Patent ID: 7684418

Claim:
An access gateway comprising: a content server interface, a mobile network interface, and a processor for bi-directionally routing content-rich messages between said interfaces, the processor performing convergence by using a plurality of messages with differing underlying bearers to provide a single coherent message or message stream; said convergence being performed by conditionally processing or rendering said messages according to data received from other network systems; the processor including a provisioning service for managing access rights of application provider servers by: granting rights to an operator of the gateway, receiving an on-line request from a server for provisioning on the gateway, granting rights to a service provider hosting an aggregate application provider server; the aggregate application provider server granting rights to subordinate application provider servers, and said granted rights for a right-holder being defined in a record by the provisioning service, said record including a right having a schema defining application server access control values, and a delegatable schema defining a maximum extent of right of an assignee of a right-holder application server; and the processor including an authorization and policy control function to enforce said rights.