimedia Message Service to allow Mobile Subscribers to use their Wireless Devices to comprehensively dynamically track items such as, possibly inter alia, RFID-augmented items, within multiple devices such as, possibly inter alia, next-generation or intelligent appliances (e.g., refrigerators), intelligent storage facilities (in, e.g., a home, a store, a restaurant, a hospital). The service may optionally leverage the capabilities of a Messaging Inter-Carrier Vendor.

Abstract: A user feedback generation and management capability, operating possibly within a Value-Added Service Provider, provides key feedback (e.g., information, updates, etc.) to a Mobile Subscriber (MS) during, for example, the MS? receipt of rich content on the MS? Wireless Device (WD). The feedback may be conveyed to a MS? WD through, possibly inter alia, one or more Short Message Service messages. Such feedback may, possibly inter alia, provide details as to why certain content might not be received, suggest one or more alternative content delivery means, etc. and thus serve to obviate what would otherwise be (1) a frustrating, disappointing, etc. user experience for the MS and (2) increased customer service costs for the different content and service providers.

Abstract: Architecture and methods to provide an intermediary model for inter-carrier Multi-Media Messaging (MMS) services so that numerous wireless operators can transmit MMS messages between them. The architecture also provides for delivery, at least of notification messages, to those wireless operators who are not part of the overall inter-carrier MMS infrastructure.

Abstract: A method and system for providing message-based access to services includes receiving a request message from a mobile subscriber relating to a service that is desired by the mobile subscriber, routing the request message for processing, performing one or more activities in accordance with the requested service, returning a response message to the mobile subscriber, and facilitating/enabling/etc. access to the requested service.

Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, computer program products, and combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for enabling web content (as well as other objects) to be loaded on mobile devices (as well as other types of devices), and for users of mobile devices to operate with such web content on their mobile devices in an interactive manner while in an off-line mode.

Abstract: A service that augments a key element of Unified Messaging and Unified Communications initiatives—i.e., Mobile Subscriber Location Awareness—to enhance substantially the value, usefulness, etc. of the presence awareness, place shifting, etc. components of such initiatives. The service may optionally leverage the capabilities of a centrally-located, full-featured Messaging Inter-Carrier Vendor.

Abstract: An infrastructure that leverages established wireless messaging paradigms (such as, possibly inter alia, Short Message Service, Multimedia Message Service, Wireless Application Protocol, IP Multimedia Subsystem, etc.) to provide, in new and creative ways, an enhanced level of security for the payment element or portion of a transaction—for example, a transaction within Mobile Commerce (M-Commerce, which, broadly speaking, encompasses the buying and selling of merchant-supplied products, goods, and services through wireless devices), a purchase in the checkout lane of a brick-and-mortar store, a purchase at a (fast-food or other) restaurant, etc. The infrastructure may optionally leverage the capabilities of a centrally-located Messaging Inter-Carrier Vendor.

Abstract: An infrastructure that supports, facilitates, etc., in new and creative ways, the enhanced distribution of the myriad forms of content (which might include, possibly inter alia, news items, traffic alerts, weather notices, travel advisories, stock quotations, advertisements, coupons, educational factoids, etc.) within established wireless messaging paradigms such as, possibly inter alia, Multimedia Message Service, Wireless Application Protocol, IP Multimedia Subsystem, etc. The service may optionally leverage the capabilities of a centrally-located Messaging Inter-Carrier Vendor.

Abstract: A service that leverages a flexible, extensible, and dynamically configurable Message Evaluation Framework to provide comprehensive malware detection and optional malware elimination capabilities within established wireless messaging paradigms such as, possibly inter alia, Multimedia Message Service, Wireless Application Protocol, and IP Multimedia Subsystem. The service may optionally leverage the capabilities of a centrally-located Messaging Inter-Carrier Vendor.

Abstract: A method and system for providing message-based access to services includes receiving a request message from a mobile subscriber relating to a service that is desired by the mobile subscriber, routing the request message for processing, performing one or more activities in accordance with the requested service, returning a response message to the mobile subscriber, and facilitating/enabling/etc. access to the requested service.

Abstract: A service that leverages an innovatively extended version of Bayes' Theorem to provide comprehensive spam detection and optional spam elimination capabilities within established wireless messaging paradigms such as, possibly inter alia, Short Message Service, Multimedia Message Service, Wireless Application Protocol, and IP Multimedia Subsystem. The service may optionally leverage the capabilities of a centrally-located Messaging Inter-Carrier Vendor.

Abstract: The invention includes systems, methods, computer program products, and combinations and sub-combinations thereof for enabling channels specific to a user's interest (as well as other objects) to be loaded on mobile devices (as well as other types of devices), and for users of mobile devices to operate with such channels on their mobile devices in an interactive manner while in an off-line mode.

Abstract: A system and methodology for real-time content aggregation and syndication is described. In one embodiment, for example, a method is described for assisting a user with extracting items relevant to search queries from documents including items of various types, the method comprises steps of: receiving a search query specifying a search phrase and a particular item type; identifying documents matching the search phrase; for each matching document, determining whether the document includes an item having the particular item type; and extracting items having the particular item type from the matching documents for display to the user. The solution enables a user to aggregate and syndicate content without a professional content manager or complicated content management software tools.

Abstract: The invention includes systems, methods, computer program products, and combinations and sub-combinations thereof for enabling interactive advertisements (as well as other objects) to be loaded on mobile devices (as well as other types of devices), and for users of mobile devices to operate with such interactive advertisements on their mobile devices in an interactive manner while in an off-line mode.

Abstract: A service that leverages established wireless messaging paradigms such as, possibly inter alia, Short Message Service, Multimedia Message Service, Wireless Application Protocol, and IP Multimedia Subsystem to yield an infrastructure that enhances aspects of a conventional Public Address System (as found at, for example, an airport, a train station, a conference or convention center, a sporting event, a concert, etc.) and allows a Mobile Subscriber to seamlessly employ their Wireless Device to interact with same. The service may optionally leverage the capabilities of a centrally-located Messaging Inter-Carrier Vendor.

Abstract: A service that leverages established wireless messaging paradigms such as, possibly inter alia, Short Message Service, Multimedia Message Service, and IP Multimedia Subsystem to yield an infrastructure that supports a range of mechanisms (including, for example, linguistic, statistical, heuristic, etc.) for the authoritative identification of the true author of a message (where the identification of the true author of a message may take into consideration, among other things, that the sender of the message may in fact not be the actual author of the message). The service may optionally leverage the capabilities of a centrally-located Messaging Inter-Carrier Vendor.

Abstract: A service that leverages established wireless messaging paradigms such as, possibly inter alia, Short Message Service, Multimedia Message Service, and IP Multimedia Subsystem to yield an infrastructure that (1) supports a comprehensive Common Short Code directory that seamlessly spans or crosses the disparate ‘islands’ of national/regional Short Code information and that offers, possibly among other things, a full-featured search capability and (2) allows a Mobile Subscriber to seamlessly employ their Wireless Device to interact with same. The service may optionally leverage the capabilities of a centrally-located Value-Added Service Provider.