Internet-deployed wireless system

• US 20030041125A1
• Filed: 08/16/2001
• Published: 02/27/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wavelink Corporation (Ivanti Software, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Wavelink Corporation (Ivanti Software, Inc.)
• Inventors: Salomon, Kirk C.
• Application Number:
  US09/931,425
• Publication Number:
  US 20030041125A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

Disclosed is an Internet-deployed wireless system comprising an application server program configured to be downloaded to and to execute on one or more remote wireless application server computers. The application server program is also configured to cause the one or more remote application server computers to download and to install one or more wireless application software components. The application server program is further configured to transmit to one or more portable devices one or more client applications and to cause the one or more portable devices to install the one or more client applications. The client applications are configured to communicate with a local wireless application server computer over a wireless network.

Claims

1. A wireless application server system comprising digital data stored on one or more storage media, the data further comprising:

an application server program configured to be downloaded to one or more remote wireless application server computers and to execute on the one or more remote wireless application server computers, the application server program being further configured to cause the one or more remote application server computers to download and to install one or more wireless application software components on the one or more remote wireless application server computer;

the one or more wireless application server programs being configured to transmit to one or more portable devices one or more client applications and to cause the one or more portable devices to install the one or more client applications;

the client applications being configured to communicate with the local wireless application server computer over a wireless network.

2. The wireless application server system of claim 1, further comprising a license server configured to update a database of license information in response to execution of the wireless application software and to cause notifications of charges to be generated based on the license information.

3. The wireless application server system of claim 1, further comprising a central application server configured to transmit the application server program and the one or more wireless application software to the one or more local wireless application server computers.

4. The wireless application server system of claim 1, wherein the application server program is further configured to download and to install a different set of wireless application server on different local wireless application server computers.

5. The wireless application server system of claim 1, wherein the data further comprises application data resulting from execution of the wireless server applications.

6. The wireless application server system of claim 5, wherein the application data is processed and filtered by the one or more local application server computers before transmitting the pre-processed and filtered data to the central application server.

7. The wireless application server system of claim 1, wherein the application server program is further configured to cause the one or more local application server computers to update one or more wireless application software programs on the one or more local wireless application server computers.