Electronic message control

A technology is provided for operating a computer system to interpret a message according to at least one capability of a device, comprising: receiving at least one message; deriving a device identifier from the message; determining a device capability profile linked with the device capability profile; and invoking a message translation manager to interpret the at least one message according to the linked device capability profile. Interpreting the at least one message may comprise adapting the at least one message or constructing the at least one message according to a format determined by the linked the device capability profile. The constructing may comprise, responsive to a trigger event, assembling the at least one message from message elements according to the format determined by the linked device capability profile. The message may be, for example, a return message. A capability may comprise storage capacity, processing power, power availability or transmission protocol. The invention may ensure the homogeneity of network attachable devices such as Internet of Things (IoT) or Machine to Machine (M2M) devices.