How do I set up iMessage on mountain lion to transfer messages to my phone?

I have just bought a new MacBook Air with OS X Mountain Lion. As one of its new features, it says
You can transfer conversations generated in iMessage on the MacBook Air to the iPhone or iPad.
I can't seem to figure out how to do this. Help!

It states you can "start a conversation on your Mac and continue it on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.
iMessage on your Mac doesn't transfer a conversation to your iPhone.  Your iPhone needs to be setup with iMessage also using the same Apple ID/iCloud account that you use on your Mac. The other person must be using an iOS device running iOS 5 or later or OS X Mountain Lion. When someone sends a message to you using an email address associated with your iCloud/Apple ID, that message is broadcast to all your devices.
Jim

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