System and method for wireless delivery of text data

• US 20020083035A1
• Filed: 05/02/2001
• Published: 06/27/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ronald G Pearl, Sun Yaojun
• Original Assignee: Ronald G Pearl, Sun Yaojun
• Inventors: Pearl, Ronald G., Yaojun, Sun
• Application Number:
  US09/847,647
• Publication Number:
  US 20020083035A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/222 using geographical location information, e.g. messages transmitted or received in proximity of a certain spot or area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• 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

Abstract

The present invention discloses a system and method for the wireless delivery of text data from a file associated with a Uniform Resource Locator on a computer network.

Claims

1. A method for delivering data to a wireless device comprising:

a) receiving a request for text data associated with a file, wherein said file is identified by a Uniform Resource Locator;

b) retrieving the file containing the text data;

c) converting the text data from the file into an electronic message; and

d) sending the electronic message to a message address associated with a wireless device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the file is incompatible with the wireless device.

3. The method of claim of claim 2 wherein the file is a markup language file.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the markup language file is selected from the group consisting of HTML, WML, XML, SMIL, SGML, DHTML and CHTML.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the electronic message includes source and destination addresses.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein the request originates from the message address associated with the wireless address.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the request includes a command code and an Internet Uniform Resource Locator, wherein the Internet Uniform Resource Locator is the Uniform Resource Locator.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the command code specifies to a receiving platform that the request is for the retrieval of the text data from the Internet.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the request includes a short code, and wherein the command code indicates to a receiving platform that the short code corresponds to the Internet Uniform Resource Locator in any subsequent request originating from the wireless device for the text data.

10. The method of claim 4 wherein the request originates from the message address associated with the wireless address.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the request includes a command code and an Internet Uniform Resource Locator, wherein the Internet Uniform Resource Locator is the Uniform Resource Locator.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the command code specifies to a receiving platform that the request is for the retrieval of the text data from the Internet.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the request includes a short code, and wherein the command code indicates to a receiving platform that the short code corresponds to the Internet Uniform Resource Locator in any subsequent request originating from the wireless device for the text data.

14. The method of claim 2 wherein the request includes a short code corresponding to the Uniform Resource Locator.

15. The method of claim 2 further comprising receiving a reply to the message wherein the reply assigns a short code identifier to the file associated with the Uniform Resource Locator.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the request and the reply both originate from the message address associated with wireless device.

17. The method of claim 4 further comprising receiving a reply to the message wherein the reply assigns a short code identifier to the file associated with the Uniform Resource Locator.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the request and the reply both originate from the message address associated with wireless device.

19. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

i) identifying one or more hyperlinks in the file;

ii) associating a unique link identifier with each of said one or more hyperlinks; and

iii) including the unique link identifier for each of said one or more hyperlinks in the message.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein the message includes the Uniform Resource Locator for each of said one or more hyperlinks.

21. The method of claim 19 further comprising:

i) receiving a reply to the message wherein said reply includes a unique identifier corresponding to a hyperlink; and

ii) repeating steps (a)-(d) to provide the text data for a second file associated with the Uniform Resource Locator of the hyperlink.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein the request originates from the message address associated with the wireless device.

23. The method of claim 19 wherein the request originates from the message address associated with the wireless device.

24. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

i) identifying one or more data entry fields in the file;

ii) associating a unique data entry identifier with each of said one or more data entry fields; and

iii) including the unique data entry identifier for each of said one or more data entry fields in the message.

25. The method of claim 23 wherein the request originates from the message address associated with the wireless device.

26. The method of claim 23 further comprising:

i) receiving a reply to the message wherein said reply includes a field entry and a unique data entry identifier corresponding to a data entry field; and

ii) entering the field entry into the data entry field of the file.

27. The method of claim 26 wherein both the request and the reply originate from the message address associated with the wireless device.

28. The method of claim 26 further comprising repeating steps (a)-(d) to provide the text data to the wireless device for a second file generated after entering the field entry.

29. The method of claim 2 wherein the request originates from a user'"'"'s pre-selection of desired content to be sent to the wireless device.

30. The method of claim 29 wherein the pre-selection is conducted from a web page.

31. The method of claim 29 wherein the pre-selection is conducted from an electronic message.

32. The method of claim 30 wherein the pre-selection includes scheduling delivery of requested content at one or more specified times.

33. A mobile data delivery system comprising:

a) a request receiver for receiving a request for text data associated with a file;

b) a content retriever for retrieving the file based on the file'"'"'s Uniform Resource Locator on a computer network;

c) a converter for converting the text data from the file into an electronic message; and

d) a message sender for sending the electronic message to a message address associated with a wireless device.

34. The system of claim 33 wherein the file is incompatible with the wireless device.

35. The system of claim 34 wherein the file is selected from the group consisting of HTML, WML, XML, SMIL, SGML, DHTML and CHTML.

36. The system of claim 35 wherein the request originates from the message address associated with the wireless address.

37. The system of claim 33 wherein the request originates from the message address associated with the wireless address.

38. The system of claim 37 wherein the file is selected from the group consisting of HTML, WML, XML, SMIL, SGML, DHTML and CHTML.

39. The system of claim 37 further comprising a command processor for a conducting a function corresponding to a command identifier in the request.

40. The system of claim 39 wherein the function is selected from the group consisting of assigning a short code to the uniform resource locator associated with the file, retrieving the text data, retrieving a hyperlink file, entering entry data into a data field of the file, creating a bookmark for the file, updating a database, requesting data from a database, deleting a bookmark, deleting a short code, and providing one or more menus.

41. The system of claim 40 wherein the file is incompatible with the wireless device.

42. The system of claim 40 wherein the file is selected from the group consisting of HTML, WML, XML, SMIL, SGML, DHTML and CHTML.

43. The system of claim 39 wherein the file is incompatible with the wireless device.

44. The system of claim 39 wherein the file is selected from the group consisting of HTML, WML, XML, SMIL, SGML, DHTML and CHTML.