Patent ID: 7630706

Claim:
A dynamically distributed, portal-based communications processing system for use with multiple cellular wireless networks and including a core network operably connected to and supporting operation of the cellular networks, and an external packet data network coupled to the core network, the system comprising: multiple mobile stations each associated with a designated one of the cellular wireless networks, each mobile station including a display and a special purpose thin-client programmed to interact with a designated application server including receiving messages including data representing interface pages, rendering the interface pages on the display, composing messages based on user-provided input, and transmitting the composed messages to the designated application server; the thin-client of each mobile station being further programmed to rely on the designated application server for substantially all user interface functions of the mobile station communicating with the application server instead of using an embedded or application or a distributed downloadable application residing on the mobile station; multiple application servers coupled to a shared remote processing facility, each application server designated for a given one of the cellular wireless networks, each application server programmed to conduct substantially all user interface functions for the mobile stations of a the given cellular wireless network as to interaction with said application server, each said application server programmed to perform operations including exchanging messages with the mobile stations including data representing the interface pages, and processing raw data from the remote processing facility into content suitably formatted for display particular to individual mobile stations being served, and customizing interface pages according to the specifications of the designated wireless carrier including any of specific advertisements, branding, logos, differentiated application services, and customized content; and the shared remote processing facility, programmed to serve the application servers of all of the cellular wireless networks by including hosting interface independent aspects of one or more predetermined application services including any of authenticating mobile station users, processing data received from mobile stations, executing database queries, and providing raw data associated with hosted services to the application servers.