FORM 2
The Patent Act 1970
(39 of 1970)
&
The Patent Rules, 2005

COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
(SEE SECTION 10 AND RULE 13)

TITLE OF THE INVENTION

“Multilingual SMS Application”

APPLICANTS:

Name : TeleDNA Communications Pvt. Ltd.
Address : TeleDNA Communication Pvt. Ltd.
No 23 & 24, AMR Tech Park, Hosur Road
Bangalore. PIN 560068

The following specification particularly describes and ascertains the nature of this invention and the manner in which it is to be performed:-

FIELD OF INVENTION
[001]This invention relates to mobile communications, and more particularly to short message service in mobile communications.

BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[002]Short Message Service (SMS) is a popular way of communicating with network users. Majority of mobile handsets do not have multilingual feature for users to send multilingual SMS message. SMS message composed and sent using handset having multilingual feature may not be readable by the recipient if the recipient’s handset does not support multilingual feature. The Telecom Operator portal only provides a plain text short message composer. The users who login can only send plain text messages.
[003]Currently offered ‘Multilingual SMS Application’ provides Multilingual SMS composer for Multilingual SMS Application Users (mobile users, enterprise users). Using Multilingual SMS Application the Multilingual SMS application users can select the short message language for composing and submitting the short message to single or multiple mobile numbers. The multilingual short message submitted by multilingual SMS Application is compatible with any mobile handsets

OBJECT OF INVENTION
[004]The principal object of this invention is to provide multilingual SMS message delivery compatible with all mobile handsets. The Mobile handsets which have no support for multilingual SMS can also view the short message.
[005]Another object of the invention is to provide a method for composing and viewing multilingual SMS message before submitting for delivery.
STATEMENT OF INVENTION
[006]Accordingly the invention provides a system comprising of a Multilingual SMS Application. Using Multilingual SMS Application the multilingual SMS Application users can compose, preview and submit the multilingual short message to mobile users. The multilingual short message submitted by multilingual SMS Application is compatible with any mobile handsets

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF FIGURES
[007]This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, through out which like reference letters indicate corresponding parts in the various figures. The embodiments herein will be better understood from the following description with reference to the drawings, in which:
[008]FIG. 1 illustrates network integration of Multilingual SMS Application, according to embodiments as disclosed herein;
[009]FIG. 2 illustrates a Multilingual SMS Application module, integration of the modules with operator’s SMSC, multilingual SMS Application Users (Enterprise User and Mobile User), according to embodiments as disclosed herein;
[0010]FIG. 3 illustrates a Multilingual SMS Application module provided with SMSC and communication network components, according to embodiments as disclosed herein; and
[0011]FIG. 4 illustrates flow charts depicting sequence of steps for converting the multilingual short message into image, according to embodiments as disclosed herein;

