Samsung patents server method for routing SMS via satellite or LTE
Samsung describes a server system that decides how to send text messages from a phone to another device. The server checks if the recipient is connected to a satellite network or a standard cellular network, then routes the message through the appropriate path.
In the filing’s own words
A server is configured to: set a TP-RP on an electronic device based on; transmit an SMSC number of the server and an address of an external device to a number of the electronic device; control the electronic device to transmit an SMS to the external device using the SMSC number and the address of the external device based on the TP-RP value; transmit a message using a non-terrestrial network or transmit an SMS to an LTE network based on a connection state of the external device to the non-terrestrial network; transmit a message indicating that SMS transmission is completed to the electronic device based on completion of the message or SMS transmission to the external device; set the TP-RP value based on the connection state of the external device to the non-terrestrial network; and determine an SMS transmission path to the external device based on the TP-RP value.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A server comprising: at least one processor; a communication circuit; and memory storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the server to: configure a transfer protocol (TP)-reply path (RP) on an electronic device, and transmit, via the communication circuit, a short message service (SMS) center (SMSC) number of the server and an address of an external device to a number of the electronic device; control the electronic device to transmit an SMS to the external device by using the SMSC number of the server and the address of the external device, based on a value of the TP-RP; transmit a message by using a non-terrestrial network or transmit the SMS by using a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network, via the communication circuit to the external device, based on a connection state of the external device to the non-terrestrial network; based on completion of message transmission or SMS transmission of the SMS to the external device, transmit, via the communication circuit to the electronic device, a message indicating that the SMS transmission has been completed; and configure the value of the TP-RP, based on the connection state of the external device to the non-terrestrial network; and determine an SMS transmission path to the external device, based on the configured value of the TP-RP.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MESSAGE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE
- Publication number
- US20260281176A1
- Application number
- 19670629
- Filed
- May 7, 2026
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
H04L 67/104 Electricity & electronicsH04L 67/02 Electricity & electronicsH04L 67/06 Electricity & electronicsH04L 67/141 Electricity & electronicsH04L 67/55 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Networks & wireless
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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