Wireless telecommunications system for accessing information from the world wide web by mobile wireless computers through a combination of cellular telecommunications and satellite broadcasting

• US 20060251003A1
• Filed: 05/05/2005
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Spielberg, Anthony Cappa, Dietz, Timothy Alan
• Granted Patent: US 7,414,987 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/316
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18578 Satellite systems for providing broadband data service to individual earth stations for selecting H04W; provisions for broadband connection, H04Q11/0478
• 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]

Abstract

A hybrid cellular telephonic and satellite radio broadcast system for enabling a wireless mobile computer to rapidly and effectively access information from the Web. The combination of a mobile wireless receiving computer, with wireless cellular telecommunication associated with the receiving computer for transmitting a request for data from the receiving computer to the Web, an implementation for accessing the requested data from the Web, a satellite transponder, wireless communication for transmitting said accessed requested data to the satellite transponder, an implementation on the satellite transponder for broadcasting the accessed requested data and apparatus in the mobile wireless receiving computer for receiving the broadcast data.

Claims

1. A wireless telecommunications system for the rapid access of information from the World Wide Web (Web) comprising:

a mobile wireless receiving computer;

wireless cellular telecommunication means associated with said receiving computer for transmitting a request for data from said receiving computer to the Web;

means for accessing said requested data from the Web;

a satellite transponder;

wireless telecommunication means for transmitting said accessed requested data to said satellite transponder;

means on the satellite transponder for broadcasting said accessed requested data; and

means in said mobile wireless receiving computer for receiving said broadcast data.

2. The wireless telecommunications system of claim 1 wherein said wireless cellular telecommunications means is wirelessly connected to said receiving computer.

3. The wireless telecommunications system of claim 2 wherein said wireless cellular telecommunications means is connected to said receiving computer through short range RF communications.

4. The wireless telecommunications system of claim 3 further including;

a satellite uplink station for transmitting data to said satellite transponder; and

means for transmitting said accessed requested data via the Web to said satellite uplink station whereby said accessed data is transmitted to said satellite.

5. The wireless telecommunications system of claim 3 further including security means for securing said accessed requested data in the satellite transponder broadcast only to the said receiving station requesting said data.

6. The wireless telecommunications system of claim 5 wherein:

said mobile wireless receiving computer is a display computer, and

said accessed requested data is displayed.

7. The wireless telecommunications system of claim 6 wherein:

said means for accessing said requested data access said data from a Web site; and

said accessed data is displayed as a Web document.

8. The wireless telecommunications system of claim 3 wherein said wireless cellular telecommunications means is connected to said receiving computer through a short range RF communication using 802.11b standard protocols.

9. A wireless telecommunications method for the rapid access of information from the Web comprising:

transmitting a request for data from a mobile wireless receiving computer via wireless cellular telecommunication to the Web;

accessing said requested data from the Web;

wirelessly transmitting said accessed requested data to said satellite transponder;

broadcasting said accessed requested data from the satellite transponder; and

receiving said broadcast data in said mobile wireless receiving computer.

10. The wireless telecommunications method of claim 9 wherein said step of wireless cellular telecommunication to the Web includes wirelessly connecting said receiving computer to a cellular telephone.

11. The wireless telecommunications method of claim 10 wherein said receiving computer is wirelessly connected to said cellular telephone through short range RF communication.

12. The wireless telecommunications method of claim 11 further including the step of securing said accessed requested data in the satellite transponder broadcast only to the said receiving station requesting said data.

13. The wireless telecommunications method of claim 9 wherein:

said requested data is accessed from a Web site; and

said accessed data is displayed as a Web document.

14. The wireless telecommunications method of claim 11 wherein said receiving computer is wirelessly connected to said cellular telephone through short range RF communication using 802.11b standard protocols.

15. A computer program having code recorded on a computer readable medium for the rapid access of information from the Web comprising:

a mobile wireless receiving computer;

wireless cellular telecommunication means associated with said receiving computer for transmitting a request for data from said receiving computer to the Web;

means for accessing said requested data from the Web;

a satellite transponder;

wireless telecommunication means for transmitting said accessed requested data to said satellite transponder;

means on the satellite transponder for broadcasting said accessed requested data; and

means in said mobile wireless receiving computer for receiving said broadcast data.

16. The wireless telecommunications computer program of claim 15 wherein said wireless cellular telecommunications means is connected to said receiving computer through short range RF communications.

17. The wireless telecommunications computer program of claim 15 further including;

a satellite uplink station for transmitting data to said satellite transponder; and

means for transmitting said accessed requested data via the Web to said satellite uplink station whereby said accessed data is transmitted to said satellite.

18. The wireless telecommunications computer program of claim 17 further including security means for securing said accessed requested data in the satellite transponder broadcast only to the said receiving station requesting said data.

19. The wireless telecommunications computer program of claim 17 wherein:

said mobile wireless receiving computer is a display computer, and

said accessed requested data is displayed.

20. The wireless telecommunications computer program of claim 19 wherein:

said means for accessing said requested data access for said data from a Web site; and

said accessed data is displayed as a Web document.