Systems and Methods for Remotely Controlling and Customizing Applications Resident on a Mobile Device

[0013]FIG. 1 shows one embodiment of a system, such as system 10, in which the concepts of the invention can be practiced. In FIG. 1 there is shown a link from a user device, such as cellular telephone 15 to website 11. This link extends from the user device through a carrier network, such as network 14 and via service center 12 to the desired website. The message returned from website 11 contains an HTTP request against service center 12. The service center then queues a Short Message Service (SMS) message back to device 15 through an SMS broker, such as broker 13. Broker 13 then routes an SMS message through any carrier network, such as network 14, which need not be the same network that was used for the originating message from the device.

[0014]An SMS message, also referred to as a text message, is a service for sending short messages of up to 160 characters (224 characters if using a 5-bit mode) to mobile devices, including cellular phones and PDAs. SMS messages do not require the