Network based mobile user proxy and agent

• US 20090005098A1
• Filed: 06/29/2007
• Published: 01/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Recchione, Michael C., McGowan, James W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,433,292 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/517
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/569 of the traffic information

Abstract

In one example embodiment of the present invention, a method of managing information at a base station in a wireless network includes determining whether first information is at least one of low priority information and high priority information. The method further includes queuing the information if the information is determined to be low priority information, and sending the information to a mobile station if the information is determined to be high priority information.

Claims

1. A method of managing information at a base station in a wireless network, comprising:

determining whether first information is at least one of low priority information and high priority information;

queuing the first information if the first information is determined to be low priority information; and

sending the first information to a mobile station if the first information is determined to be high priority information.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an information stack from the wireless network, the information stack including the first information; and

terminating the information stack.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending the queued low priority information to the mobile base station based on a trigger.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the trigger is at least one of a timer, a request to download queued information by the mobile station, and receiving high priority information by the base station.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the sending step sends the queued low priority information to the mobile station along with the high priority information.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving second information from the mobile station; and

locally storing the second information.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving an information stack from the mobile station, the information stack including the second information; and

terminating the information stack.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the second information includes at least one of a location of the mobile station, last activity of the mobile station, the last time a user of the mobile station interacted with the mobile station, and demographic information of the user of the mobile station.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising

transmitting the queued low priority information to a target base station during a handoff.

10. A method of managing information at a base station in a wireless network, comprising:

determining whether information requested in a received information is locally stored at the base station;

sending the requested information to the wireless network if the requested information is determined to be locally stored; and

sending the information request to a mobile station if the requested information is determined not to be locally stored.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving an information stack from the wireless network, the information stack including the information request; and

terminating the information stack.

12. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving second information from the mobile station; and

locally storing the second information.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving an information stack, the information stack including the second information; and

terminating the information stack.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the second information includes at least one of a location of the mobile station, last activity of the mobile station, the last time a user of the mobile station interacted with the mobile station, and demographic information of the user of the mobile station.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the requested information is the second information.

16. A base station in a wireless network for managing information, comprising:

a mobile emulator configured to receive first information from the wireless network; and

a user agent and proxy (UAP) configured to determine whether the first information is at least one of low priority information, high priority information, and a request for information, the UAP queuing the first information if the first information is determined to be low priority information, sending the first information to a mobile station if the first information is determined to be high priority information, and further determining whether the requested information is stored in the UAP if the first information is determined to be a request for information, the UAP further sending the requested information to the wireless network if the requested information is determined to be stored in the UAP, and sending the request for information to the mobile station if the requested information is determined to not be stored in the UAP.

17. The base station of claim 16, wherein the UAP comprises:

a user content manager (UCM) configured to store mobile station information;

an application proxy stack (APS) configured to mirror information located in the mobile station and store the queued low priority information; and

a local session manager configured (LSM) to coordinate communication between the UCM and APS with at least one of a wireless network and a mobile station.

18. The base station of claim 16, further comprising:

a mobile relay configured to receive second information from the mobile station, the second information including the requested information.

19. The base station of claim 18, further comprising:

a router configured to route at least one of the first and second information between the mobile relay and the mobile emulator, route the first information between the mobile relay and the UAP, and route the second information between the mobile emulator and the UAP.