Method and architecture for an interactive two-way data communication network

• US 6,430,409 B1
• Filed: 11/26/1997
• Issued: 08/06/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Unwired Planet LLC (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Original Assignee: Openwave Systems Incorporated (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Inventors: Rossmann, Alain
• Primary Examiner(s): Trost, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ferguson, Keith
• Application Number:
  US08/978,701
• Time in Patent Office: 1,714 Days
• Field of Search: 455/426, 455/3.05, 455/550, 455/564, 455/565, 455/517, 455/412, 455/413, 455/414, 455/419, 455/466, 455/556, 455/557, 455/552, 455/422, 709/203, 709/224, 709/246, 709/228, 709/236, 709/217, 370/230, 370/352, 370/328
• US Class Current: 455/422.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2871 Implementation details of single intermediate entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams
• 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 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2478 Telephone terminals specially adapted for non-voice services, e.g. email, internet access centralized arrangements where telephones services are combined H04M7/0024; for recording text messages H04M3/5322; for accessing Internet H04M3/4938
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/00 Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/493 Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0054 : where the data service is an electronic mail service
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/1235 : where one of the core networks is a wireless network
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/128 : Details of addressing, directories or routing tables
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 : Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 : Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 : Terminal devices

Abstract

A two-way data communication device such as a data ready cellular telephone, a two-way pager, or a telephone communicates via a two-way data communication network with a server computer on a computer network that has an interface to the two-way data communication network, i.e, is coupled to the two-way data communication network. For example, the computer network can be a corporate wide area network, a corporate local area network, the Internet, or any combination of computer networks. The two-way data communication device utilizes a client module to transmit message including a resource selector chosen by the user to a server on a server computer on the computer network. The server processes the message and transmits a response over the two-way data communication network to the client module. The client module interprets the response and presents the response to the user via a structured user interface. Alternatively, the user transmits a request that directs the server to transmit the response to the request to another location or to another user.

Claims

1. A wireless mobile telephone having a processor, wherein said wireless mobile telephone comprises:

a memory;

a display;

a display module coupled to said display wherein said display module drives said display;

a key pad including a plurality of keys;

a keypad module coupled to said keypad wherein upon a user activating a key in said keypad, said keypad module stores information identifying the activated key in said memory;

a network interface module receiving data from and sending data to a data network over a wireless link;

a client module executing on said processor and coupled to said display module, said network interface module, said keypad module, and said memory;

wherein said client module, in response to a signal from said keypad module, processes said stored information identifying the activated key and stores a symbol representing said pressed key in a memory buffer; and

wherein upon completion of data entry, said client module retrieves the symbols in said memory buffer which generates a request including said symbols and a resource locator identifying a resource in a server on said data network to said network interface module for transmission over said wireless link to said server.

2. A wireless mobile telephone as set forth in claim 1 further comprising a card deck stored in said memory, said card deck comprising one or more cards received from said data network over said wireless link.

3. A wireless mobile telephone as set forth in claim 2 wherein said card deck includes a display card for displaying on said display.

4. A wireless mobile telephone as set forth in claim 3 wherein said client module processes said display card and sends information to said display module.

5. A wireless mobile telephone as set forth in claim 2 wherein said card deck includes a choice card providing a plurality of items for user selection.

6. A wireless mobile telephone set forth as in claim 5 wherein upon said client module processing said choice card, said client module retrieves said stored information identifying the activated key, and generates a request for a choice correspond to the activated key to said server.

7. A wireless mobile telephone as set forth in claim 2 wherein said card deck includes an entry card requiring user input.

8. A wireless mobile telephone as set forth in claim 2 wherein said card deck includes a card for display and user input.

9. A wireless mobile telephone as set forth in claim 8 wherein said client module receives said user input retrieve a second card from said card deck in accordance with said user input, and sends said second card to said display module for display.

10. A wireless mobile telephone as set forth in claim 2 wherein said card deck includes a card for display and for presenting choices for selection by a user.

11. A wireless mobile telephone as set forth in claim 2 wherein said card deck includes a card for user input and for presenting choices for selection by a user.

12. A method for a wireless mobile telephone, said wireless mobile telephone having a display and an input interface, the method comprising:

creating, in a client module executing on a processor in said wireless mobile telephone, a request to a server in a data network, said request specifying a resource locator identifying a resource associated with said server, said server communicating with said wireless mobile telephone over a wireless network, said creating comprising

retrieving said resource locator from a memory in said wireless mobile telephone,

generating said request using said resource locator and identification information, and

displaying on said display information relating to said request;

transmitting said request over said wireless network to said server;

receiving from said server a response over said wireless network; and

processing said response in said client module, to cause information in said response to be displayed on said display.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein said identification information identifies said wireless mobile telephone.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein said identification information identifies a user of said wireless mobile telephone.

15. The method of claim 12, said method further comprising:

displaying information regarding the transmission of said request prior to receiving said response.

16. The method of claim 12 wherein said wireless mobile telephone communicates with said server using a data transport protocol which transports data using headers identifying content-types.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein said data transport protocol uses transmission control protocol (TCP).

