Patent ID: 7149537
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for tracking messages delivered via a short message service (SMS) comprising the steps of: receiving, at a gateway, a message destined for a mobile device; assigning a unique identifier to the received message; recording the received message and the unique identifier to a record in a database accessible to the gateway; forwarding the received message from the gateway to the mobile device, wherein the forwarded message sent from the gateway to the mobile device includes an origination address, the origination address being derived from the unique identifier; receiving, at the gateway, a reply to the message from the mobile device; correlating the reply to the sent message by means of the unique identifier; recording the correlated reply in the database record storing the sent message; and allowing either of a sender or a recipient of the message to log in to the gateway to retrieve the database record to access and view each of the received message and the reply.