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

• US 7,054,626 B2
• Filed: 08/20/2001
• Issued: 05/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Unwired Planet LLC (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Original Assignee: Openwave Systems Incorporated (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Inventors: Rossmann, Alain
• Primary Examiner(s): Ferguson, Keith
• Application Number:
  US09/933,594
• Publication Number:
  US 20020039899A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,744 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414.1, 455/414.4, 455/403, 455/426.1, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/426.2, 455/466, 455/500, 455/517, 455/550.1, 455/414.3, 455/564, 455/445, 455/422.1, 455/73, 455/552.1, 455/565, 709/218, 709/219, 709/203, 709/231, 709/232, 709/237, 709/227, 709/228, 379/88.13, 379/100.08, 379/100.01, 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 method comprising:

receiving a request over a wireless network at a network node, wherein the request originates from a mobile device on the wireless network and is for a resource on a wireline network, and wherein the network node is coupled to the wireless network and the wireline network;

obtaining the resource over the wireline network using the network node;

processing the resource in the network node to make the resource more compatible with the mobile device or the wireless network or both; and

sending the processed resource from the network node to the mobile device over the wireless network as a response to the request, the response to the request comprising a card deck that comprises one or more cards.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein processing the resource comprises converting the resource from a first language used on the wireline network to a second language used on the wireless network.

3. A method as recited in claim 2, wherein the resource comprises a mark-up language document.

4. A method as recited in claim 2, wherein the second language is a distilled form of the first language, and wherein sending the processed resource to the mobile device comprises sending the resource to the mobile device in the second language over the wireless network, such that the resource sent to the mobile device is a compressed form of the resource obtained by the network node from a remote processing system on the wireline network.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein processing the resource comprises encryption or decryption.

6. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the network node comprises a gateway server to couple the wireless network to the wireline data network.

7. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the network node comprises a proxy server to proxy requests from the mobile device to remote servers on the wireline network.

8. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

operating the network node to communication with the mobile device over the wireless network using a first protocol; and

operating the network node to communicate over the wireline network using a second protocol different from the first protocol.

9. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising operating the network node to collect transaction and billing information relating to communication between the mobile device and the remote processing system.

10. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the network node comprises an HTTP server.

11. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the network node comprises a UDP module in addition to the HTTP server, and wherein the HTTP server uses the UDP module to communicate data with the wireless network.

12. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the request from the mobile device comprises a request to invoke an application running on a remote processing system on the wireline network, and wherein the resource is generated by the application in response to the request.

13. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the request from the mobile device comprises an HTTP GET request.

14. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the request from the mobile device comprises a URL for identifying the resource.

15. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the card deck is for use by the mobile device in generating one or more screen displays on the mobile device.

16. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising storing the card deck in the network node prior to the network node receiving the request from the mobile device, and wherein sending the processed resource from the network node to the mobile device comprises sending the card deck to the mobile device in response to the request.

17. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising operating the network node to generate the card deck dynamically in response to the request.

18. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein each card specifics one or more tasks to be performed on the mobile device.

19. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising operating the network node to control access by the mobile device to resources on the wireline network.

20. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

operating the network node to control access by the mobile data device to payment-based services on the wireline network, including collecting transaction and billing information associated with providing resources on the wireline network to the mobile device.

21. A method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

operating the network node to collect transaction and billing information relating to communication between the mobile device and a processing system on the wireline network.

22. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the mobile device comprises a wireless telecommunications device.

23. A method as recited in claim 22, wherein the wireless telecommunications device comprises a wireless telephone.

24. A server computer comprising:

a processor;

a first communication interface to communicate with a mobile device over a wireless network;

a second communication interface to communicate with a remote processing system over a wireline data network; and

a storage facility storing instructions for execution by the processor to cause the server computer to execute a process which includes

receiving a request for a resource on the wireline network from the mobile device over the wireless network;

obtaining the resource over the wireline network;

processing the resource to make the resource more compatible with the mobile device or the wireless network or both; and

sending the processed resource to the mobile device over the wireless network as a response to the request, the response to the request comprising a card deck that comprises one or more cards.

25. A server computer as recited in claim 24, wherein processing the resource comprises converting the resource from a first language used on the wireline network to a second language used on the wireless network.

26. A server computer as recited in claim 25, wherein the resource comprises a mark-up language document.

27. A server computer as recited in claim 25, wherein the second language is a distilled form of the first language, and wherein sending the processed resource to the mobile device comprises sending the resource to the mobile device in the second language over the wireless network, such that the resource sent to the mobile device is a compressed form of the resource obtained from the remote processing system.

28. A server computer as recited in claim 27, wherein the wireless network has a lower bandwidth than the wireline network.

29. A server computer as recited in claim 24, wherein processing the resource comprises encryption or decryption.

30. A server computer as recited in claim 24, wherein said process further comprises communicating with the mobile device over the wireless network using a first protocol and communicating over the wireline network using a second protocol different from the first protocol.

31. A sewer computer as recited in claim 24, wherein said process further comprises controlling access by the mobile device to resources on the wireline network.

32. A server computer as recited in claim 31, wherein said process further comprises collecting transaction and billing information relating to communication between the mobile device and the remote processing system.

33. A server computer as recited in claim 24, wherein the server computer operates as a gateway to couple the wireless network to the wireline data network.

34. A server computer as recited in claim 24, wherein the server computer operates as a proxy to proxy requests from the mobile device to remote systems on the wireline data network.

35. A server computer as recited in claim 24, wherein the server computer comprises an HTTP server.

36. A server computer as recited in claim 35, wherein the server computer comprises a UDP module in addition to the HTTP server, and wherein the HTTP server uses the UDP module to communicate data with the wireless network.

37. A server computer as recited in claim 24, wherein the request from the mobile device comprises a request to invoke an application running on the remote processing system on the wireline network, and wherein the resource is generated by the application in response to the request.

38. A server computer as recited in claim 24, wherein the request from the mobile device comprises an HTTP GET request.

39. A server computer as recited in claim 24, wherein the request from the mobile device comprises a URL for identifying the resource.

40. A server computer as recited in claim 24, wherein the card deck is for use by the mobile device in generating one or more screen displays on the mobile device.

41. A server computer as recited in claim 24, wherein the card deck is stored in the server computer prior to the request from the mobile device, and wherein said process further comprises sending the card deck to the mobile device in response to the request.

42. A server computer as recited in claim 24, wherein said process further comprises generating the card deck dynamically in response to the request.

43. A server computer as recited in claim 24, wherein each card specifies one or more tasks to be performed on the mobile device.

44. A server computer as recited in claim 24, wherein the storage facility further stores instructions for execution by the processor to cause the server computer to:

control access by the mobile device to payment-based services on the wireline data network, including collecting transaction and billing information associated with providing resources on the wireline data network to the mobile device.

45. A server computer as recited in claim 24, wherein the mobile device comprises a wireless telephone.

46. A network apparatus coupled to a wireless network and to a wireline network and comprising:

means for receiving a request over the wireless network at the network apparatus, wherein the request originates from a mobile device on the wireless network and is for a resource on the wireline network;

means for using the network apparatus to obtain the resource over the wireline network;

means for processing the resource in the network apparatus to make the resource more compatible with the mobile device or the wireless network or both; and

means for sending the processed resource from the network apparatus to the mobile device over the wireless network as a response to the request, the response to the request comprising a card deck which comprises one or more cards.

47. A network apparatus recited in claim 46, wherein the mobile device comprises a wireless telephone.