Abstract: Systems and methods for assigning short codes to provide uniformity among wireless carriers. In the systems and methods, a Universal Short Code (USC) Administrator maintains a list of short codes and their lease status so that SMS messages sent to a particular short code may be routed to the proper holder of the short code. A network facilitator is in communication with both the USC Administrator and at least one wireless carrier to route the SMS message to the proper holder of the short code. The short code may be leased for a specified period of time so that the short code can be reassigned after expiration of the lease.

Abstract: A method for exchanging data concerning an electronic transaction between two entities, includes: a step which consists in determining and booking an origin address (TPOA) in conformity with a bidirectional mobile telephony (GSM) digital messaging service protocol (SMS); a step which consists in sending in accordance with the protocol (SMS), an offer message (OFFRE_SMS) of the transaction (TR), the offer message (OFFRE_SMS) being sent from the first entity (MW) and addressed to the second entity (CL); and a step which consists in sending, from the second entity (CL) and addressed to the first entity (MW), a reply message comprising an information (REP) representing acceptance or rejection of the transaction.

Abstract: A flexible, extensible, and dynamically configurable Mobile Wallet (mWallet) facility that inter alia leverages the ubiquitous nature of wireless devices to inter alia ‘store’ a quanta of value (including inter alia an amount of money, coupons, vouchers, credits, points, rewards/awards, etc.) on a wireless device so that a user of such a device may subsequently employ just their ever-present wireless device to among other things complete the payment portion of a transaction.

Abstract: A flexible, extensible, and dynamically configurable Content Collection, Aggregation, and Enhancement Facility (CCAEF) that a (e.g., small or mid-size) merchant may employ and which would leverage aspects of the merchant's existing infrastructure (such as for example a merchant's Web site)—with for example no or minimal effort or intervention on the part of the merchant—to inter alia develop all of the required data so that the merchant can fully engage a Real-Time Offer Management System (RTOMS), or other such system, and thus more effectively compete with large merchants in the world of commerce.

Abstract: As mobile subscribers increasingly employ their wireless devices to perform an ever expanding range of activities, it has become more and more important for all of the different entities in a wireless ecosystem (e.g., wireless carriers, intermediaries, service providers, etc.) to complete their processing activities in the most efficient, expeditious, flexible, etc. manner possible. An intelligent caching mechanism, through which for example various of the results of a preparatory step may be preserved for subsequent reuse, can inter alia incrementally reduce processing time, reduce system and network resource consumption, save money, etc.