Configurable and pushable carrier communications with rich content

Apparatus for displaying data on a mobile wireless communications device, wireless communication with which is administered by an administrative server, the apparatus comprising a local service provider system, the local service provider system communicatively linked to the administrative server and to at least one mobile wireless device, the local service provider system adapted to:

• receive from a mobile wireless communications device a signal identifying the device;
• provide to an administrative server the same or another signal identifying the device and requesting authentication of the device;
• conditioned upon receipt from the administrative server of a signal authenticating the device, classify the device as a member of a group;
• conditioned upon classification of the device as a member of a group, access memory associated with the provider system and transmit to the device for display data stored in the memory and addressed to the group, the data comprising text content designated without authorization by the administrative server.

Computer usable media having computer readable code embodied therein for causing a computer to:

• receive from a mobile wireless communications device a signal identifying the device;
• provide to an administrative server the same or another signal identifying the device and requesting authentication of the device;
• conditioned upon receipt from the administrative server of a signal authenticating the device, classify the device as a member of a group;
• conditioned upon classification of the device as a member of a group, access memory associated with the provider system and transmit to the device for display data stored in the memory and addressed to the group, the data comprising at least one of a size designation, a font designation, a color designation, and a display position designation;
• the at least one size designation, font designation, color designation, or display position designation designated without authorization by the administrative server.

Computer usable media having computer readable code embodied therein for causing a computer to:

• receive from a mobile wireless communications device a signal identifying the device;
• provide to an administrative server the same or another signal identifying the device and requesting authentication of the device;
• conditioned upon receipt from the administrative server of a signal authenticating the device, classify the device as a member of a group;
• conditioned upon classification of the device as a member of a group, access memory associated with the provider system and transmit to the device for display data stored in the memory and addressed to the group, the data comprising text content designated without authorization by the server.

A method of displaying data on a mobile wireless communications device, communicative access to which is administered by a server, the method performed by a local service provider apparatus communicatively linked to the server and to the at least one mobile wireless device, the method comprising:

• at local service provider apparatus, receiving from a mobile wireless communications device a signal identifying the device;
• at local service provider apparatus, providing to an administrative server the same or another signal identifying the device and requesting authentication of the device;
• at local service provider apparatus, conditioned upon receipt from the administrative server of a signal authenticating the device, classifying the device as a member of a group;
• at local service provider apparatus, conditioned upon classification of the device as a member of a group, accessing memory associated with the provider system and transmitting to the device for display data stored in the memory and addressed to the group, the data comprising at least one of a size designation, a font designation, a color designation, and a display position designation;
• the at least one size designation, font designation, color designation, or display position designation designated without authorization by the administrative server.