Patent ID: 7487262

Claim:
A method for processing a user request for data in a wireless telecommunications network comprising: receiving, from a wireless communication device via a network transport bus, a request message, wherein the request message includes a user-inputted command and a user-inputted parameter for requesting information from one of a plurality of content providers, wherein at least two of the plurality of content providers operate under different technology protocols, wherein the network transport bus communicatively connects a plurality of network elements and utilizes a common messaging format for communication among and between the network elements and wherein the network elements comprise an adaptive routing concentrator, a routing and validation entity, network database, and a subscriber interface all communicatively connected to the network transport bus; selecting an appropriate content provider to provide content that is associated with the user-inputted command and the user-inputted parameter; creating a query message based on the user-inputted command in a format recognizable by the selected content provider; sending the query message to the selected content provider; receiving a query response message from the selected content provider comprising the requested information; and sending a request response message that includes the requested information to the wireless communication device via the network transport bus.