System for Remote Access to a Computer Using a Mobile Device as a Gateway

• US 20130046852A1
• Filed: 08/15/2012
• Published: 02/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/15/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Antecea, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Antecea, Inc.
• Inventors: Saxena, Anurekh, Aswathanarayana, Tejasvi
• Application Number:
  US13/586,153
• Publication Number:
  US 20130046852A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/08 specially adapted for terminal emulation, e.g. Telnet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/59 Providing operational support to end devices by off-loading in the network or by emulation, e.g. when they are unavailable
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/22 with access to wired networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/182 Network node acting on behalf of an other network entity, e.g. proxy

Abstract

A combination of a mobile device, such as a smartphone, and an installed application allows the mobile device to act as a gateway to allows remote access to a base computer from a remote computer. The mobile device is able to establish a connection with abase computer and will relay screen displays and commends to and from a remote system, to the base system.

Claims

1. A mobile gateway system for remote access to a base computer, comprising:

a mobile computing device having software installed thereon, said software performing the functions of;

accepting requests for connection from a remote system to said base computer;

establishing a connection to said base computer;

serving a user interface from said base computer to said remote computer; and

relaying inputs from said remote computer to said base computer.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said software further comprises:

a access portion for storing and retrieving access information for said base computer;

a translation portion for translating between a first protocol used to communicate with said base computer and a send protocol used to communicate with said remote computer; and

a thin client portion for transferring to said remote computer.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said connection established between said mobile computing device and said base computer is a remote desktop connection and further wherein an image of the desktop of said base computer is relayed to said remote computer.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said mobile computing device is connected to the internet and further wherein said connection to said base computer is established via the internet.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said mobile computing device uses WiFi or a cellular data network to connect to the internet.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein said software performs the further function of transferring a thin client application from said mobile computing device to said remote computer to facilitate the serving of the user interface of said base computer to said remote computer.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein said connection between said mobile computing device and said base computer uses a first communication protocol and said connection between said mobile computing device and said remote computer uses a second communication protocol, said software performing the further function of translating between said first protocol and said second protocol.

8. The system of claim 4 wherein said connection between said mobile computing device and said remote computer is established via the internet.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein said connection between said mobile computing device and said remote computer is established without use of the internet.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein said connection between said mobile computing device and said remote computer is established via a proximity connection.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein said mobile computing device may connect through one or more other mobile computing devices, in daisy chain fashion, before reaching said remote computer or said base computer.

12. The system of claim 1 wherein said connection between said remote computer and said mobile computing device uses a desktop streaming protocol.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein said desktop streaming protocol is selected from a group consisting of Microsoft RDP or VNC.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein said connection between said base computer and said mobile computing device uses a desktop streaming protocol.

15. The system of claim 12 wherein said desktop streaming protocol is selected from a group consisting of Microsoft RDP or VNC.

16. The system of claim 6 wherein said thin client on said remote computer may utilize a Java applet or a Flash-based application to render the display of said base computer.

17. The system of claim 1 where access information for said base system is pre-stored on said mobile computing device using said software.