Communications system including trusted server to verify a redirection request and associated methods

A communications system comprising:

• a mobile wireless communications device;
• a trusted server;
• and
• a plurality of host servers, a given one of said host servers in communication with said mobile wireless communications device and configured to process at least one job request received from said mobile wireless communications device;
• said given host server also configured to generate and send a redirection request to said mobile wireless communications device, the redirection request requesting the mobile wireless communications device to communicate with an other one of said host servers;
• said mobile wireless communications device configured to send the redirection request to said trusted server;
• said trusted server configured to verify the redirection request by querying said other host server for a host address associated therewith, and to send the redirection request back to said mobile wireless communications device based upon the verification.

A method of operating a communications system comprising a mobile wireless communications device, a trusted server, and a plurality of host servers, a given one of the host servers in communication with the mobile wireless communications device, the method comprising:

• generating and sending, using the given host server, a redirection request to the mobile wireless communications device, the redirection request requesting the mobile wireless communications device to communicate with an other one of the host servers via;
• sending, using the mobile wireless communications device, the redirection request to the trusted server;
• and
• sending, using the trusted server, the redirection request to the mobile wireless communications device based upon verification of the redirection request.