We need a faster way for mobile devices to integrate with enterprise services, and this necessitates the need for a mobile integration pattern. When we talk about the integration of mobile services with enterprises, there are two main possibilities that could arise during the integration:

• A mobile application that is integrated with some function of the enterprise sends a request message to the enterprise system and gets a response in return
• An enterprise system sends a push notification message to a mobile application

This flow is shown in the following diagram: