iSMS: Computer texting for personal and business use

A system that makes one send/receive SMS and be notified of calls using a computer via a bluetooth connection to one or more android mobile devices is presented in this paper. The system is called iSMS which is a client-server system with an android app as the client and a java swing app as the server. The server app uses the ABTSMSLib (Android BlueTooth SMS Library), a work in progress which currently requires MySQL and Hibernate in order to work. ABTSMSLib is a java-based SMS API designed to communicate with android mobile devices via bluetooth. This library used Bluecove 2.1, a JSR-82 implementation on Java Standard Edition (J2SE). iSMS is developed to test the capability of the ABTSMSLib while providing an application that could be of great use to various individuals & business entities. The intention is to release the source code of ABTSMSLib for anybody to extend the functionality to suit anybody´s needs. iSMS is shown to handle multiple android mobile clients, is able to send and receive SMSs and log calls with separate user interface for each client. This app and future extensions could take advantage of the cheap rates for unlimited texting to all mobile networks while enjoying many benefits of popular internet-based messaging apps and business-related benefits (like inter-operating with already existing business apps) without needing internet connection. Future considerations for ABTSMSLib include load balancing for multiple android mobile clients, providing conversation-type chat interface & other great features found in popular internet-based messaging apps.