This video demonstrates how Google Apps Script can be used to process text messages and store data in a Google Fusion table.
This App is currently under development to help medical professionals record demographic information in remote parts of Africa where Internet access is very poor. In many cases the villages don't even have electricity but they do have cellular phone coverage allowing the use of text messaging.
http://www.amazon.com/Google-Script-Enterprise-Application-Functionality/dp/1449318525/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1330358914&sr=8-1
