Remotely provisioned wirelessly proxy
First Claim
1. A method of provisioning a wireless phone from a network server to autonomously reject a given URL requested by a piconet device wirelessly connected to said wireless phone, comprising:
- providing a compiled black list of universal resource locator (URL) addresses, via a network server, to an intermediate wireless phone providing pass-on service from a piconet device to URL addresses, said compiled black list relating to at least one URL that is blocked in response to a URL request by said piconet device connected to said intermediate wireless phone; and
autonomously rejecting, by said intermediate wireless phone, said URL request by said piconet device to a given URL in said compiled black list;
wherein said piconet device is disconnected from said intermediate wireless phone based on said black list provided to said intermediate wireless phone.
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Abstract
A remotely provisioned proxy within a wireless/mobile phone that proxies a wireless communication path between a disconnected piconet (e.g., BLUETOOTH™) device and a network resource such as a universal resource locator (URL) via a mating mobile phone. Thus, an application proxy module embodied within the mobile phone provides managed access of a piconet device connected to the mating mobile phone to remote services. A disconnected piconet device uses the full data bandwidth available to a wireless phone, without the need for the disconnected piconet device to include its own separate wireless front end, or to require use of a modem within the mobile phone. Thus, using a mobile phone with application proxy, the user need not pay for the luxury of a tethered data plan.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of provisioning a wireless phone from a network server to autonomously reject a given URL requested by a piconet device wirelessly connected to said wireless phone, comprising:
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providing a compiled black list of universal resource locator (URL) addresses, via a network server, to an intermediate wireless phone providing pass-on service from a piconet device to URL addresses, said compiled black list relating to at least one URL that is blocked in response to a URL request by said piconet device connected to said intermediate wireless phone; and autonomously rejecting, by said intermediate wireless phone, said URL request by said piconet device to a given URL in said compiled black list; wherein said piconet device is disconnected from said intermediate wireless phone based on said black list provided to said intermediate wireless phone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of provisioning a wireless phone from a network server to autonomously permit a given URL requested by a piconet device wirelessly connected to said wireless phone, comprising:
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providing a compiled white list of universal resource locator (URL) addresses, via a network server, to an intermediate wireless phone providing pass-on service from a piconet device to URL addresses, said compiled white list relating to at least one URL that is permitted in response to a URL request by said piconet device connected to said intermediate wireless phone; and autonomously permitting, by said intermediate wireless phone, said URL request by said piconet device to a given URL in said compiled white list; whereby said piconet device is permitted connection to said URL via said intermediate wireless phone based on said compiled white list provided to said intermediate wireless phone. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of provisioning a wireless phone from a network server to autonomously redirect a given URL requested by a piconet device wirelessly connected to said wireless phone, comprising:
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providing a compiled redirect list of universal resource locator (URL) addresses, via a network server, to an intermediate wireless phone providing pass-on service from a piconet device to URL addresses, said compiled redirect list relating to at least one URL that is redirected in response to a URL request by said piconet device connected to said intermediate wireless phone; and autonomously replacing, by said intermediate wireless phone, said URL request by said piconet device to a replacement URL from said compiled redirect list based on a match to said requested URL; wherein said piconet device is enabled communication with said replacement URL via said intermediate wireless phone based on said compiled redirect list provided to said intermediate wireless phone. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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