Patent ID: 7062538

Claim:
A method of conveying messages from a plurality of message sources to a user via a plurality of receiving devices, each receiving device having a unique identifier associated with the user, the method comprising: a. preparing dispatching rules establishing user preferences for message routing, at least one dispatch rule identifying a selected one of the plurality of message sources; b. periodically receiving new messages from ones of the plurality of message sources, each new message having a plurality of message fields; and c. upon receipt of a new message: i. applying at least one of the dispatching rules to at least one of the message fields, the at least one dispatching rule identifying whether the new message is from the selected one of the plurality of message sources; ii. storing the new message; and iii. if the new message is from the selected one of the plurality of user message sources, reformatting the new message and dispatching the reformatted message to a wireless one of the receiving devices.