METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS

• US 20110078285A1
• Filed: 09/09/2010
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1998
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ACCESS Systems Americas Incorporated (Access Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: ACCESS Systems Americas Incorporated (Access Company Limited)
• Inventors: Lincke, Scott D., Hawkins, Jeffrey C., Sipher, Joseph K., Marianette, Ronald
• Application Number:
  US12/878,969
• Publication Number:
  US 20110078285A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5651 Reducing the amount or size of exchanged application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/04 Protocols for data compression, e.g. ROHC
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/16 Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/161 Implementation details of TCP/IP or UDP/IP stack architecture; Specification of modified or new header fields
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/165 Combined use of TCP and UDP protocols; selection criteria therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/326 in the transport layer [OSI layer 4] H04L69/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/06 Transport layer protocols, e.g. TCP [Transport Control Protocol] over wireless transmission control protocol/Internet protocol [TCP/IP] or user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16

Abstract

A device for providing wireless Internet access has been described. The device includes an antenna. The antenna is for receiving wireless queries and transmitting wireless responses. The device includes a program. The program is for converting the wireless queries into Internet compatible protocols. The program is for receiving the Internet protocol formatted responses. These responses are then converted in to the wireless responses.

Claims

1. A method for accessing data over a network using a device, the method comprising the steps of:

storing information of an Internet site within an application on a memory of a device;

executing the application on a processor of the device;

rendering the information of the Internet site on a display coupled to the processor;

receiving user input entered through the application;

generating, by the processor through the application, a query configured to retrieve data from the Internet site;

sending the query, by the processor, wirelessly to a server external to the device to cause the server to request the data from the Internet site;

receiving, at the device, a compressed response from the server, the compressed response including the requested data from the Internet site; and

rendering the requested data on a display of the device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information represents a static portion of a web site tree.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the requested data represent dynamically generated data of a web site tree.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the query is compressed.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

displaying a list of applications on the display of the device;

receiving a user selection of at least one of the applications in the list of applications; and

in response to the user selection, executing the selected application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the query is generated in a protocol that is compressed.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the display is contact sensitive, and wherein the processor receives the user input by detecting contact on the display.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the information and the requested data constitute a distributed web site.

9. A method for access data over a network using a device, the method comprising the steps of:

storing information of an Internet site within an application on a memory of a device, the information comprising query forms of the Internet site;

executing the application on a processor of the device;

rendering the information of the Internet site on a display coupled to the processor;

receiving user input entered through at least one query form;

generating, by the processor through the application, a query configured to retrieve data from the Internet site;

sending the query, by the processor, wirelessly to a server external to the device to cause the server to request the data from the Internet site;

receiving, at the device, a compressed response from the server, the compressed response including the requested data from the Internet site; and

rendering the requested data on a display of the device.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the query forms are related to an Internet site selected from the group of:

a weather site, a food site, a news site, a financial site, and a gaming site.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the query is compressed.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising the steps of:

displaying a list of applications on the display of the device;

receiving a user selection of at least one of the applications in the list of applications; and

in response to the user selection, executing the selected application.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the query is generated in a protocol that is compressed.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the display is contact sensitive, and wherein the processor receives the user input by detecting contact on the display.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the information and the requested data constitute a distributed web site.

16. A system comprising:

a display;

a memory storing at least one application, the application comprising at least one portion of a distributed Internet site;

a wireless communication mechanism; and

a processor coupled to the display, the wireless communication mechanism, and the memory, the processor configured to;

execute the application;

receive a user input entered through the application;

generate a query, the query configured to retrieve a second portion of the distributed Internet site;

send the query using the wireless communication mechanism to a server external to the system;

receive a compressed response from the server, the compressed response including the second portion of the distributed Internet site;

display the second portion of the distributed Internet site.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the at least one portion represents a static portion of a web site tree.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the second portion represents dynamically generated data of a web site tree.

19. The system of claim 16, wherein the query is compressed.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the query is generated in a protocol that is compressed.