The present invention changes the wireless information service paradigm
from a connection-oriented unicast network model to a dynamic
content-driven multicast model using a technique called "content
routing." The present invention provides a system, method, and medium for
routing content through a network from at least one content provider to
at least one content consumer, wherein at least one of the content
consumer or content provider communicate with the network using a
wireless device. The content is routed though the network based on its
content. The content is labeled with at least one content descriptor. The
content descriptor characterizes or otherwise describes the content.
Interest profiles are received from content consumers. Interest profiles
from content consumers with a common network access point are aggregated
into a single interest profile. Interest profiles can include more than
the wireless consumers stated interest, such as for example, a content
consumer's geographic location, the capabilities of the wireless
terminal, type of service, policy preferences, and the like. Single
interest profiles are shared across neighboring network access points to
create a content routing table. Content, labeled with at least one
descriptor, is routed through the network to content consumers based, in
part, on content routing tables created from wireless content
consumers'profiles.