Patent ID: 7389115

Claim:
A method for handling a request message from a mobile station to a content provider in a telecommunication network, comprising: requesting mobile station sending a request message to a mobile switching center (MSC), the MSC forwarding the request message to a short message service center (SMSC), upon receipt of the request message from the MSC, the SMSC requesting routing information, to the requesting mobile station, from a home location register (HLR), the SMSC forwarding the request message to the content provider, the HLR sending the requested routing information to the SMSC and the SMSC receiving the requested routing information from the HLR, the content provider sending a reply message, in response to the request message, to the SMSC, the SMSC receiving the reply message from the content provider after receiving the routing information from the HLR, and the SMSC using the requested routing information to forward the reply message to the requesting mobile station via a telecommunication network.