Message transfer from a source device via a mobile terminal device to a third device

1. A method for data synchronization between a first terminal device and a second, remotely located, terminal device via an intermediate terminal device, the method comprising:

obtaining, at the first terminal device, data to be synchronized with the second remotely located terminal device;

transmitting the data from the first terminal device to the intermediate terminal device through a short-range connection;

formatting the data to be synchronized into at least one SMS (Short Message Service) message in the intermediate terminal device; and

transmitting the at least one SMS message from the intermediate terminal device to the second remote located terminal device through cellular network connection.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein formatting the data message comprises formatting the data in a SyncML format.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the intermediate terminal device comprises a mobile terminal device.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the at least one SMS message is transmitted via a mobile network including an SMS message center.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the at least one SMS message is transmitted from the intermediate terminal device to the second, remotely located, terminal device via the mobile network and a gateway and the Internet.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one SMS message comprises a compressed SMS message.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the compressed SMS message comprises a WBXML (Wireless Application Protocol Binary Extensible Markup Language) encoded message.

8. The method of claim 2 , wherein the data formatted in a SyncML format comprises one of two MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) formats.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the two MIME formats comprise vcal and vcard formats.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data message comprises one of a calendar, a to-do list, personal information, and contact information.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data message is transferred from the first terminal device to the intermediate terminal device via a short range communication link.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the short range communication link comprises one of an IR (Infrared) or Bluetooth communication link.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting at least one other SMS message from the second terminal device to the first terminal device via the intermediate terminal device.

14. A mobile terminal device comprising:

a data message receiver to receive data from a first terminal device, which data is to be synchronized with a second, remotely located, terminal device via a short range communication link;

a formatter to format the received data into at least one SMS (Short Message Service) message; and

a transmitter to transmit the at least one SMS message to the second, remotely located, terminal device through a cellular network connection.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the formatter formats the data in a SyncML format.

16. The device of claim 14 , wherein the at least one SMS message formatted by the formatter comprises a compressed SMS message.

17. The device of claim 16 , wherein the compressed SMS message formatted by the formatter comprises a WBXML (Wireless Application Protocol Binary Extensible Markup Language) encoded message.

18. The device of claim 14 , wherein the data formatted by the formatter in a SyncML format comprises one of two MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) formats.

19. The device of claim 18 , wherein the two MIME formats formatted by the formatter comprise vcal and vcard.

20. The device of claim 14 , wherein the data comprises one of a calendar, a to-do list, a personal information, and contact information.

21. The device of claim 14 , wherein the data receiver receives data messages via one of an IR (Infrared) or Bluetooth communication link.

22. The method of claim 14 , further comprising a receiver to receive at least one other SMS message from the another terminal device and a data message transmitter to transmit the at least one other SMS message to the first terminal device.

23. A program storage device, readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by machine to perform a method of synchronization between a first terminal device and a second, remotely located, terminal device via an intermediate terminal device, the method comprising:

obtaining, at the first terminal device, data to be synchronized with the second remote located terminal device;

transmitting the data from the first terminal device to the intermediate terminal device through a short-range connection;

formatting the data to be synchronized into at least one SMS (Short Message Service) message in the intermediate terminal device; and

transmitting the at least one SMS message from the intermediate terminal device to the second remote located terminal device through a cellular network connection.

24. The device of claim 23 , wherein formatting the data message comprises formatting the data in a SyncML format.

25. The device of claim 23 , wherein the intermediate terminal device comprises a mobile terminal device.

26. The device of claim 25 , wherein the at least one SMS message is transmitted via a mobile network including an SMS message center.

27. The device of claim 26 , wherein the at least one SMS message is transmitted from the intermediate terminal device to the second remotely located terminal device via the mobile network and a gateway and the Internet.

28. The device of claim 23 , wherein the at least one SMS message comprises a compressed SMS message.

29. The device of claim 28 , wherein the compressed SMS message comprises a WBXML (Wireless Application Protocol Binary Extensible Markup Language) encoded message.

30. The device of claim 24 , wherein the data formatted in a SyncML format comprises one of two MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) format.

31. The device of claim 30 , wherein the two MIME formats comprise vcal and vcard formats.

32. The device of claim 23 , wherein the data message comprises one of a calendar, a to-do list, personal information, and contact information.

33. The device of claim 23 , wherein the data message is transferred from the first terminal device to the intermediate terminal device via a short range communication link.

34. The device of claim 33 , wherein the short range communication link comprises one of an IR (Infrared) or Bluetooth communication link.

35. The device of claim 23 , further comprising transmitting at least one other SMS message from the second terminal device to the first terminal device via the intermediate terminal device.

36. A method of data synchronization between a first terminal device and a, remote located, second terminal device via an intermediate terminal device, the method comprising:

obtaining, at the first terminal device, data to be synchronized with the second remotely located terminal device;

transmitting the data from the first terminal device to the intermediate terminal device through a short-range connection;

formatting the data into at least one SMS (Short Message Service) message in the intermediate terminal device;

transmitting the least one SMS message from the intermediate terminal device to a message center; and

transmitting the at least one message from the message center to the second remote located terminal device through a cellular network connection.

37. The method of claim 36 , wherein the message center comprises an SMS message center.

38. The method of claim 36 , wherein the data is transmitted from the first terminal device to the intermediate terminal device via a short range communication link.

39. The method of claim 38 , wherein the short range communication link comprises one of either an IR (Infrared) or Bluetooth communication link.

40. The method of claim 31 , further comprising transmitting other data from the second terminal device to the first terminal device via the intermediate terminal device.

41. A program storage device, readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by machine to perform a method of data synchronization between first and second remote locate terminal devices via an intermediate terminal device, the method comprising:

obtaining, at the first terminal device, data to be synchronized with the second remotely located terminal device;

transmitting the data from the first terminal device to the intermediate terminal device through short-range connection;

formatting the data into at least one SMS (Short Message Service) message in the intermediate terminal device;

transmitting the least one message from the intermediate terminal device to a message center; and

transmitting the at least one message from the message center to the second remotely located terminal device through a cellular or network connection.

42. The device of claim 41 , wherein the message center comprises an SMS message center.

43. The device of claim 41 , wherein the data is transmitted from the first terminal device to the intermediate terminal device via a short range communication link.

44. The device of claim 43 , wherein the short range communication link comprises one of either an IR (Infrared) or Bluetooth communication link.

45. The device of claim 41 , further comprising transmitting other data from the second terminal device to the first terminal device via the intermediate terminal device.