Patent ID: 8094594
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04M,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of enabling messages to be exchanged between a first smart phone and a second smart phone operating in a wireless network using a communications application, the first smart phone having a first Personal Identification Number (PIN) and the second smart phone having a second PIN, the method comprising: the first smart phone sending a Short Messaging System (SMS) invitation message to the second smart phone over a network connection, the SMS invitation message including the first PIN; the first smart phone receiving an acceptance message delivered by a routing server, the acceptance message including the second PIN; the first smart phone creating at least one first message using the communications application, the at least one first message including the second PIN; and the first smart phone sending the at least one first message to the second smart phone through the wireless network using the routing server, the routing server routing the at least one first message based on the second PIN.