SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING LOCAL INFORMATION FROM A WIRELESS BROWSER TO A WEB SERVER
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Abstract
A system and method for using a wireless browser to send local information from a wireless handset to a Web server. A service request received from a handset user includes the type of local information needed to carry out the request as well as the URL address of the server. The handset confirms that the input is not a telephone number to be dialed. If the input is a telephone number, the browser is terminated and the number is dialed. Otherwise, the browser acquires the local information needed to carry out the request from the handset. The local information is appended to the URL address, which is extracted from the user input, and the browser is instructed to navigate to the URL address to provide the local information to the server.
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38 Claims
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17. A method for using a browser to send local information from a wireless handset to a Web server or to dial a telephone number, the method comprising:
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receiving a service request from a user of the wireless handset, wherein the service request includes an indication of a type of local information needed to carry out the service request, wherein the service request corresponds to a browser command that identifies a type of location needed and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address of the Web server for the service request or a telephone command that identifies the telephone number, wherein receiving the service request includes parsing the browser command to determine a portion that corresponds to the service request; acquiring the local information; and sending the local information, wherein the local information is sent as part of the URL. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. At least one machine-readable medium having instructions for using a browser to send local information from a wireless handset to a Web server or to dial a telephone number, wherein the instructions when executed by a processing device cause the processing device to perform one or more operations comprising:
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receiving a service request from a user of the wireless handset, wherein the service request includes an indication of a type of local information needed to carry out the service request, wherein the service request corresponds to a browser command that identifies a type of location needed and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address of the Web server for the service request or a telephone command that identifies the telephone number, wherein receiving the service request includes parsing the browser command to determine a portion that corresponds to the service request; acquiring the local information; and sending the local information to the Web server, wherein the local information is sent as part of the URL. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. At least one machine-readable medium having instructions for sending local information from a wireless handset to a Web server, wherein the instructions when executed by a processing device cause the processing device to perform one or more operations comprising:
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(a) receiving a service request from a user of the wireless handset via a wireless data transmission passing through at least one wireless base station, wherein the service request includes local information specifying a location of the wireless handset; (b) acquiring the local information, from the wireless handset; and (c) sending the local information to the Web server from the wireless handset via a uniform resource locator, wherein a phone dialing process is modified to send the local information as part of the uniform resource locator. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. At least one machine-readable medium having instructions for using a wireless browser to send local information from a wireless handset to a Web server or to dial a telephone number, wherein the instructions when executed by a processing device cause the processing device to perform one or more operations comprising:
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(a) receiving an input from a user of the wireless handset via a wireless data transmission passing through at least one wireless base station, wherein the input comprises either a service request that includes local information specifying a location of the wireless handset or a telephone number to be dialed; (b) determining whether the input comprises a service request or a telephone number; (c) if the input is a telephone number, terminating the browser and dialing the telephone number; and (d) if the input is a service request, acquiring the local information from the wireless handset and sending the local information to the Web server from the wireless handset via a uniform resource locator, wherein a phone dialing process is modified to send the local information as part of the uniform resource locator. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A wireless communications system comprising:
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a wireless handset comprising; a transceiver for sending and receiving communications across a wireless communication network via a wireless data transmission passing through at least one wireless base station and an Internet browser configured to accept a user input comprising either a telephone number to be dialed or a service request including local information specifying a location of the wireless handset and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address, wherein a phone dialing process is modified to send the local information as part of the URL; and a processor to facilitate carrying out the service request based on the local information. - View Dependent Claims (36, 38)
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37. A wireless communications system comprising:
a Web server located at a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address contained in a user input having a service request and in communication with a wireless handset over a network, the Web server receiving local information via an Internet browser and carrying out the service request based on the local information, wherein the service request is received from the wireless handset, the service request including the local information specifying a location of the wireless handset and the URL address, wherein the user input further comprises a telephone number to be dialed, wherein a phone dialing process is modified to send the local information as part of the URL.
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