Hi,
I have never used this module, but very much of the users here did it:
won't sqlbox solve your problem? Insert the message into a database
and get it out of the database. No http and a fine, tested and
supported module...
Regards
Falko
<OffTopic>It is so much unbeliveable what you can claim a patent for
and that US courts even enforce them</Offtopic>
Am 12.02.2009 um 20:39 schrieb Nikos Balkanas:
Hi,
You probably have a problem in your exec code. Since it is a
different process it doesn't affect kannel and only the server or
its target. Mind posting it?
BR,
Nikos
----- Original Message -----
From: David
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 9:00 PM
Subject: HELP! Patent claim! Can we use an alternate protocol?
Hello,
Us users of SMS Shortcodes are getting hit in the US for violating a
patent by TCS Inc. The patent claims to cover:
"A gateway, comprising: a first communication path to accept a short
message from a mobile device; a translation module to insert said
short message into an Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) message; a
second communication path to push said HTTP message to at least one
Universal Resource Locator (URL); and a return communication path to
receive a return message relating to said HTTP message."
The patent goes on to mention a whole bunch of stuff, ie, using HTTP
POST to send the http message, etc.
I just got out of a meeting with my lawyer. He says, the only way
to get around this is to NOT use HTTP.
Over the weekend, I tried to use the sms-service using EXEC instead
of GET-URL, which worked fine... and then the server crashed... i'm
guessing too many spawned processes?
My question to you all is: how can we NOT use HTTP but have the
same end result? ideally, it would use a command-line exec, but
push it into a waiting server, instead of spawning a new thread.
Does anybody have any ideas on how to do this?
Thank you very much,
David
