Patent ID: 8055286

Claim:
A method for routing an SMS message to particular application logic on a client device, wherein the client device is a wireless communication device, the method comprising: while the message is en route from an originator of the message to the client device, receiving the message at a network node; after receipt of the message, the network node determining the originator of the received message and the network node determining a message content footprint of bearer data of the received message; the network node using at least the determined originator to determine a destination port number at the client device, wherein the destination port number corresponds with the particular application logic on the client device, and wherein using at least the determined originator to determine the destination port number comprises using at least the determined originator and the determined message content footprint cooperatively as a basis to determine the destination port number; and the network node adding the determined destination port number to the message and sending the message, including the added destination port number, along to the client device, whereby when the client device receives the message, the client device passes the message to the particular application logic on the client device in accordance with the added destination port number, for processing of the message by the particular application logic.