A store and forward (S&F) architecture is provided that supports multiple
applications within an extensible network to direct information of
various formats to any of multiple destinations. In the presently
preferred embodiment of the invention, Java applications running on a
client send non-priority data to any server on the application network
or, alternatively, anywhere on a global telecommunications network such
as the Internet, at some time in the future. In the preferred embodiment,
S&F allows a client application to send usage statistics to a database on
the application network. It also enables T-commerce purchases to be made
by the user, where the purchase and other relevant information is sent to
a destination web server as if the purchase had taken place on the web
via a full web browser on an Internet-connected PC.