Patent ID: 7676233

Claim:
A method for providing server access to a wireless communications device via a wireless network, the method comprising: receiving, at an integration server, an e-mail message from the wireless communications device via the wireless network, the e-mail message comprising: a location calculated based upon global positioning system (GPS) signals received by the wireless communications device; and a service request indication received by the wireless communications device via a user interface of the wireless communications device, the service request indication comprising one of a keyword and a number that is mapped to a particular service requested by the wireless communications device; parsing, by the integration server, the location and the service request indication from the e-mail message; determining, by the integration server, a service requested by the wireless communications device based upon the service request indication; determining, by the integration server, an application server capable of providing the service requested by the wireless communications device; requesting, by the integration server, the service from the application server; receiving, at the integration server, a reply from the application server in response to the request to the application server, the reply being based upon the service request and the location; formatting, by the integration server, the reply as a second e-mail message to be sent, via the wireless network, to the wireless communications device in response to the e-mail message; and sending, by the integration server, the second e-mail message to the wireless communications device via the wireless network.