Patent ID: 8856017

Claim:
A communications system comprising: a mediator coupled to a telecommunications system and providing an interface between at least one mobile device and at least one application provided on at least one network server coupled to the telecommunications system, wherein the mediator includes a network server coupled to the telecommunications system, wherein the mediator sends messages and receives messages at a plurality of reply addresses, the mediator sending a message to a mobile device by selecting a reply address for the message from the plurality of reply addresses, wherein the mediator prepares a message comprising the selected reply address as a sender's address and sends the prepared message to the mobile device via the telecommunications system, wherein the mediator sends a first message to the mobile device, the first message comprising a first reply address as a sender's address, and the mediator sends a second message to the mobile device, the second message comprising a second reply address as a sender's address that is different than the first reply address, and wherein the mediator receives at least one reply message from the mobile device via the telecommunications system at the selected address and identifies at least one of the first and second sent messages to which the received reply message corresponds based on the selected reply address at which the reply message is received and also based on the mobile device's address contained in the received reply message.