Mobile station and communication system

• US 7,076,242 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2002
• Issued: 07/11/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Nitta, Yoshio
• Primary Examiner(s): Hudspeth, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, HUY D
• Application Number:
  US10/072,902
• Publication Number:
  US 20020107006A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,610 Days
• Field of Search: 455/412, 455/418, 455/419, 455/452, 455/556, 455/575, 455/414, 709/219, 709/204
• US Class Current: 455/412.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A mobile station includes a wireless communication unit and Web function unit. The wireless communication unit wirelessly communicates with a mobile communication system network. The Web function unit is connected to a content in the mobile communication system network via the wireless communication unit and has a content server function in WWW (World Wide Web). A communication system is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A mobile communication system, comprising:

a mobile communication system network; and

first and second mobile stations connected to said mobile communication system network, said first mobile station comprising a Web function unit with a content server function in a World Wide Web (WWW), and said second mobile station comprising a browser function unit for browsing a WWW content,

wherein said mobile communication system network comprises a cache equipment, which caches said content having a high access frequency among a plurality of contents provided by said Web function unit, and when said second mobile station requests said content, provides said content, cached in said cache equipment, to said second mobile station.

2. The mobile communication system of claim 1, wherein said

a first mobile station provides a content;

and

wherein said second mobile station communicates with said first mobile station, via said mobile communication system network, and wherein said browser function unit is for browsing said content of said first mobile station.

3. A system according to claim 2, wherein said mobile communication system network includes a mobile station authentication device, which permits said second mobile station to browse said content of said first mobile station.

4. A system according to claim 2, wherein said second mobile station comprises a cache unit, and

said cache unit caches a changed content when said content is updated.

5. A system according to claim 2, wherein said content server function includes at least one of a WWW server function, a mail server function, and a news server function.

6. A system according to claim 1, wherein said cache equipment confirms an update state of said content provided by said Web function unit, and caches an updated content based on a confirmation result.

7. A system according to claim 1, wherein

said first mobile station outputs a cached-content rewrite request to said cache equipment when said content provided by said Web function unit is updated, and

said cache equipment rewrites said content, cached in said cache equipment, in response to cached-content rewrite request from said first mobile station.

8. A mobile communication system, comprising:

a mobile communication system network;

a first mobile station that includes a WWW (World Wide Web) content server which provides a content;

a second mobile station that includes a browser and communicates with said first mobile station via said mobile communication system network for browsing said content of said first mobile station; and

a cache, which is located in said mobile communication system network, and caches said content having a high frequency of access.

9. A mobile communication system according to claim 8, further comprising a mobile station authentication device, which is located in said mobile communication system network.

10. A mobile communication system comprising:

a mobile communication system network;

a first mobile station that includes a WWW (World Wide Web) content server, which provides a content;

a second mobile station that includes a browser and communicates with said first mobile station via said mobile communication system network for browsing said content of said first mobile station, wherein when said second mobile station requests said content having said high frequency of access, said cache provides said content having said high frequency of access to said second mobile station.

11. A mobile communication system according to claim 10, further comprising a mobile station authentication device, which is located in said mobile communication system network.