Patent ID: 8171103

Claim:
A mobile printing system comprising: a mobile client device comprising: a message transceiver configured with an SMS messaging address adapted to receive SMS text messages; and a web browser; a printer server coupled to said mobile client device via a wireless telephone network, said printer server comprising: a memory including one or more printer drivers, wherein the web server comprises a plurality of web pages identified with web addresses, wherein each web page from among the plurality of web pages is adapted to provide access to particular printer drivers; an end user interface comprising a physical or virtual keyboard integral to said printer server for accepting the SMS messaging address from said end user, forming a user specified SMS messaging address, wherein said keypad is further configured for accepting end user authentication information, wherein a decision is not required by a printer server administrator whether to allow or prevent transmission of said one or more printer drivers to said end user; a web server; and a SMS message sender integral to the print server wherein the print server is adapted to cause the SMS message sender to send an SMS message to the end user specified SMS messaging address of the client device through the message transceiver, wherein the SMS message includes the web address of the one or more web pages, thus automatically providing the end user with a means for accessing the one or more printer drivers on said mobile client device without requiring an end user of said mobile client device to previously have access to the network address information of said printer drivers or search for said printer drivers via said web browser.