Method and system for accessing an IP network and for working in it

• US 20020083207A1
• Filed: 10/15/2001
• Published: 06/27/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Andersen, Frank-Uwe
• Application Number:
  US09/981,561
• Publication Number:
  US 20020083207A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/249
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2856 Access arrangements, e.g. Internet access asynchronous transfer mode networks H04L12/5601; broadband local area networks H04L12/2801; optical access or distribution networks H04Q11/0067; access to open networks H04L12/5691; digital subscriber line end-user equipment and bit-level processing of data on a PSTN-based network H04M11/00; home network gateways H04L12/2834; wireless access networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/142 Managing session states for stateless protocols; Signalling session states; State transitions; Keeping-state mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/567 Integrating service provisioning from a plurality of service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A method and system for accessing an IP network, in particular the Internet, and for working with it or with resources connected to it, in which case, in the IP network, a first session on the basis of a standard protocol, in particular the HTTP, and, via a user interface that is unrestricted at least on the output side, and in parallel therewith, a second session on the basis of a restricted protocol, in particular the WAP, and/or via a restricted user interface, are established and maintained in such a way that the first and second sessions are connected by an interprocess communication to form a hybrid session.

Claims

1. A method for accessing and working with an IP network and resources connected to the IP network, the method comprising the steps of:

establishing and maintaining, in the IP network, a first session based on a standard HTTP protocol via a user interface that is unrestricted at least on an output side;

establishing and maintaining, in the IP network and in parallel with the first session, a second session based on at least one of a restricted WAP protocol, and a restricted user interface; and

connecting the first and second sessions by an interprocess communication to form a hybrid session.

2. A method for accessing and working with an IP network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the IP network is the Internet.

3. A method for accessing and working with an IP network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the establishment o f the first session is driven via a first terminal with full protocol capability and directly via an IP network server with full protocol capability, wherein the establishment of the second session is driven, after the establishment of the first session, via a second mobile radio terminal with restricted protocol capability, operating according to the WAP and via a WAP gateway, and wherein the first session is continued using the first terminal at least as an output device and the second session is continued using the second terminal as an input device.

4. A method for accessing and working with an IP network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the establishment of the first and second sessions is driven via at least one of a mobile radio terminal with restricted protocol capability operating according to the WAP and via a WAP gateway and a restricted user interface via an IP network server with full protocol capability, and wherein the first session is continued using a separate output device and the second session is continued using its respective terminal as an input device.

5. A method for accessing and working with an IP network as claimed in claim 4, wherein the output device is designed and utilized as a second terminal for inputs in the course of the first session.

6. A method for accessing and working with an IP network as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of connecting the first and second sessions to form the hybrid session is executed by JAVA servlets implemented in the IP network server.

7. A method for accessing and working with an IP network as claimed in claim 6, wherein a sequence of the first session and the outputs effected during the first session are substantially controlled by a JAVA servlet of the second session.

8. A method for accessing and working with an IP network as claimed in claim 3, the method further comprising the step of:

performing an authentication of the user during the establishment of one of the first session and the second session via the second terminal.

9. A method for accessing and working with an IP network as claimed in claim 3, the method further comprising the step of:

effecting a sequence control of a display operation proceeding on one of the first terminal or an output terminal via the mobile radio terminal with restricted protocol capability.

10. A method for accessing and working with an IP network as claimed in claim 3, the method further comprising the step of:

effecting at least one of ordering and paying of goods and services in the context of a menu guide which is at least partly displayed on one of the other terminal and an output terminal via inputs on the mobile terminal with restricted protocol capability.

11. A system for accessing and working with an IP network and resources connected to the IP network, the system comprising:

a first mobile radio terminal with restricted WAP protocol capability with regard to a standard HTTP protocol and restricted user interface;

a second terminal with full protocol capability with regard to the standard HTTP protocol and unrestricted user interface; and

an IP network server connectable to the first and second terminals, the IP network server for establishing and maintaining a first session based on the standard HTTP protocol and via a user interface that is unrestricted at least one an output side, for establishing and maintaining a second session, in parallel with the first session, based on the restricted WAP protocol and via a restricted user interface, such that the first and second sessions are connected by an interprocess communication to form a hybrid session.

12. A system for accessing and working with an IP network as claimed in claim 11, wherein the IP network server includes JAVA servlets for the establishment of the first and second sessions and the maintenance of the first and second sessions as the hybrid session.

13. A system for accessing and working with an IP network as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:

a WAP gateway connected between the mobile radio terminal operating according to the WAP and the IP network server.