Broker service apparatus for controlling a mobile device

A computer program product, comprising one or more computer readable hardware storage devices having computer readable program code stored therein, said program code containing instructions executable by one or more processors of a broker service apparatus to implement a method, said method comprising:

• ascertaining, by the one or more processors in response to a first mobile device not being connected to the broker service apparatus, that a second mobile device is connected to the broker service apparatus, a first control signal having been received, prior to said ascertaining, by the broker service apparatus from a telephony service, said first control signal comprising a first unique identifier and data targeted to the first mobile device;
• and
• issuing, by the one or more processors in response to said ascertaining, a second control signal to the second mobile device in order to forward the data to the second mobile device, said second control signal comprising an identifier of the first mobile device;
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• wherein the second control signal causes the second mobile device to use the identifier of the first mobile device to forward the data to the first mobile device.

A broker service apparatus, comprising one or more processors, one or more memories, and one or more computer readable hardware storage devices, said one or more hardware storage device containing program code executable by the one or more processors via the one or more memories to implement a method, said method comprising:

• ascertaining, by the one or more processors in response to a first mobile device not being connected to the broker service apparatus, that a second mobile device is connected to the broker service apparatus, a first control signal having been received, prior to said ascertaining, by the broker service apparatus from a telephony service, said first control signal comprising a first unique identifier and data targeted to the first mobile device;
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• issuing, by the one or more processors in response to said ascertaining, a second control signal to the second mobile device in order to forward the data to the second mobile device, said second control signal comprising an identifier of the first mobile device,
• wherein the second control signal causes the second mobile device to use the identifier of the first mobile device to forward the data to the first mobile device.