| CPC H04L 45/3065 (2013.01) | 20 Claims |

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1. A method for routing a message in a network, the method comprising:
receiving the message at a message router;
identifying a field of the message as a candidate field for including an envelope identifier, the envelope identifier indicating an envelope type of the message, wherein identifying the field of the message as the candidate field comprises:
determining whether the field is length delimited; and
responsive to the field being length delimited, selecting the field as the candidate field;
decoding the candidate field to determine whether the candidate field includes the envelope identifier;
responsive to the candidate field including the envelope identifier, determining the envelope type of the message; and
routing the message according to the envelope type.
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