Mobility device

• US 20050091308A1
• Filed: 04/30/2004
• Published: 04/28/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inaura, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Inaura, Inc.
• Inventors: Bookman, Peter, White, Rick Charles
• Application Number:
  US10/836,933
• Publication Number:
  US 20050091308A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/033 of the user plane, e.g. user's traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication

Abstract

A mobility device for use in a mobility device platform allowing for secure mobile computing is provided. In an illustrative implementation, an exemplary mobility device platform comprises a mobility device operable to communicate with at least one computing environment through a communications interface and wherein the mobility device is operable to process and store secure web services, a communications network operable to communicate data and computing applications using web services, and a mobility device management server operable to generate, process, store, communicate and encrypt web services to the mobility device. The mobility device may comprise a processing unit, a mobility device communications interface for interfacing with cooperating computing environments, a memory storage unit, and an operating system operable to execute web services and/or computing applications.

Claims

1. A mobility device for processing web services comprising:

a processing unit operative to perform at least one web services computing operation;

a communications interface operatively connecting the mobility device to at least one cooperating computing environment;

a memory storage unit cooperating with the processing unit to store web services data and transaction information; and

an operating system operable on the processing unit to execute at least one encrypted web service.

2. The mobility device as recited in claim 1 further comprising a peripheral interface module operative to accept and cooperate with peripherals comprising any of:

flash memory, communications interface, automation control peripherals and input peripherals.

3. The mobility device as recited din claim 1 further comprising NAND flash memory operatively coupled to the processing unit and utilized as part of web services processing.

4. The mobility device as recited in claim 1 further comprising a mobile desktop computing application operable to present a desktop computing environment on the at least one cooperating computing environment when the mobility device is in communication with the at least one cooperating computing environment.

5. The mobility device as recited in claim 4 further comprising a user management module operable to customize participating users preferences and settings for the mobility device.

6. The mobility device as recited in claim 1 further comprising an auto-run module operative with the operating system to allow the mobility device to begin automated configuration and cooperation with the at least one computing environment.

7. The mobility device as recited in claim 6 wherein the at least one computing environment comprise an operating system native to the at least one computing environment.

8. The mobility device as recited in claim 7 wherein the operating system of the mobility device controls the operating system native to the at least one computing environment.

9. The mobility device as recited in claim 8 further comprising a user authentication and management module operative to authenticate a participating user with the mobility device using user authentication information.

10. The mobility device as recited in claim 9 wherein the user authentication information comprises any of user identification information and user password information.

11. The mobility device as recited in claim 1 further comprising a mobility device platform authentication and verification module operative to authenticate the mobility device with a cooperating mobility device management server.

12. The mobility device as recited in claim 11 wherein the mobility device cooperates with the mobility device management server to obtain web services.

13. The mobility device as recited in claim 12 wherein the mobility device management server provides web services to the mobility device upon authenticating the mobility device.

14. The mobility device as recited in claim 1 further comprising a math co-processor cooperating with the processing unit to process web services.

15. The mobility device as recited in claim 14 further comprising an encryption module for use to encrypt and decrypt web services transactions

16. The mobility device as recited in claim 1 wherein the operating system comprises a java virtual machine (JVM) operable to execute various computing applications.

17. The mobility device as recited in claim 16 wherein the computing applications comprise any of an e-mail computing application, a word processor computing application, a browser computing application, a mobile desktop environment, a spread sheet computing application and other computing applications that may be presented as web services.

18. The mobility device as recited in claim 17 further comprising a work space module operative to allow the operation of a plurality of work spaces on the mobility device.

19. The mobility device as recited in claim 18 wherein the work space module is operative to control access to each of the workspaces using mobility device authentication information.

20. The mobility device as recited in claim 19 wherein the configuration information for each workspace is stored in the memory storage unit.

21. A method to securely communicate web services across a networked computing environment comprising:

providing a mobility device operable to process web services;

establishing communications between the mobility device and a cooperating mobility device management server over a communications link; and

executing an encrypted web service provided by the mobility device management server at the mobility device.

22. The method as recited in claim 21 further comprising authenticating the mobility device by the mobility device management server to ensure that the mobility device has the proper access, rights, and privileges to receive a requested web service provided by the mobility device management server.

23. The method as recited in claim 22 further comprising communicating requested web services from the mobility device management server to an authenticated mobility device.

24. The method as recited in claim 21 further comprising establishing a communications link between the mobility device and a cooperating computing environment.

25. A system for securely executing web services on cooperating computing environments comprising:

a first processing unit means for processing web services and associated web services transaction data;

a second means for storing web services and associated web services transaction data; and

a third means for connecting the first means and second means to cooperating computing environments.

26. The system as recited in claim 25 further comprising a fourth means for authenticating the system with the cooperating computing environments.

27. The system as recited in claim 26 further comprising a fifth means for communicating with mobility device management servers providing web services.

28. The system as recited in claim 25 further comprising a sixth means for executing computing applications on the cooperating computing environments through the third means.

29. A method to configure a mobility device for operation on a cooperating computing environment comprising:

initiating auto-run operations on the mobility device to allow the mobility device to automatically configure and associate itself with the cooperating computing environment;

obtaining user authentication information;

verifying user authentication information; and

upon successful user authentication the mobility device cooperating with the cooperating computing environment to execute web services.

30. The method as recited in claim 29 further comprising executing a computing application comprising any of e-mail, word processor, spreadsheet, browser, desktop environment and user management application on the cooperating computing environment by the mobility device.

31. The method as recited in claim 30 further comprising storing web services and associated web services transactions on the mobility device.

32. A computer readable medium having computer readable instructions to instruct a computer to perform a method comprising:

initiating auto-run operations on the mobility device to allow the mobility device to automatically configure and associate itself with the cooperating computing environment;

obtaining user authentication information;

verifying user authentication information; and

upon successful user authentication the mobility device cooperating with the cooperating computing environment to execute web services.