Wireless transmission system

• US 8,521,216 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2008
• Issued: 08/27/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Morita, Kugo
• Primary Examiner(s): BALAOING, ARIEL A
• Application Number:
  US12/236,380
• Publication Number:
  US 20090073946A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,799 Days
• Field of Search: 455/550.1, 455/414.1, 370/315, 370/338, 707/3, 709/203, 709/219, 711/113
• US Class Current: 455/550.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/005 including pedestrian guidance indicator
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/123 indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, tramstransmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/42 for mass transport vehicles, e.g. buses, trains or aircraft
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/563 of the wireless resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/00 Network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/005 Moving wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A mobile wireless communication apparatus allows access to the internet by connecting to a public wireless communication network, based upon an internet access request from a wireless communication terminal. The apparatus performs wireless communication with the wireless communication terminal and with the public wireless communication network, and stores web pages that have been accessed in a first storage unit. When an Internet access request is made, the apparatus searches the web pages stored in the first storage unit for a web page that complies with the access request, and if found, transmits the web page to the wireless communication terminal. Web pages that have a higher frequency are stored in a second storage unit and notified to an external control apparatus.

Claims

1. A mobile wireless communication apparatus which makes it possible to access the internet by connecting to a public wireless communication network, based upon an internet access request from a wireless communication terminal which is being employed by a user, comprising:

a first wireless communication unit which performs wireless communication with said wireless communication terminal;

a second wireless communication unit which performs wireless communication with said public wireless communication network;

a first storage unit which stores web pages which have been accessed via said second wireless communication unit;

a control unit which, when an access request to said internet has been made from said wireless communication terminal, searches for a web page which complies with said access request from within the web pages which are stored by said first storage unit, and, if a compliant web page has been found, controls transmitting said web page to said wireless communication terminal via said first wireless communication unit;

a measurement unit which measures the access frequencies to web pages for which access attempts have been made via said second wireless communication unit; and

a second storage unit which stores web pages for which it has been estimated that the access frequency is high, wherein

the control unit notifies an external control apparatus of the web pages stored in the second storage unit.

2. A mobile wireless communication apparatus as described in claim 1,

wherein said control unit searches for a web page which complies with said access request from within the web pages which are stored in said second storage unit with a higher priority than from within the web pages which are stored in said first storage unit.

3. A mobile wireless communication apparatus as described in claim 2, wherein said measured access frequencies are the number of wireless communication terminals which have accessed said web pages.

4. A mobile wireless communication apparatus t as described in claim 1, further comprising a display control unit which performs control in order for said wireless communication terminal to display the contents of web pages in said first and said second storage unit.

5. A wireless communication system in which a wireless communication terminal which is being employed by a user accesses the internet via a mobile wireless communication apparatus which has been connected to a public wireless communication network, comprising:

a mobile wireless communication apparatus which comprises;

a first wireless communication unit which performs wireless communication with said wireless communication terminal;

a second wireless communication unit which performs wireless communication with said public wireless communication network;

a first storage unit which stores web pages which have been accessed via said second wireless communication unit;

a measurement unit which measures the access frequencies to web pages for which access attempts have been made via said second wireless communication unit;

a second storage unit which stores web pages for which it has been estimated that the access frequency is high; and

a control unit which, when an access request to said internet has been made from said wireless communication terminal, searches for a web page which complies with said access request from within the web pages which are stored by said first and said second storage unit, and, if a compliant web page has been found, controls transmitting said web page to said wireless communication terminal via said first wireless communication unit; and

a management apparatus which comprises;

a third storage unit which stores web pages in said second storage unit which have been accessed by each of a plurality of said mobile wireless communication apparatus in correspondence with identification information for each of said mobile wireless communication apparatus;

a communication unit which performs communication with said public wireless communication network;

an updating unit which performs updating of web pages which are stored by said third storage unit via said communication unit; and

a transmittal unit which transmits to said mobile wireless communication apparatus web pages which are stored by said third storage unit, based upon the time instants at which they have been updated.