Mobile device access to back office data store

• US 7,801,972 B1
• Filed: 01/10/2007
• Issued: 09/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: T-Mobile Innovations LLC (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Original Assignee: Sprint Communications Company LP (Deutsche Telekom AG)
• Inventors: Prasad, Ashim
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan; Wing F
• Assistant Examiner(s): Thieu; Benjamin M
• Application Number:
  US11/621,563
• Time in Patent Office: 1,350 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 709/203, 709/219, 709/229, 709/230, 340/286, 340/635, 707/3, 707/4, 707/101
• US Class Current: 709/218
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/029 Firewall traversal, e.g. tunnelling or, creating pinholes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2895 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data provider application, e.g. reverse proxies
• 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 69/328 in the presentation layer [OSI layer 6]

Abstract

A method is provided for mobile device access to back office data store. A data request is received from a mobile device, wherein the data request is associated with a really simple syndication format file link to a data file in a back office data store. The data request is conveyed through a firewall to the back office data store, wherein the firewall permits only conveying the data request. The data file is accessed in the back office data store. The data from the data file is formatted for the mobile device. The formatted data is communicated to the mobile device.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:

receiving, by a communication server, a data request from a mobile device, wherein the data request is associated with a really simple syndication file format link template to a data file in a back office data store;

conveying, by the communication server, the data request through a firewall to a data manger for the back office data store, wherein the firewall only permits conveying data requests associated with really simple syndication file format links;

accessing, by the data manager, the data file responsive to the data request;

using, by the data manager, the really simple syndication file format link template to generate customized data from the data file; and

communicating, by the communication server, the customized data from the data file to the mobile device.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising determining whether access enabling information is valid.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising comparing the data request against a permitted level of access, and conveying the data request through the firewall to the back office server if the data request met the permitted level of access.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising notifying the mobile device of a subsequently modified data file.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1 further comprising formatting, by the communication server, the data file for the mobile phone.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 5 wherein the data request identifies a mobile device screen form factor, and wherein the communication server formats the data file according to the mobile device screen form factor.

7. A computer implemented system for a communication server, comprising:

a memory;

a processor configured to execute communication server software in the memory, where the communication server receives a data request from a mobile device, wherein the data request is associated with a really simple syndication file format link to a data file in a back office data store;

conveys the data request through a firewall to the back office data store, wherein the firewall only permits the communication server to convey data requests associated with really simple syndication file format links;

receives responsive to the data request the data file from the back office data store; and

communicates the data file to the mobile device; and

a data manager for the back office data store inside the firewall, wherein the data manager receives a second data request, the second data request associated with a really simple syndication file format link template, and wherein the really simple syndication file format link is used by the data manager to generate customized data from the data file.

8. The computer implemented system of claim 7 wherein the communication server further determines whether access enabling information is valid.

9. The computer implemented system of claim 7 wherein the communication server further compares the data request against a permitted level of access, and conveys the data request through the firewall to the back office server if the data request met the permitted level of access.

10. The computer implemented system of claim 7 wherein the communication server further notifies the mobile device of a subsequently modified data file.

11. The computer implemented system of claim 7 wherein the communication server further formats the data file for the mobile phone.

12. The computer implemented system of claim 11 wherein the data request identifies a mobile device screen form factor, and wherein the communication server formats the data file according to the mobile device screen form factor.

13. A computer implemented system, comprising:

a back office data store;

a mobile device;

a communication server that receives a data request from the mobile device, wherein the data request is associated with a really simple syndication file format link to a data file in the back office data store;

compares the data request against a permitted level of access;

conveys the data request through a firewall to the back office data store if the data request met the permitted level of access, wherein the firewall only permits the communication server to convey data requests associated with really simple syndication file format links;

receives responsive to the data request the data file from the back office data store; and

communicates the data file to the mobile device; and

a data manager for the back office data store inside the firewall that receives a second data request, wherein the second data request is associated with a really simple syndication file format link template, and wherein the really simple syndication file format link is used by the data manager to generate customized data from the data file.

14. The computer implemented system of claim 13 wherein the communication server further determines whether access enabling information is valid.

15. The computer implemented system of claim 13 wherein the communication server further notifies the mobile device of a subsequently modified data file.

16. The computer implemented system of claim 13 wherein the communication server further formats the data file for the mobile phone.

17. The computer implemented system of claim 16 wherein the data request identifies a mobile device screen form factor, and wherein the communication server formats the data file according to the mobile device screen form factor.