Method and system for transferring messages between messaging systems

A method of operating a message interchange gateway for transferring messages between a first party and a second party, comprising:

• arranging an ingress module to accept at least one message from the first party;
• arranging a session manager to accept the at least one message from the ingress module, and further arranging said session manager in co-operation with,
• a storage device comprising data, said data comprising information concerning the at least one message and,
• a message queuing module comprising at least one session-based message queue, and,
• at least, a first session handler comprising a first session;
• arranging said first session handler in co-operation with a first session-based message queue comprised in the at least one session-based message queue, for processing of the at least one message according to an instruction from the session manager, said instruction being at least partially based on the data;
• and
• further arranging said first session handler to dispatch, after processing, the at least one message from the first session-based message queue to the second party.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute a method of operating a message interchange gateway for transferring messages between a first party and a second party, comprising:

• arranging an ingress module to accept at least one message from the first party;
• arranging a session manager to accept the at least one message from the ingress module, and further arranging said session manager in co-operation with,
• a storage device comprising data, said data comprising information concerning the at least one message and,
• a message queuing module comprising at least one session-based message queue, and,
• at least, a first session handler comprising a first session;
• arranging said first session handler in co-operation with a first session-based message queue comprised in the at least one session-based message queue, for processing of the at least one message according to an instruction from the session manager, said instruction being at least partially based on the data;
• and
• further arranging said first session handler to dispatch, after processing, the at least one message from the first session-based message queue to the second party.