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION
[0012]The embodiments herein and the various features and advantageous details thereof are explained more fully with reference to the non-limiting embodiments that are illustrated in the accompanying drawings and detailed in the following description. Descriptions of well-known components and processing techniques are omitted so as to not unnecessarily obscure the embodiments herein. The examples used herein are intended merely to facilitate an understanding of ways in which the embodiments herein may be practiced and to further enable those of skill in the art to practice the embodiments herein. Accordingly, the examples should not be construed as limiting the scope of the embodiments herein.
[0013]The embodiments herein achieve composing of multilingual SMS message by multilingual SMS Application Users by incorporating systems and methods thereof. Referring now to the drawings, and more particularly to FIGS. 1 through 4, where similar reference characters denote corresponding features consistently throughout the figures, there are shown preferred embodiments.
[0014]The embodiments herein disclose a method for composing multilingual SMS message by multilingual SMS application users.
[0015]FIG. 1 illustrates system components of Multilingual SMS Application, according to embodiments as disclosed herein. The system comprises of a Multilingual SMS Application module 101, Enterprise User 102, Mobile User 103, mobile operator’s Short Message Service Center (SMSC) 104, mobile operator’s CRM/Provisioning System 105, mobile network 106 and a plurality of mobile users i.e., user 107.
[0016]The Multilingual SMS Application module 101 is provides composer for multilingual SMS application users (enterprise user 102 and mobile user 103) for multilingual short message compose, preview and for submitting the multilingual short message to mobile users.
[0017]The SMSC 104 interfaces with sub modules of Multilingual SMS Application. SMSC 104 works on the principle of store and forward mechanism i.e., SMSC 104 stores the SMS message received from the user 102, 103 sent through the network 106. In an embodiment, the SMSC 104 may employ Short Message Peer-to-Peer (SMPP) V3.4 protocol and XML to interface the SMSC 104 to the Multilingual SMS Application module 101. In an embodiment, SMSC 104 receives multilingual SMS message from Multilingual SMS Application module 101.
[0018]The operator’s CRM / Provisioning System 105 interfaces with the Multilingual SMS Application module 101. In an embodiment, the Multilingual SMS Application module 101 gets mobile provisioning trigger from CRM / Provisioning System 105. The Multilingual SMS Application module 101 interfaces with operator’s CRM / Provisioning System 105 on FTP interface / FormlessHTTP interface.
[0019]The network 106 acts as a medium for the transmission of the multilingual SMS messages from Multilingual SMS Application module 101 to mobile users.
[0020]FIG. 2 illustrates a Multilingual SMS Application module, network operator SMSC, multilingual SMS Application users (Enterprise User, and Mobile User), according to embodiments as disclosed herein. The Multilingual SMS Application module 101 comprises of two sub modules: a Multilingual SMS Composer / Delivery module 201 and a Multilingual SMS Translation module 202. The Multilingual SMS Composer / Delivery module 201 provides Web interface for Enterprise user 102 and Mobile user 103 for composing multilingual SMS message.
[0021]The Multilingual SMS Translation module 202 gets the trigger from Multilingual SMS Composer / Delivery module 201 for translating the SMS message to image format. Furthermore, Multilingual SMS Translation module 202 is responsible for translating the multilingual SMS message.
[0022]The SMSC 104 works on the principle of store and forward mechanism i.e., SMSC 104 stores the SMS message received from the multilingual SMS Application module 101.
[0023]FIG. 3 illustrates a Multilingual SMS Application module provided with SMSC module and communication network components, according to embodiments as disclosed herein. The Multilingual SMS Application module 101 may employ a SMSC 401 of its own as shown in FIG. 3. The Multilingual SMS Application 101 comprises of sub modules: Multilingual SMS Composer / Delivery module 301, Multilingual SMS Translation module 302 and SMSC 401. The Multilingual SMS Composer / Delivery module 301 integrates with the SMSC 401. The Multilingual SMS Composer / Delivery module 301 provides composer for multilingual SMS application users (enterprise user and mobile user) for composing multilingual SMS message. The Multilingual SMS Composer / Delivery module 301 sends trigger to Multilingual SMS Translation module 302 for translation.
[0024]Multilingual SMS Translation module 302 sits in the Multilingual SMS Application module 101. The Multilingual SMS Translation module 302 translates the multilingual SMS message into image format. The Multilingual SMS Composer / Delivery module 301 will submit the bitmap message to SMSC 401 for the destined mobile users.
[0025]The SMSC 401 works on the principle of store and forward mechanism i.e., SMSC 401 processes the MT-SMS message delivers the short message to mobile user 107 through the mobile network 105
[0026]FIG. 4 is a flowchart depicting the steps involved for submitting multilingual SMS message, according to embodiments as disclosed. The enterprise user (501) logins to Multilingual SMS Application by providing login name and password. The enterprise user (502) selects the language of his choice and can compose the multilingual short message using virtual key board. The enterprise user (503) can submit the multilingual short message to single or multiple mobile users. The Multilingual SMS Composer / Delivery module submits (504) the multilingual message to Multilingual SMS Translation module. The Multilingual SMS Translation module converts (505) the message into image using JAVA image API and Perl Image magic. The Multilingual SMS Composer / Delivery module submits (506) multilingual short message to operator’s SMSC.
[0027]The embodiments disclosed herein can be implemented through at least one software program running on at least one hardware device and performing network management functions to control the network elements. The network elements shown in Fig. 1, 2, and 3 include blocks which can be at least one of a hardware device, or a combination of hardware device and software module. The embodiment disclosed herein describes a method for Multilingual SMS message. Therefore, it is understood that the scope of the protection is extended to such a program and in addition to a computer readable means having a message therein, such computer readable storage means contain program code means for implementation of one or more steps of the method, when the program runs on a server or mobile device or any suitable programmable device. The hardware device can be any kind of portable device that can be programmed. The device may also include means which could be e.g. hardware means like e.g. an ASIC, or a combination of hardware and software means, e.g. an ASIC and an FPGA, or at least one microprocessor and at least one memory with software modules located therein. The method embodiments described herein could be implemented partly in hardware and partly in software. Alternatively, the invention may be implemented on different hardware devices, e.g. using a plurality of CPUs.
[0028]The foregoing description of the specific embodiments will so fully reveal the general nature of the embodiments herein that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily modify and/or adapt for various applications such specific embodiments without departing from the generic concept, and, therefore, such adaptations and modifications should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the disclosed embodiments. It is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. Therefore, while the embodiments herein have been described in terms of preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the embodiments herein can be practiced with modification within the spirit and scope of the embodiments as described herein.

We claim:

1. A system providing Multilingual SMS messaging service in a mobile network, said system comprising of at least one means configured for:
Users using multilingual SMS Application composing multilingual short message and submitting multilingual short message to single or multiple recipients

2. The system as in claim 1, wherein said user is a mobile user.

3. The system as in claim 1, wherein said user is an enterprise user.

4. The system as in claim 1, wherein said users can login to said system.

5. The system as in claim 1, wherein said users can select the language of their choice and compose multilingual SMS message using virtual key board on said system.

6. The system as in claim 1, wherein said system translates the multilingual short message to an image using perl utility tool
7. The system as in claim 1, wherein Enterprise and mobile users can pre-view the multilingual SMS message on said system.

8. The system as in claim 1, wherein said multilingual short message is submitted to operator’s SMSC.

Dated this 22nd march 2010

Mr. Nishant Kewalramani Patent Agent