System and method for providing source awareness in a wireless application protocol network environment
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1. A method comprising:
- enlisting one or more end users in a billing plan associated with wireless application protocol (WAP) network communications;
generating a bill associated with at least one end user of the one or more end users, the bill being based on the billing plan; and
facilitating, by a content switch, the network communications for the at least one end user in response to the one or more end users being enlisted in the billing plan, whereby the network communications includes a protocol that comprises;
receiving, by the content switch, a request packet for network communications generated by a gateway on behalf of a mobile station operating as a source that initiated the request packet, the request packet comprising an identifier identifying the mobile station and a source address identifying the gateway; and
replacing, by the content switch, the source address of the request packet with an internet protocol (IP) address, the IP address identifying the mobile station.
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Abstract
A method for communicating in a wireless application protocol (WAP) network environment is provided that includes receiving a request packet at a WAP gateway and positioning an identifier into the request packet. A content switch then identifies the identifier and correlates the identifier to a source that generated the request packet. An internet protocol (IP) address associated with the source is positioned in the request packet before communicating the request packet to a next destination.
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1. A method comprising:
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enlisting one or more end users in a billing plan associated with wireless application protocol (WAP) network communications; generating a bill associated with at least one end user of the one or more end users, the bill being based on the billing plan; and facilitating, by a content switch, the network communications for the at least one end user in response to the one or more end users being enlisted in the billing plan, whereby the network communications includes a protocol that comprises; receiving, by the content switch, a request packet for network communications generated by a gateway on behalf of a mobile station operating as a source that initiated the request packet, the request packet comprising an identifier identifying the mobile station and a source address identifying the gateway; and replacing, by the content switch, the source address of the request packet with an internet protocol (IP) address, the IP address identifying the mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for communicating in a wireless application protocol (WAP) network environment, comprising:
a content switch associated with a gateway and operable to; receive a request packet for WAP network communications generated by the gateway on behalf of a mobile station operating as a source that initiated the request packet, the request packet comprising an identifier identifying the mobile station and a source address identifying the gateway; replace the source address of the request packet with an internet protocol (IP) address, the IP address identifying the mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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