System and method for selective multipoint transmission of short message service messages

A telecommunications system for selective delivery of a short message to a plurality of destination devices, said system comprising:

• a first mobile services center node in communication with a given sending data terminal device;
• an interworking node in communication with said first mobile services center node, said interworking node receiving said short message originated from said given sending data terminal device via said first mobile services center node;
• a service center node in communication with said interworking node;
• a gateway node in communication with said service center node;
• a second mobile services center node in communication with said gateway node and at least one of said destination devices, said second mobile services center node receiving said short message from said gateway node via said service center node and said interworking node;
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• a groupings database comprising a listing of respective destination devices associated with respective device groupings, each of said device groupings being selectively created and having a group identifier associated therewith, said received short message being sent to a given group identifier, whereby, said received short message with said given group identifier is forwarded to a respective plurality of destination devices associated with said given group identifier.