METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS

• US 20010032254A1
• Filed: 05/29/1998
• Published: 10/18/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Access Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Palmsource Incorporated (Access Company Limited)
• Inventors: HAWKINS, JEFFREY C.
• Granted Patent: US 7,025,209 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5651 Reducing the amount or size of exchanged application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/04 Protocols for data compression, e.g. ROHC
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/16 Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/161 Implementation details of TCP/IP or UDP/IP stack architecture; Specification of modified or new header fields
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/165 Combined use of TCP and UDP protocols; selection criteria therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/326 in the transport layer [OSI layer 4] H04L69/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/06 Transport layer protocols, e.g. TCP [Transport Control Protocol] over wireless transmission control protocol/Internet protocol [TCP/IP] or user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16

Abstract

A device for providing wireless Internet access has been described. The device includes an antenna. The antenna is for receiving wireless queries and transmitting wireless responses. The device includes a program. The program is for converting the wireless queries into Internet compatible protocols. The program is for receiving the Internet protocol formatted responses. These responses are then converted in to the wireless responses.

Claims

1. A device for providing wireless Internet access comprising:

an antenna, the antenna for receiving a set of wireless queries and transmitting a set of wireless responses; and

a program, the program is for converting the set of wireless queries into Internet compatible protocols, the program is further for receiving a set of Internet protocol formatted responses corresponding to the set of wireless queries, the program is further for converting the set of Internet protocol formatted responses into the set of wireless responses.

2. The device of

claim 1

wherein the device includes a computer with a transceiver card, the transceiver card is coupled to the antenna, the computer has a connection to the Internet, the computer and the transceiver card are for executing the program.

3. The device of

claim 2

wherein the computer includes a network server.

4. The device of

claim 2

wherein the computer includes personal computer acting as a client a local area network, the local area network being coupled in communications with the Internet.

5. The device of

claim 1

including a computer and an external transceiver, the external transceiver includes the antenna, the external transceiver being coupled in communications with computer, the computer has a connection to the Internet, the computer and the external transceiver are for executing the program.

6. The device of

claim 5

wherein the external transceiver is coupled to the computer via a Universal Serial Bus connection.

7. The device of

claim 1

wherein each wireless query of a subset of the set of wireless queries includes a corresponding web site identifier, and wherein the program is for converting the each wireless query of the subset into one or more of HTTP requests, the HTTP requests being addressed for the web site identified by the web site identifier.

8. The device of

claim 1

wherein each wireless query of a subset of wireless queries includes a secure query, and wherein the program is for forwarding converting and forwarding each wireless query of the subset to a proxy server.

9. A wireless access device for accessing Internet based information, the wireless access device comprising:

a transceiver for receiving a set of wireless queries and transmitting a set of wireless responses;

a comptuer, the computer being coupled to the transceiver;

a program, the program is for converting the set of wireless queries into Internet compatible protocols, the program is further for receiving a set of Internet protocol formatted responses corresponding to the set of wireless queries, the program is further for converting the set of Internet protocol formatted responses into the set of wireless responses.

10. The wireless access device of

claim 9

wherein the transceiver is coupled to the computer via a PCI bus connection.

11. The wireless access device of

claim 9

wherein the transceiver is coupled to the computer via a Universal Serial Bus connection.

12. A device for providing wireless Internet access comprising:

first means for receiving a set of wireless queries and transmitting a set of wireless responses; and

second means for converting the set of wireless queries into Internet compatible protocols, the second means is further for receiving a set of Internet protocol formatted responses corresponding to the set of wireless queries, the second means is further for converting the set of Internet protocol formatted responses into the set of wireless responses.

13. A wireless communications device comprising:

a transceiver for wireless communications over at least a first wireless network and a second wireless network;

a memory for storing a program and a set of data, the set of data including a set of markup language formatted descriptions, the set of data being previously installed on the wireless communications device; and

a processor, the processor being coupled in communications with the antenna and the memory, the processor for executing the program, the program for accessing the set of data and for rendering a form from the set of data, the program further for supporting input into the wireless communications device, the input for completing the form, the program further for generating a wireless communications query corresponding to the form.

14. The wireless communciations device of

claim 13

wherein the first wireless network corresponds to a private wireless data packet network and the second wireless network corresponds to a wireless connection to a computer coupled to a network.

15. The wireless communications device of

claim 14

wherin the computer is a network server.

16. The wireless communications device of

claim 14

wherein the computer is a personal computer acting as a client in a local area network.