Patent ID: 8594681

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a messaging service communication addressed to at least one recipient, wherein the messaging service communication is received according to a first transport protocol; based in part on an address conveyed in the messaging service communication, determining, by the system, a number of international destinations associated with the at least one recipient; in response to the number of international destinations being determined to be zero: delivering, by the system, the messaging service communication according to the first transport protocol in response to determining the messaging service communication is addressed to at least two recipients; and delivering, by the system, the messaging service communications according to a second transport protocol in response to determining the messaging service communication is addressed to one recipient; and in response to the number of international destinations being determined to be at least one, initiating, by the system, an exception handling procedure to route the messaging service communication, wherein the exception handling procedure comprises: determining, by the system, a format of content of the messaging service communication; and in response to the format of content being determined not to be text-only: determining, by the system, whether the messaging service communication is addressed to the at least two recipients; and in response to the first messaging service communication being determined to be addressed to the at least two recipients: ungrouping, by the system, the messaging service communication; identifying, by the system, a recipient associated with an international destination of the number of international destinations; generating, by the system, another messaging service communication addressed to a set of recipients of the messaging service communication that excludes the recipient associated with the international destination; and initiating, by the system, conveying the second messaging service communication according to a provisioned transport protocol for delivery of messaging service communications addressed to a plurality of recipients.