Patent ID: 7319882

Claim:
A messaging system for conveying messages comprising: a host server to which a plurality of client devices, including wireless and wired devices, are selectively communicable with by way of a computer network; a wireless communication network; and at least one GSM wireless client device connected to the wireless communication network and being uniquely identified thereto by way of a network identifying number, wherein each GSM wireless client device has a messaging service to convey messages to other wireless client devices connected to the wireless communication network, and also uniquely identified thereto by way of a network identifying number, and the host server using a messaging service server, each message comprising a message packet including an address of an intended recipient and the address of the sender of the message, wherein each of the client devices, including wireless and wired devices, communicable with the host server has a client identifying number to uniquely identify the client device to the host server and where the client device is a wireless client device, the client identifying number of such a wireless client device includes at least that wireless client device's network identifying number, wherein the host server has a numeric access code to uniquely identify the host server, from other destinations, to the messaging service server, wherein a message to be conveyed using the messaging system, as sent by the GSM wireless client device, includes in the address of the intended recipient field at least: (i) the access code of the host server; and (ii) a dynamic selection number representative of one or more past selections made during the communication session by a person in possession of the GSM wireless client device in response to one or more action options presented by the host server in previous messages, wherein on receipt of the message sent by the GSM wireless client device, the messaging service server forwards the message to the host server corresponding to the access code included in the address of the intended recipient field and the host server identifies one or more prescribed actions it is to undertake with reference to the selection number and any body text of the message.