Patent ID: 7725098

Claim:
A method of processing data messages, comprising: receiving from a sending mobile device a mobile data message that is transmitted at least in part via a mobile communication network, wherein the mobile data message includes at least some message content generated at the sending mobile device; determining, using a processor, whether the mobile data message requires communication policy compliance handling at a communication policy compliance destination, wherein the communication policy compliance destination is neither the sending mobile device nor an intended recipient of the mobile data message; sending the mobile data message or a copy thereof to the communication policy compliance destination if it is determined that the mobile data message requires communication policy compliance handling, wherein communication policy compliance handling is performed on the sent mobile data message or the copy thereof at the communication policy compliance destination; determining whether the mobile data message violates a communication policy; and blocking the mobile data message from being delivered to the intended recipient associated with the mobile data message if it is determined that the mobile data message violates the communication policy.