ROUTING SYSTEM THAT ENABLES CHARGING FOR APPLICATION-TO-APPLICATION ROUTING OF MESSAGES FORMATTED IN A MOBILE PHONE MESSAGING STANDARD

摘要

A message routing system that enables charging for messages that are formatted in a mobile phone messaging standard and routed between software applications. The mobile phone messaging standard may be, for example, the Short Message Service standard or the Multimedia Messaging Service standard. The routing system receives a message from a mobile device or from an application server. The routing system screens the message to determine whether the message should be delivered to a recipient. If the message passes the screening check, the routing system routes the message for delivery to a recipient mobile device or application server. The system may receive and route the message over any type of network, whether wired or wireless. In accordance with configurable business rules, the routing system generates a charging data record associated with the message to allow the message sender and/or message recipient to be billed for the message.