Patent ID: 7003307

Claim:
A mobile messaging gateway for routing mobile messages, comprising: a first port for receiving from an External Short Messaging Entity (ESME), a mobile message destined for a Short Message Service Center (SMSC); a second port for sending to an ESME, a mobile message sent from an SMSC; a third port for receiving from an SMSC, a mobile message destined for an ESME; a fourth port for sending to an SMSC, a mobile message sent from an ESME; a web-based interface for providing administrative control of the gateway via a web browser; and a micro-processor for controlling operation of the mobile messaging gateway, the operation including routing mobile messages from the ESME to the SMSC based on the identity of the ESME and from the SMSC to the ESME based on one of the identity of the destination of the mobile message and the identity of the SMSC.