Intelligent routing of SMS and MMS messages to short codes

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a system comprising a processor, a multimedia messaging service message comprising text;
• in response to determining that the multimedia messaging service message is a group message directed to addressees, and in response to determining that the multimedia messaging service message is directed to an addressee of the addressees based on a code of a defined length, determining, by the system, whether the multimedia messaging service message is a text-only message;
• in response to the multimedia messaging service message being determined to be the text-only message, generating, by the system based on the text, a short message service message;
• and
• sending, by the system based on the code via a short message service protocol, the short message service message directed to a device associated with the addressee.

A computer-readable storage device comprising computer executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a computing system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

• receiving a multimedia messaging service group-based message comprising text being directed to addressees;
• determining whether the grouped-based message is directed to an addressee of the addressees based on an identifier of a defined length;
• in response to determining that the group-based message is directed to the addressee based on the identifier of the defined length, determining whether the multimedia messaging service group-based message is a text-only message;
• in response to determining that the multimedia messaging service group-based message is the text-only message, converting the multimedia messaging service group-based message to a short message service message comprising the text;
• and
• sending the short message service message directed to a first device associated with the addressee based on a short message service protocol using the identifier of the defined length.