Universal mobile device messaging

A storage device encoding computer executable instructions for performing a method of transmitting mobile device messages between a client device and a recipient mobile device by leveraging a personal mobile device of a user, the method comprising:

• establishing a relationship between a server and the personal mobile device, wherein establishing the relationship comprises sending a message from the personal mobile device to the server;
• after establishing the relationship, receiving, at the personal mobile device, a first message from the server, wherein the first message originates from the client device other than the personal mobile device;
• determining the type of the first message;
• and
• when the first message is determined to be a mobile device message, transmitting, by the personal mobile device, the mobile device message to the recipient mobile device, wherein the recipient mobile device is associated with a second user.

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• memory encoding computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method comprising:
• establishing a relationship between a server and a personal mobile device of a user, wherein the relationship is established by receiving a message from the personal mobile device at the server;
• after establishing the relationship, receiving, a first message from a client device other than the personal mobile device at the server;
• and
• when the first message is determined to be a mobile device message, sending the first message to the personal mobile device for transmitting to a recipient mobile device associated with a second user.