1. A communication system comprising: a processor adapted to execute one or more applications that generate data having a type targeted for a destination, and a transport handler program adapted to receive the data from the one or more applications and to add to the data a token, a category type identifier corresponding to the data type, and a data type identifier corresponding to the data type, so as to form an information packet; and a transport mechanism coupled to the processor adapted to receive the information packet and deliver the information packet over a communication medium.