Patent ID: 7471959

Claim:
A method of remote debugging a first mobile handset comprising: encoding a status request generated from a second mobile handset that is communicated to the first mobile handset; transmitting the encoded status request to the mobile handset from the second mobile handset, wherein the encoded status request is transmitted in the form of a Short Message Service (SMS) text message; receiving the encoded status request at the first mobile handset; decoding the encoded status request at the first mobile handset; processing the decoded status request at the first mobile handset; suppress displaying the SMS text message on the first mobile handset based on the determination that the text message comprises a status request; encoding a message responsive to the status request at the first mobile handset in the form of a responsive SMS text message; transmitting the encoded message from the first mobile handset to the second mobile handset; receiving an encoded SMS response at the second mobile handset that is communicated by the first mobile handset; and decoding the encoded SMS response that is communicated by the first mobile handset at the second mobile handset.