Patent ID: 8914447

Claim:
A server-based method for directing a quanta of data towards a wireless device of a mobile subscriber, the server-based method comprising: receiving the quanta of data at a gateway, the quanta of data comprising an originating indicia, a destination indicia, and a content; and performing a plurality of processing steps including at least: (a) creating an Internal Message Object (IMO) from aspects of the quanta of data, (b) characterizing aspects of the quanta of data including at least (i) a type and (ii) a size, (c) generating a Feature Tag based on (i) the type, (ii) the size, (iii) a version number, (iv) the originating indicia including an originating entity identifier other than an address, and (v) the destination indicia including a destination entity identifier other than an address, wherein the Feature Tag is an encoding of the type of the quanta of data, the size of the quanta of data, the version number, the originating indicia, the originating entity identifier, the destination indicia and the destination entity identifier, and wherein the originating entity identifier identifies a device that originated the quanta of data and the destination entity identifier identifies the wireless device that is designated by the device to receive the quanta of data, and (d) preserving the Feature Tag in the IMO for reference by other elements during processing of the IMO.