System for communicating among end-user devices having different message channel formats and associated methods

A message processor for a communications system comprising a plurality of end-user devices (EUDs), and a communications network for the plurality of EUDs, the message processor to be coupled with the communications network comprising:

• a message parser configured to determine, from a received message, a message originator EUD with an associated originator message channel format, a position of the originator EUD, and at least one intended message recipient EUD with an associated recipient message channel format;
• a message channel database of respective different message channel formats for different EUDs, each message channel format stored within the message channel database as a registered endpoint format;
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• a message recaster operable based upon the position of the originator EUD and cooperating with the message parser and message channel database and configured to permute the received message into all registered endpoint formats and transmit at least one recast message based upon the received message and having a corresponding recipient message channel format with a corresponding Internet Protocol (IP) address for the at least one intended recipient EUD.

A method of operating a communications system comprising a plurality of end-user devices (EUDs) and a communications network therefor, the method comprising:

• operating a message parser to determine, from a received message, a message originator EUD with an associated originator message channel format, a position of the originator EUD, and at least one intended message recipient EUD with an associated recipient message channel format;
• operating a message channel database of respective different message channel formats for different EUDs, each message channel format stored within the message channel database as a registered endpoint format;
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• operating a message recaster based upon the position of the originator EUD and cooperating with the message parser and message channel database to permute the received message into all registered endpoint formats and transmit at least one recast message based upon the received message and having a corresponding recipient message channel format with a corresponding Internet Protocol (IP) address for the at least one intended recipient EUD.