Low-cost interoperable wireless multi-application and messaging service
First Claim
1. A communication system among a plurality of subscribers employing a computer network, comprising:
- (a) at least one access host processor (AHP) operably connected to the computer network, the access host processor comprising a main memory, a storage device, at least one interactive data application, a visitor profile register, and a connection manager;
(b) a host wireless data transceiver operably connected to the access host processor;
(c) at least one remote portable (handheld) data device (PMU), the data device comprising a user interface for presenting data to a user and entering data from the user, a subscriber identification module for identifying the user, a distributed portion of the connection manager, and a client wireless data transceiver for selective communicating with the host wireless data transceiver; and
(d) a subscriber profile register connected to the access host processor, the subscriber profile register selected to authenticate the subscriber identification module to (i) permit sustained communication between the host access processor and the remote portable data device, (ii) populate the visitor profile register with subscriber specific data and (iii) create on the access host processor a virtual instance of the interactive data application corresponding to the populated visitor profile register.
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Abstract
A range of wireless data services is provided utilizing a thin client portable wireless component, a fixed access point component with client session and connection control and end applications for the client, and a service management component providing user profiles and authentication. Access point components and service management components interconnect via the existing broadband infrastructure. Cellular technologies, unlicensed spectrum, wireless LAN, and N-tier thin-client architectures are integrated, thereby reducing sharply the cost of delivering wireless email, instant messaging services, and multi-tier applications to consumers and business users.
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31 Claims
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1. A communication system among a plurality of subscribers employing a computer network, comprising:
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(a) at least one access host processor (AHP) operably connected to the computer network, the access host processor comprising a main memory, a storage device, at least one interactive data application, a visitor profile register, and a connection manager;
(b) a host wireless data transceiver operably connected to the access host processor;
(c) at least one remote portable (handheld) data device (PMU), the data device comprising a user interface for presenting data to a user and entering data from the user, a subscriber identification module for identifying the user, a distributed portion of the connection manager, and a client wireless data transceiver for selective communicating with the host wireless data transceiver; and
(d) a subscriber profile register connected to the access host processor, the subscriber profile register selected to authenticate the subscriber identification module to (i) permit sustained communication between the host access processor and the remote portable data device, (ii) populate the visitor profile register with subscriber specific data and (iii) create on the access host processor a virtual instance of the interactive data application corresponding to the populated visitor profile register. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A hybrid messaging system comprising:
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(a) a plurality of personal messaging units (PMUs), each with a cellular radio transceiver for receiving and sending messages over an unregulated radio spectrum to a relay unit, means for creating messages, and means for presenting messages to a user;
(b) a plurality of access host processors (AHPs), each AHP further comprising;
(i) a cellular radio transceiver for receiving and sending messages over an unregulated radio spectrum to PMUs and connected to a broadband network for receiving messages and for relaying messages from the PMUs to sites on the broadband network, and (ii) one or more application program classes for carrying out messaging and other applications on behalf of a requesting PMU. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A portable handheld data device (PMU), the data device comprising:
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(a) a user interface program for presenting data to a user and entering data from the user;
(b) a subscriber identification module for identifying the user of the data device;
(c) a distributed portion of a connection manager program for connecting the data device to an access host processor;
(d) a thin-client application program for passing information between a user of the data device and the access host processor; and
(e) a client wireless data transceiver for selective communicating with the host wireless data transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A method of connecting one or more wireless devices (PMUs) to a network of access host processors (AHPs) and server computers, comprising the steps of:
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(a) installing a thin client user interface program in each PMU;
installing communications programs for connecting one or more PMUs operably to a first AHP;
(b) connecting the first AHP operably to a network;
(c) connecting a PMU operably to the first AHP;
(d) accepting requests at the first AHP from the PMU user at a PMU connected to the first AHP;
(e) executing an application program in the first AHP in reaction to the requests from the PMU user; and
(f) sending responses from the first AHP to the PMU of the requesting PMU user. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of transmitting a message to one or more wireless devices (PMUs) via one or more access host processors (AHPs), comprising the steps of:
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(a) determining the geographic locations of one or more AHPs;
(b) selecting one or more AHPs in a desired geographic area;
(c) sending the message from an originator to the selected AHPs;
(d) in each one of the selected AHPs, determining the identity of each PMU to receive the message from the one of the selected AHPs;
(e) in each one of the selected AHPs, transmitting the message to each PMU identified to receive the message from the one of the selected AHPs. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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