System and method for message service gateway

In a message service gateway a processor-based system on a server configured to transit a Short Message Service (SMS) message, the processor-based system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor configured to:
• provide via a first protocol, and by a data processing engine of the message service gateway through a data gateway of the message gateway, a plurality of façade services to a content provider, the content provider utilizing the plurality of façade services to initiate, at the data processing engine of the message gateway, processes requested by a mobile subscriber;
• perform, at the data processing engine of the message service gateway, a plurality of processing operations, responsive to a request to invoke one of the plurality of façade services, comprising:
• validating, by workflow modules of the data processing engine, service arguments of the invoked façade service;
• examining, by the workflow modules of the data processing engine, the service arguments, and based on the examining,
• utilizing an address resolution process that leverages an address resolution facility,
• using the invoked façade service and the service arguments to submit to the address resolution facility routing inquiries, resulting in receipt of routing responses for a plurality of address types in order to determine a destination Wireless Carrier (WC);
• and
• transmitting, through another data gateway of the message gateway and, by the workflow modules of the data processing engine, at least part of the SMS message, via a second protocol, towards the destination WC, wherein the second protocol is different than the first protocol.