Patent ID: 6959194

Claim:
A system for routing short messages (SMS-messages) to a plurality of short message service centers, at least one of which is implemented by a non-GSM technology, the system comprising: a first transceiver for sending and receiving SMS-messages over a fixed network between a plurality of short message service centers, at least one of which being operated by a non-GSM technology; a router table for identifying from a recipient address of a SMS-message a short message service center that services the intended recipient of the SMS-message, said first transceiver cooperating with the router table in order to submit a received SMS-message to an identified short message service center servicing the intended recipient; and a GSM-node comprising a second transceiver for sending and receiving SMS-messages to and from a GSM-network, said second transceiver connected to said first transceiver and further comprising: a first receiver for receiving from a GSM-network a request for routing a SMS-message via said GSM-network to the GSM-node; and a first transmitter for transmitting said routing information to the GSM-network in order to receive said SMS-message; wherein said first transceiver is adapted to submit a SMS-message to said GSM-node when the short message is of a predetermined format, so that the GSM-node forms a proxy connected to the GSM-network.