A system for automatically providing Rich Communication Suite (RCS) interoperability services, comprising in combination:
- a plurality of target network devices each with one or more processors;
- one or more server network devices each with one or more processors;
- a communications network;
- for receiving an electronic message on a Rich Communication Suite (RCS) message application on a server network device with one or more processors on a first communications channel via a communications network from a first target network device with one or more processors for a second target network device with one or more processors, wherein RCS messaging includes two-way, person-to-person (P2P), application-to-person (A2P), application-to-application (A2A), application-to-device (A2D) or device-to-device (D2D), RCS messaging;
- for conducting a test on the RCS message application on the server network device to determine whether the second target network device can directly receive RCS messages,
- and if so,
- for sending the electronic message from the RCS message application on the server network device to the second target network device on a RCS communications channel via the communications network, wherein the second target network device has direct access to RCS functionality from the electronic message,
- and if not,
- for modifying on the RCS message application on the server network device electronic message to include:
- a first type of electronic link to access an RCS interoperability application on the server network device,
- a second type of electronic link to one or more RCS interoperability applications local to the second target network device or to one or more RCS interoperability applications remote to the second target network device,
- and a globally unique identifier to uniquely identify the second target network device on the communications network, or
- only a globally unique identifier to uniquely identify the second target network device on the communications network,
- thereby creating a modified electronic message;
- for sending from the RCS message application on the server network device the modified electronic message to the second target network device on a second communications channel other than on the RCS communications channel via the communications network, thereby providing RCS functionality on the second target network device;
- for receiving on the second target network device with the one or more processors that does not have RCS messaging functionality, the modified electronic message from the RCS message application on the server network device with the one or more processors on the second communications channel via the communications network;
- and
- for activating from the second target network device, the first type of electronic link or the second type electronic link in the modified electronic message to provide RCS functionality on the second target network device.