Patent ID: 8238949

Claim:
An SMS text message information delivery system connected to a one or more communication networks comprising; a first telephone system interfacing gateway, said first gateway receiving SMS text messages originating from real first country telephone handsets within said first country's telephonic system, said first gateway also replicating the functions of one or more first country virtual telephone handsets operating within said first country, said first country virtual handsets having telephone numbers assigned within said first country's unique telephone assignment system, including the ability of sending SMS text messages having said first country's ID as an identifier within said first country's telephonic system; a second telephone system interfacing gateway, said second gateway receiving SMS text messages originating from real second country telephone handsets within said second country's telephonic system, said second gateway also replicating the functions of one or more second country virtual telephone handsets operating within said second country, said second country virtual handsets having telephone numbers assigned within said second country's unique telephone assignment system, including the ability of sending SMS text messages having said second country's ID as an identifier within said second country's telephonic system; communication means between said first and said second country gateways; computer processing means within said first gateway for receiving SMS text messages originating from real first country telephone handsets within a cellular network in said first country, determining the second country and second real handset number associated with said first country virtual handset number, ascertaining the appropriate second country destination gateway based on each said first virtual numbers properties, determining the assigned second country virtual number for said first country real telephone handset originating the SMS text message and if one exists transmitting said original message and relevant associated real/virtual paired ID data via said communication means to said second gateway; computer processing means residing in said second gateway for receiving said SMS text message and associated paired first/second country real/virtual paired ID data from said first gateway via said communicating means, generating a new SMS text message having the same message content as the original SMS text message, and transmitting it through the second country's telephonic system as an SMS text message originating from said second country's virtual handset's identifier associated with said first country's real handset as an SMS text message to the second country destination real handset within said second country's cellular network.