Software for a navigation control unit for use with a wireless computer resource access device and associated system
First Claim
1. A method for controlling navigation within the Internet by a user on a wireless web access device, the method comprising:
- receiving an input from a user of a navigation control unit, wherein the navigation control unit is coupled to the wireless web access device and wherein the user input is based on actuation of a user control on the navigation control unit by the user;
generating a user command, wherein the user command includes information about the user control actuated by the user;
transmitting the user command to the wireless web access device using a communications link;
transmitting the user command to a navigation server;
receiving a redirection command from the navigation server, wherein the redirection command includes an address of a web page on the Internet; and
accessing the address specified in the redirection command using a browser located on the wireless web access device and retrieving for display the web page.
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Abstract
A method automatically configures a wireless network access device, such as a wireless access protocol (“WAP”) enabled mobile phone. The method, which may be embodied in a separate attachment that may be removably secured to a wireless access device, automatically configures the wireless access device to facilitate the access or retrieval of resources on the computer network. In one embodiment, a WAP enabled cell phone is coupled to a navigation control unit that automatically configures the phone to access a predetermined web page or site on the Internet. User controls, such as buttons, on the navigation control unit allow a user to quickly access predefined resources on the Internet (such as predetermined web pages or web sites), by pushing a single button, rather than requiring the user to enter a complicated series of key presses on the phone. While a cell phone is described, various other embodiments are also described under the invention.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for controlling navigation within the Internet by a user on a wireless web access device, the method comprising:
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receiving an input from a user of a navigation control unit, wherein the navigation control unit is coupled to the wireless web access device and wherein the user input is based on actuation of a user control on the navigation control unit by the user;
generating a user command, wherein the user command includes information about the user control actuated by the user;
transmitting the user command to the wireless web access device using a communications link;
transmitting the user command to a navigation server;
receiving a redirection command from the navigation server, wherein the redirection command includes an address of a web page on the Internet; and
accessing the address specified in the redirection command using a browser located on the wireless web access device and retrieving for display the web page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for controlling navigation over a computer network by a user on a wireless network access device, comprising:
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receiving all input from a user to a network navigation control unit wherein the user input is based on the actuation of a user control on the network navigation control unit by the user;
generating a user command, wherein the user command includes information about the user control actuated by the user; and
transmitting the user command from the network navigation control unit to the wireless network access device using a communications link. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A method for controlling navigation of a computer network by a user on a wireless web access device, comprising:
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receiving a user command from a navigation control unit via a communications link, wherein the user command includes information about the user control actuated by the user;
transmitting the user command to a navigation server;
receiving a redirection command from the navigation server, wherein the redirection command includes an address of a resource available from the computer network; and
accessing the resource from the computer network based on the address specified in the redirection command using a browser located on the wireless web access device. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A computer-readable medium containing a data structure for use by a navigation server, the data structure comprising:
at least one URL, wherein each URL comprises;
a URL address for the navigation server;
information identifying a navigation control unit associated with the URL; and
information identifying at least one user control on the navigation control unit actuated by a user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for controlling navigation within the Internet by a user on a wireless web access device with integral navigation control unit functionality, the method comprising:
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receiving an input firm a user of a wireless web access device, wherein the user input is based on actuation of a user control on the wireless web access device by the user;
generating a user command, wherein the user command includes information about the user control actuated by the user;
transmitting the user command to a navigation server;
receiving a redirection command from the navigation server, wherein the redirection command includes an address of a web page on the Internet; and
accessing the address specified in the redirection command using a browser located on the wireless web access device and retrieving for display the web page.
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18. A method for reprogramming a wireless network access device with a navigation control unit, comprising:
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generating a configuration command, wherein the configuration command is based on the wireless network access device; and
transmitting the configuration command from the network navigation control unit to the wireless network access device using a communications link. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for controlling navigation within the Internet by a user on a wireless web access device, the method comprising:
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receiving an input from a user of a navigation control unit, wherein the navigation control unit is coupled to the wireless web access devise and wherein the user input is based on actuation of a user control on the navigation control unit by the user, and wherein the user command includes information identifying the navigation control unit and an address for a navigation server, and wherein the computer network is the Internet;
generating a user command, wherein the user command includes information about the user control actuated by the user; and
transmitting the user command to the wireless web access device using a communications link. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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