Methods and apparatus for selectively providing user-specific information to origin servers in wireless application protocol applications
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1. A communication system, comprising:
- a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) terminal communicating, via a WAP gateway, with a network protocol origin server, wherein said WAP terminal selectively includes a tag in a request sent, via the WAP gateway, to the origin server, and wherein the WAP gateway, prior to forwarding the request from the WAP terminal to the origin server, modifies the request to include user-specific information when the tag is present.
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Abstract
A meta markup language (e.g., an adaptation of XML) includes a specific tag which is optionally sent from a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) terminal when issuing requests aimed at a network origin server. The specific tag can be replaced by an intermediary WAP proxy or WAP gateway so that user-specific information can be inserted into the request at the discretion of a terminal user. Exemplary embodiments thus give WAP terminal users complete control over whether certain, potentially sensitive, information is transmitted to a network origin server during a request.
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1. A communication system, comprising:
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a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) terminal communicating, via a WAP gateway, with a network protocol origin server, wherein said WAP terminal selectively includes a tag in a request sent, via the WAP gateway, to the origin server, and wherein the WAP gateway, prior to forwarding the request from the WAP terminal to the origin server, modifies the request to include user-specific information when the tag is present. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15)
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8. A method of sending a request from a Wireless Applications Protocol (WAP) terminal, via a WAP gateway, to a network protocol origin server, comprising the steps of:
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selectively including a tag in the request at the terminal;
forwarding the request from the terminal to the gateway;
modifying the request, at the gateway, to include user-specific information when the tag is present in the request; and
forwarding the request from the gateway to the server. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16)
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17. A WAP terminal comprising:
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a transceiver for communicating a request for information available on the Internet over an air interface;
an input device for permitting a user to enter control input into the WAP terminal; and
a processor for selectively appending a tag associated with user-specific information to said request for information available on the Internet based on said control input, wherein a WAP gateway, prior to forwarding the request from the WAP terminal to an origin server, can modify the request to include user-specific information when the tag is present. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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