Patent ID: 8463872

Claim:
An apparatus for delivery of family messages, network services, or third party application services that is independent of mode of transport and device platform, comprising: a first application programming interface (API) from a set of one or more APIs that is used to receive a family message from a first device of a set of two or more devices; a family message handling component that receives said family message and that determines based on said family message, rules data, and family data: a second device of said two or more devices to which to send said family message, wherein said second device is different from said first device; a schedule in accordance with which to send said family message; and a second application programming interfaces (APIs) from a set of one or more APIs by which to send said family message, wherein said second API sends said family message to said second device; and a family center storing component that is coupled to a database that stores said family data and stores a copy of said family message.