Patent ID: 8447280

Claim:
A system comprising: an interface operable to receive a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) text message from a sending entity that supports 3 rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards, wherein the WAP text message is in a 3GPP format; and a controller operable to determine that a receiving entity for the WAP text message supports 3 rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) standards, and to convert the WAP text message from the 3GPP format to a 3GPP2 format; the interface is further operable to transmit the WAP text message in the 3GPP2 format to the receiving entity; wherein: the controller is further operable to parse the WAP text message in 3GPP format to identify User Data Header (UDH) parameters, and to map the UDH parameters to User Data parameters of the 3GPP2 Teleservice Layer.