18. The method of claim 12 wherein said request is transmitted using an application level protocol which transporting data using headers identifying content-types.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein said application level protocol uses Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

20. The method of claim 12 wherein said a message results from accessing said server using said resource locator, said message being provided in a markup language.

21. The method of claim 20 wherein said response is a processed version of said message.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein said processed version is a distilled version of said message.

23. The method of claim 22 wherein said distilled version is a compressed version of said message.

24. The method of claim 12 wherein said response comprises a card deck having one or more cards, each card including information to be displayed on said display.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein said processing said response in said client module comprises:

storing said card deck in a memory; and

displaying one of said cards from said card deck on said display.

26. The method of claim 25 wherein one of said cards is retrieved from said card deck in said memory and displayed as a result of navigating a displayed card and activating a predefined key.

27. The method of claim 26 wherein said input interface comprises a keypad including said predefined key.

28. The method of claim 27 wherein said input interface comprises soft keys displayed on said display, said soft keys including a first soft key designated as said predefined key.

29. The method of claim 24 wherein one of said cards in said card deck provides for receiving user input through said input interface.

30. The method of claim 29 wherein said user data input is performed in conjunction with a predictive data entry process.

31. The method of claim 30 wherein said memory includes a character frequency table used by said predictive entry process.

32. The method of claim 30 wherein, in response to said user data input, a second card from said card deck is displayed.

33. The method of claim 12 wherein said response comprises a plurality of choices, each choice identifying a resource locator, and wherein said client module, upon one of said choices being selected, generates a request using said resource locator identified by said selected choice, and transmits said request over said wireless network.

34. A computer readable medium including computer program code for execution in a wireless mobile telephone, said wireless mobile telephone having a display and an input interface for interacting with a data network, said computer readable medium comprising:

first computer program code for generating a request in said wireless mobile telephone to communicate with a server in said data network;

said request including a resource locator identifying said server, said first computer program code further for retrieving said resource locator from a memory in said wireless mobile telephone, constructing said request using said resource locator and identification information, and displaying on said display status information relating to said request;

second computer program code for transmitting said request over a wireless network;

third computer program code for receiving a response from said server over said wireless network; and

fourth computer program code for displaying said response on said display.

35. The computer readable medium of claim 34 wherein said wireless mobile telephone operates a data transport protocol which transports data with headers indicating content-types.

36. The computer readable medium of claim 35 wherein said data transport protocol uses transmission control protocol (TCP).

37. The computer readable medium of claim 36 wherein said data transport protocol comprises Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request.

38. The computer readable medium of claim 34 wherein said a message results from accessing said server using said resource locator, and wherein said message is provided in a markup language.

39. The computer readable medium of claim 38 wherein said response is a processed version of said message.

40. The computer readable medium of claim 39 wherein said processed version comprises a distilled version of said message.

41. The computer readable medium of claim 40 wherein said distilled version comprises a compressed version of said message.

42. The computer readable medium of claim 34 wherein said response comprises a card deck having one or more cards, including a card to be displayed on said display.

43. The computer readable medium of claim 42 wherein said response comprises:

a plurality of choices, each choice identifying a resource locator; and

wherein said first computer program code, upon said on of said choices being selected, causes a request to be generated using said resource locator identified by said selected choice and said second computer program code causes said request to be transmitted over said wireless network.

44. The computer readable medium of claim 34 wherein said fourth computer program code comprises:

computer program code for storing said card deck in a memory; and

computer program code for displaying one of said cards from said card deck on said display.

45. A method for a server interacting with a wireless mobile telephone, said wireless mobile telephone having a display and a keypad, said method comprising:

receiving a request over a wireless network from a client module executing in said wireless mobile telephone, said request including a resource locator identifying a resource associated with said server and identification information, said request created by retrieving said resource locator from a memory in said wireless mobile telephone, constructing said request using said resource locator and identification information, and displaying on said display information relating to said request;

processing said identification information;

generating in said server a response to said request; and

transmitting said response to said wireless mobile telephone over said wireless network through a two-way data communication interface module in said server such that said wireless mobile telephone can display information corresponding to said response on said display.

46. The method of claim 45 wherein said identification information identifies said wireless mobile telephone.

47. The method of claim 45 wherein said identification information identifies a user of said wireless mobile telephone.

48. The method of claim 45 wherein said response is generated based on said identification information.

49. The method of claim 48 wherein said resource comprises an electronic mail message.

50. The method of claim 45 wherein said resource is provided in a markup language.

51. The method of claim 50 wherein said generating comprises generating a processed version of said resource according to a set of predetermined rules.

52. The method of claim 51 wherein said processed version is a distilled version of said resource.

53. The method of claim 52 wherein said distilled version of said resource is a compressed version of said resource.

54. A computer readable medium for a server communicating with a wireless mobile telephone, said wireless mobile telephone having a display and a keypad, said computer readable medium comprising:

first computer program code for receiving over a wireless network a request from a client module executing on said wireless mobile telephone, said request including a resource locator identifying a resource in said server and identification information, said request created by retrieving said resource locator from a memory in said wireless mobile telephone, constructing said request using said resource locator and identification information, and displaying on said display information relating to said request;

second computer program code for processing said identification information to determine how to respond to said request;

third computer program code for generating in said server a response to said request; and

fourth computer program code for transmitting said response to said wireless mobile telephone such that said wireless mobile telephone can display information corresponding to said response on said display, said response transmitted over said wireless network through a two-way data communication interface module in said server.

