MOBILE SERVER WITH MULTIPLE SERVICE CONNECTIONS

• US 20120209930A1
• Filed: 04/24/2012
• Published: 08/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Research In Motion Limited (Blackberry Limited)
• Inventors: Plumb, Marc
• Application Number:
  US13/454,456
• Publication Number:
  US 20120209930A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• 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: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

A method of communicating between a mobile communications device and a plurality of services that are used by the mobile communications device. The method includes establishing, through a firewall and a wireless network, a first communications session between the mobile communications device and a mobile server located in an enterprise network with which the mobile communications device is associated; and establishing, concurrent with the first communications session at least one further communications session between the mobile server and a service, the at least one further communications session being established by the mobile server as a session proxy for the mobile communications device.

Claims

1. At a mobile server located in an enterprise network with which a mobile communications device is associated, a method of facilitating communication between the mobile communications device and a plurality of services, the method comprising:

establishing a first communications session with the mobile communications device; and

establishing, concurrent with the first communications session, a further communications session with a service external to the mobile server, the further communications session being established by the mobile server as a session proxy for the mobile communications device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

retrieving, from a configuration database at the mobile server, service identification information associated with the mobile communications device;

selecting, based on the service identification information, the service for the establishing of the further communications session.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving, at the mobile server from the mobile communications device over the first communications session, a status notification message;

responsive to the receiving, transmitting, from the mobile server to the service over the further communications session, the status notification message on behalf of the mobile communications device.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile server includes an email service for forwarding email messages to the mobile communications device and the service includes a peer to peer communications service for communications between mobile communications devices.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the service is associated with a further mobile server located behind a further firewall.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein establishing the first communication session further comprises establishing the first communication session through a firewall and a wireless network.

7. A mobile server adapted to couple an enterprise network to a wireless communications network that is in wireless communication with a mobile communications device associated with the enterprise network, the mobile server comprising:

a service manager adapted to;

establish a first communications session with the mobile communications device; and

establish, concurrent with the first communications session, a further communications session with a service external to the mobile server, the further communications session being established by the mobile server as a session proxy for the mobile communications device.

8. The mobile server of claim 7 further comprising a configuration database storing service identification information associated with the mobile communications device.

9. The mobile server of claim 8 wherein the service manager is configured to:

retrieve the service identification information from the configuration database; and

select, based on the service identification information, the service for the establishing of the further communications session.

10. The mobile server of claim 7 wherein the service manager is configured to:

receive, from the mobile communications device over the first communications session, a status notification message; and

transmit, from the mobile server to the service over the further communications session, the status notification message on behalf of the mobile communications devices.

11. The mobile server of claim 7 further comprising a messaging service module for forwarding email messages to the mobile communications device.

12. The mobile server of claim 7 comprising a mobile data service module for adapting content for sending to the mobile communications device.

13. The mobile server of claim 7 wherein the service manager is further adapted to establish the first communication session through a firewall and a wireless network.

14. A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a processor of a mobile server located in an enterprise network with which a mobile communications device is associated, configure the processor to:

establish a first communications session with the mobile communications device; and

establish, concurrent with the first communications session, a further communications session with a service external to the mobile server, the further communications session being established by the mobile server as a session proxy for the mobile communications device.