Abstract: Short message-based terminal communication systems and methods are provided. The system includes a transmission terminal, a central server, and at least one reception terminal. The transmission terminal generates a short message, and transmits the short message to the central server. The short message includes a service identifier, an application parameter, contents, and at least one reception terminal. The central server parses the short message, and transmits the short message to the at least one reception terminal. After the short message is received, the reception terminal determines whether the service identifier conforms to a predefined service identifier. If so, the reception terminal launches a specific application procedure according to the application parameter, and displays the contents of the short message in the specific application procedure.