SMS Application Development Birmingham | Web to SMS | Email to SMS | SMS Desktop Software

Creative Ideaz can manage simultaneous connections to one or more SMSCs, supporting the major SMSC protocols, including SMPP, UCP/EMI, CIMD2, HTTP, and/or GSM modems. Creative Ideaz handles the low level protocol details, and makes it easy to switch between different providers, as well as making it easy to add additional connections for situations where it is advantageous to route messages for different countries via different providers.

We offer simple SMS gateway connectivity for those who need to SMS-enable their systems, websites, or applications. Using an API (Application Programming Interface) integration is fast, simple and reliable.

Our API is immediately multicast messaging enabled, allowing integration to any front-end or legacy system, with a direct connection into Creative Ideaz global gateways.

Learn more about each of our API connectivity options below:

HTTP/S API
Our most popular connection, HTTP is one of the simpler forms of communication to the Creative Ideaz API. It is used in the form of an HTTP/Internet Post.
SMTP [E-mail to SMS] API
Another firm favourite, the SMTP API allows messages that are sent via e-mail to be converted to SMS. Popular with customers who already have an e-mail messaging system in place.
SMPP API
Our most robust connection, suitable for customers who send large volumes of traffic. Creative Ideaz offers a global SMPP connection using the SMPP 3.3 standard. Customers are required to have SMPP client software in place, and unlike our other APIs there are minimum volume requirements when using SMPP.
XML API
If you are familiar with XML, Creative Ideaz offers an XML interface with its own set of DTDs. Currently supports XML over HTTP.
FTP API
Suitable for once off, high volume messaging. The FTP upload facility allows customers to upload text files to Creative Ideaz FTP site, and have the files automatically dispatched to message recipients.
COM Object API
Popular with windows-based developers, the Creative Ideaz COM API object's rich set of methods and definitions make it easy for a user to integrate SMS sending into their programs or ASP pages.

This simple to use Web interface allows you to communicate instantly with individuals or groups via bulk text messaging, and receive replies to an inbox on the website. The following features are available:

Phonebook
Message history with status reports
Buy and manage credits online
Scheduling of messages for a future date
Multiple messages from file upload
Low Credit Notification

Inbox
Manage Invoices
Purge message facility
Controllable sender id
SMS Merge
SSL Encryption

Email to SMS allows you to use your own email client (Outlook, Gmail or any other email client) to send and receive SMS messages. This is a great interface for people comfortable with using email. It also allows for multiple people to use the system - a powerful tool for office communication. Once registered follow the email setup steps and you are ready to send from your email client. Replies to an SMS can automatically be forwarded to an email address of your choice.

With our Bulksms Text Messenger you extend the power of SMS to your desktop. This is feature rich software is easy to install and use. It has a familiar look and feel, similar to your e-mail client. Replies to messages are received in an Inbox. Messages can be replied to, or forwarded to others. The software was designed to facilitate quick group and individual messaging.
Additional features are:

Easy Outlook Address book integration.
Creation of distribution groups.
Uploading of databases from csv or tab delimited files.
Quick messaging to large groups (up to 20000/group)
and individuals.
Personalised messaging.
Detailed reporting of all sent and received messages.

Our EAPI (Electronic Application Programming Interface) allows your organization to SMS enable your own applications. The EAPI can be used for tasks from automatic notification to message delivery status. The EAPI is based on simple HTTP requests. Data is by default returned to you in a pipe-delimited (|) format, and you can generally submit everything you need to as simple query parameters.

2-Way SMS Application Enabler – Creative Ideaz is a great tool for enabling rapid development of interactive SMS applications and services. When Creative Ideaz receives an SMS message, it can be configured to dispatch that message to a script running on an HTTP server, to a local executable program, or local script or batch file. This provides a simple way to get received messages into an application, so that the application can perform custom processing on the message. The application can generate a simple reply back to the received message, or perform more advanced application specific logic.

MMSC – Creative Ideaz is an Multimedia Messaging Service Centre, or MMSC. It has the capability to support person-to-person (phone-to-phone) MMS messaging, as well as application-to-person and person-to-application MMS messaging. Over 20 mobile operators are using Creative Ideaz as an MMSC to enable multimedia messaging on their networks.

MMSC for Application to person messaging – In many environments, Creative Ideaz is implemented as a secondary MMSC to enable application to person MMS messaging, while another MMSC provides person-to-person MMS messaging services.

MMS Gateway – Creative Ideaz can interface to existing MMSCs using MM7, MM4, or EAIF. It can also interface to operator MMSCs over a GPRS modem using MM1. Creative Ideaz handles the low level protocol details, and makes it easy to switch beteen different providers, as well as making it easy to add additional connections.

WAP Push Proxy Gateway (PPG) – Creative Ideaz makes it easy to send WAP Push messages, supporting push message submission via a simple HTTP interface, as well as support for the more advanced Push Access Protocol (PAP) interface. Creative Ideaz also includes support for Multimedia WAP Push, which can be used as a lower cost alternative to MMS for the delivery of multimedia content.

OTA Provisioning Gateway – Creative Ideaz supports OTA (Over-the-Air) provisioning based upon the Nokia/Ericsson OTA specification, and the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Provisioning Content specification. These protocols allow browser, messaging and synchronization settings to be sent to devices over SMS. OMA Provisioning also supports additional setting types, such as those used for Push-to-Talk, e-mail, and more.

Digital Rights Management (DRM) Enabler – Creative Ideaz provides a simple interface for sending out MMS or WAP Push messages with DRM Forward-Lock enabled. Creative Ideaz also supports the encoding of more advanced DRM rights messages for delivery over SMS/WAP Push.

SMSC Multiplexer – Creative Ideaz allows multiple applications to share SMSC connections by functioning as an SMPP server. Applications designed to submit messages using SMPP can connect to a Creative Ideaz server, and Creative Ideaz can route the messages over any of its supported SMSC links. Creative Ideaz can also support multiple clients connecting in to submit messages over an HTTP/Web interface.
These are just some of the application uses of Creative Ideaz. We invite you to study our features list to learn about the technical capabilities of Creative Ideaz that might be of use for your applications and/or services.