System and method for communications management and data exchange

A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable components for communications management, comprising:

• a manager component operable to manage the processing of a message and determine a routing path for the message based on connectivity with a communications network;
• a data store component in communication with the manager component and operable to store messages;
• a protocol component in communication with the manager component and operable to communicate with the communications network, wherein communication with the communications network is intermittent;
• and
• an application protocol interface component operable to interface with an application program that generates and receives messages.

A system for communications management and data exchange, wherein a communication network is operable to facilitate the transmission of messages between a mobile computing device and a second computing device, said messages including one or more message data streams and one or more processing data streams, wherein the mobile computing device is running at least a first application and the second computing device is running at least a second application, comprising:

• a first application bridge in the mobile computing device, wherein the first application bridge is operable to determine a routing path for the messages based on the current routing availability of the first computing device;
• and
• a second application bridge in the second computing device;
• wherein the first application bridge and the second application bridge are operable to manage the transmission of messages between the first application and the second application when the mobile computing device is in intermittent communication with the communication network;
• wherein the first and second application bridges each comprise:
• an application protocol interface for providing an interface to the first or second application for incoming and outgoing messages,
• a transformation component for transforming messages,
• a data store component for storing incoming and outgoing messages,
• a manager component for managing the state transitions of the incoming and outgoing messages, and
• a protocol component to facilitate the exchange of data between the first or second computing device and the communication network.