Patent ID: 8325642

Claim:
A method of processing mobile messaging service messages relating to one application service for a plurality of mobile devices where the one application service is available from servers of a plurality of application service providers, the method comprising steps of: receiving a first mobile messaging service message from a first mobile device routed through a wireless mobile communication network based on a first messaging service short code of the one application service at least initially contained in the first message as a destination address; based on identification of the first mobile device, obtaining a second messaging service short code for a server of a first provider of the one application service; replacing the first messaging service short code in the first message with the second messaging service short code for the server of the first provider as a new destination address for the first message; forwarding the first message for routing based on the second messaging service short code for the server of the first provider as the new destination address of the first message; receiving a second mobile messaging service message from a second mobile device routed through the wireless mobile communication network based on the first messaging service short code of the one application service at least initially contained in the second message as a destination address; based on identification of the second mobile device, obtaining a third messaging service short code for a server of a second provider of the one application service, different from the second messaging service short code for the server of the first provider; replacing the first messaging service short code in the second message with the third messaging service short code for the server of the second provider as a new destination address for the second message; and forwarding the second message for routing based on the third messaging service short code for the server of the second provider as the new destination address of the second message.