55. The computer readable medium of claim 54 wherein said identification information identifies said wireless mobile telephone.

56. The computer readable medium of claim 54 wherein said identification information identifies a user of said wireless mobile telephone.

57. The computer readable medium of claim 54 wherein said response is generated based on said identification information.

58. The computer readable medium of claim 57 wherein said resource is provided in a markup language.

59. The computer readable medium of claim 54 wherein said third computer program code further comprises computer program code for generating a processed version of said resource according to a set of predetermined rules.

60. The computer readable medium of claim 59 wherein said processed version is a distilled version of said resource.

61. The computer readable medium of claim 60 wherein said distilled version of said resource is a compressed version of said resource.

62. The computer readable medium of claim 54 wherein said resource comprises an electronic mail message.

63. A method for a wireless mobile telephone, the method comprising:

creating, in a client module executing on a processor in said wireless mobile telephone, a request to a server in a data network, said request specifying a resource locator identifying a resource associated with said server;

transmitting said request over a wireless network to said server;

receiving a response from said server over said wireless network, said response comprising a card deck having one or more cards, each card including information for generating a display screen on said display; and

processing said response in said client module, to cause information in said response to be displayed on a display of the wireless mobile telephone.

64. The method of claim 63 wherein said creating comprises:

retrieving said resource locator from a memory in said wireless mobile telephone;

generating said request using said resource locator and identification information; and

displaying on said display information relating to said request.

65. The method of claim 63 wherein said identification information identifies said wireless mobile telephone.

66. The method of claim 63 wherein said identification information identifies a user of said wireless mobile telephone.

67. The method of claim 63, said method further comprising:

displaying information regarding the transmission of said request prior to receiving said response.

68. The method of claim 63 wherein said wireless mobile telephone communicates with said server using a data transport protocol which transports data using headers identifying content-types.

69. The method of claim 68 wherein said data transport protocol uses transmission control protocol (TCP).

70. The method of claim 63 wherein said request is transmitted using an application level protocol which transporting data using headers identifying content-types.

71. The method of claim 70 wherein said application level protocol uses Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).

72. The method of claim 63 wherein said a message results from accessing said server using said resource locator, said message being provided in a markup language.

73. The method of claim 72 wherein said response is a processed version of said message.

74. The method of claim 73 wherein said processed version is a distilled version of said message.

75. The method of claim 74 wherein said distilled version is a compressed version of said message.

76. The method of claim 63 wherein one of said cards is retrieved from said card deck in said memory and displayed as a result of navigating a displayed card and activating a predefined key.

77. The method of claim 63 wherein said processing said response in said client module comprises:

storing said card deck in a memory; and

displaying one of said cards from said card deck on said display.

78. The method of claim 63 wherein said wireless mobile telephone further comprises an input interface which comprises a keypad including said predefined key.

79. The method of claim 63 wherein one of said cards in said card deck provides for receiving user input through said input interface.

80. The method of claim 79 wherein said input interface comprises soft keys displayed on said display, said soft keys including a first soft key designated as said predefined key.

81. The method of claim 79 wherein said user data input is performed in conjunction with a predictive data entry process.

82. The method of claim 81 wherein said memory includes a character frequency table used by said predictive entry process.

83. The method of claim 79 wherein, in response to said user data input, a second card from said card deck is displayed.

84. The method of claim 63 wherein said response comprises a plurality of choices, each choice identifying a resource locator, and wherein said client module, upon one of said choices being selected, generates a request using said resource locator identified by said selected choice, and transmits said request over said wireless network.

85. A method for a server interacting with a wireless mobile telephone, said wireless mobile telephone having a display, said method comprising:

receiving a request over a wireless network from a client module executing in said wireless mobile telephone, said request including a resource locator identifying a resource associated with said server and identification information;

processing said identification information;

generating in said server a response to said request, said response comprising a card deck having one or more cards, each card including information to be displayed on said display of said wireless mobile telephone; and

transmitting said response to said wireless mobile telephone over said wireless network through a two-way data communication interface module in said server such that said wireless mobile telephone can display information corresponding to said response on said display of said wireless mobile telephone.

86. The method of claim 85 wherein said identification information identifies said wireless mobile telephone.

87. The method of claim 85 wherein said identification information identifies a user of said wireless mobile telephone.

88. The method of claim 85 wherein said response is generated based on said identification information.

89. The method of claim 85 wherein said resource comprises an electronic mail message.

90. The method of claim 85 wherein said resource is provided in a markup language.

91. The method of claim 90 wherein said generating comprises generating a processed version of said resource according to a set of predetermined rules.

92. The method of claim 91 wherein said processed version is a distilled version of said resource.

93. The method of claim 92 wherein said distilled version of said resource is a compressed version of said resource.