Patent ID: 7774008

Claim:
A method of machine-to-machine communication via a short messaging service (SMS) of a mobile network providing wireless communication services, the method comprising: receiving a data message from a machine-to-machine application, for communication through the mobile network to an automated machine-to-machine device, the received data message including a mobile station identifier, wherein the mobile station identifier is an identifier assigned to a wireless client associated with the automated machine-to-machine device by an operator of the mobile network but is not a valid telephone number for routing through the mobile network; looking up routing information related to current location of the wireless client device, needed for routing through the mobile network to the wireless client device, based on the mobile station identifier included in the received data message; and transmitting the data message as a SMS message through the mobile network and over a wireless airlink to the wireless client, for delivery to the automated machine-to-machine device, using the routing information, wherein a destination address field of the SMS message, for a valid telephone number normally required for SMS message routing through the mobile network, is empty or contains a null value.