Remote control of a device via text message

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

• a plurality of instructions that, when executed by a processor of a device, cause the processor to:
• receive a text message sent by a user device to a centralized address accessible by the device,
• the text message including:
• text describing a command to be executed by a client device, and
• text describing authentication information for authenticating the user device,
• the text message being generated, by a user interface application provided on the user device, in a predetermined format used to distinguish between different types of information described in the text message,
• the predetermined format distinguishing the text describing the command and the text describing the authentication information;
• obtain identification information identifying the user device based on the text message;
• determine that the client device is associated with the user device based on the identification information;
• search a data structure for a command description matching the text describing the command,
• the data structure associating the command description with an executable command that is executable by the client device, and
• the executable command being associated with the command described in the text message;
• provide the executable command to the client device for execution of the executable command;
• and
• provide, to the user device and based on providing the executable command to the client device, a particular text message indicating a schedule associated with executing the executable command by the client device.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a device, a text message from a user device to a centralized address accessible by the device,
• the text message including:
• text describing a command to be executed by a client device, and
• text describing authentication information for authenticating the user device, the text message being generated, by a user interface application provided on the user device, in a predetermined format used to distinguish between different types of information described in the text message,
• the predetermined format distinguishing the text describing the command and the text describing the authentication information
• obtaining, by the device, identification information identifying at least one of the user device or a user of the user device based on the text message;
• determining, by the device, that the client device is associated with the user device based on the identification information;
• searching, by the device, a data structure for a command description matching the command,
• the data structure associating the command description with an executable command that is executable by the client device, and
• the executable command being associated with the command included in the text message;
• providing, by the device, the executable command to the client device for execution of the executable command:
• and
• providing, by the device, to the user device, and based on providing the executable command to the client device, a particular text message indicating a schedule associated with executing the executable command by the client device.