Patent ID: 8265672

Claim:
A method performed by a server system, comprising: receiving a first text message originating from a first entity having a first telephone number, the first text message being destined for a second entity at a second telephone number; associating the first text message with a text message session, wherein associating the first text message with the text message session comprises storing information from the first text message in association with a third telephone number assigned to the text message session by the server system, the third telephone number being different from the first telephone number and from the second telephone number; attaching the third telephone number to the first text message; outputting the first text message, with the third telephone number attached, along a path to a system that services the second entity; receiving a second text message originating from the second entity, the second text message comprising a reply to the first text message, the second text message being directed to the third telephone number; associating the second text message with the text message session; and outputting the second text message along a path to the first entity.