Patent ID: 7917126

Claim:
A method in a wireless network system having a first wireless base station for providing a first communication link to a first mobile station, a second wireless base station for providing a second communication link to a second mobile station, and access to one or more service gateways for providing a message exchange service for the first and second mobile stations, the method comprising the following steps: providing a first network identification code to the first mobile station; providing a second network identification code to the second mobile station; transferring a first message from the first mobile station to a second mobile station via a first service gateway wherein the first message comprises the first network identification code and wherein the message type for the first message is selected from a group comprising an email message, a SMS message and a HTTP message; transferring a second message from the second mobile station to the first mobile station via a second service gateway wherein the second message comprises the second network identification code, wherein the message type for the second message is selected from a group comprising an email message, a SMS message and a HTTP message, and wherein the message type for the second message is the same as the message type for the first message; and providing a communication path between the first mobile station and the second mobile station in response to a request from either the first or second mobile stations or both that includes the first and second network identification codes wherein the communication path does not traverse the first or second service gateway.