SMS Gateway

Information from parent(master) database will be made available to the end user/ victim/ administrator/ volunteer by usage of SMS queries.

Like Indiatimes 8888, the person can message a query and receive an automated instant reply for it. He/she can also feed in requests to be handled at a later stage.e.g. Person wanting to know current warnings will message a keyword(lets take WARNINGS for example) to a particular number. The reply message will give him the updated information.

On the user side, information will be available through easy to use, self directing menu structure. The SMS so sent will be processed at the SMS gateway. Here the message is delivered by the GSM networkon a mobile phone. An RS232 serial cable connects the mobile phone to the computer. The computer rears the directort structure of the mobile and reflects it onto the computer.

Now message processing unit starts operation. It keeps checking for newly delivered messages. Once it finds an sms delivered,it reads it and depending on the query mensioned in the message,it looks up the database for an appropriate reply. The reply is automatically sent.

The master database is on a remote server. If network is working properly then the sms queries remote database. Otherwise it uses a locally mirrored copy of their parent database on the same system.

If the SMS sent is a service/program request, it will simply update remote database and the local database.

In case remote database is not connected, it puts the update in a special folder to be used at the next logon.

For all programming messages security is included by having the verification of the number from which the message was sent.