Advanced automatic loop detection in short message service (SMS) two-way messaging

An apparatus for detecting a loop, comprising:

• an application dispatcher coupled to a database, and configured to receive a reply message from a mobile device, wherein
• the database comprises a loop detection procedure configured to detect whether a loop is occurring when the reply message is received from the mobile device, wherein the loop detection procedure determines whether the reply message corresponds to a previous reply message and to an input message stored in the database that terminates at the mobile device as a mobile terminated message and whether the reply message was received within a predefined period of time of the previous reply message.