System, apparatus, and method for providing a mobile server

• US 7,305,230 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2003
• Issued: 12/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Zhigang, Qu
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Duc M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Phuong; Dai
• Application Number:
  US10/611,647
• Publication Number:
  US 20050014489A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,617 Days
• Field of Search: 4554121-4122, 455/415, 455/414.2, 455/426.1, 455/418, 709/217
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML

Abstract

Mobile terminal (302) provides information resources to other mobile terminals (310), Internet (306), and Internet browser (308). WAP push mechanisms including Session Initiation Request (SIR) and Service Loading (SL) are implemented through Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) gateway/HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) proxy 304to facilitate HTTP information transfer between mobile server (302) and the other network terminals (310 and 308).

Claims

1. A method for retrieving content via a first network from a mobile terminal operable as a server within a second network, wherein devices operable on the second network lack fixed addresses for receiving requests from the first network, the method comprising:

receiving a request for data from the first network, the request including a destination path that includes an identifier that is addressable on the first network and a mobile terminal identifier of the mobile terminal;

modifying the destination path of the request to indicate that a network path of the second network corresponding to the mobile terminal is the source of the content;

modifying the request to indicate that the mobile terminal is operating as a mobile server to provide the requested data;

forwarding the modified request to the mobile terminal; and

supplying content from the mobile terminal in response to the modified request;

wherein forwarding the modified request to the mobile terminal comprises using a Service Loading (SL) content type, and wherein the SL content type comprises;

an action field indicating that the mobile terminal is a data server;

a pathname that indicates where the content is located within the mobile terminal;

a username to identify the requesting network element; and

a password associated with the username.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the username includes the MSISDN of the requesting terminal.

3. A mobile server system, comprising:

a first network and a second network, wherein devices operable on the second network lack fixed addresses for receiving requests from the first network;

a network terminal coupled to transmit a content request via the first network targeted for a destination device on the second network, the request including a destination path having an identifier that is addressable on the first network and a mobile terminal identifier of the destination device;

a proxy coupled to receive the content request and arranged to modify the destination path of the content request to indicate a network path of the second network corresponding to the destination device; and

a mobile terminal coupled to the proxy to receive the modified request and service the request using the network path of the second network, wherein the modified request indicates that the mobile terminal is operating as a mobile server to provide the requested content to the network terminal;

wherein the WAP procedure includes a Service Loading (SL) content type, and wherein the SL content type comprises;

an action field indicating that the mobile terminal is a data server;

a pathname that indicates where the content is located within the mobile terminal;

a username to identify the network element; and

a password associated with the username.