Method for providing internet services to a telephone user
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. A method for providing a user of a telephone device with a capability to use Internet-based applications, which method comprises the steps of:
- at a first server, receiving an indication transmitted from said telephone device denoting a request to be connected to an Internet-based application residing at a second server;
establishing a communication path that extends between said telephone device and said second server via said first server;
at said first server, creating a virtual client entity specific to said telephone device and said Internet-based application to be used, created specifically to allow communication between said telephone device and said Internet-based application residing at said second server, and maintained only for the duration of a communication session that is about to take place between said user and said Internet-based application, thereby providing the user of said telephone device with the capability to use said Internet-based application; and
exchanging communications between said second server and said telephone device.
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Abstract
Method and system are disclosed for providing a telephone user with a capability to use Internet-based applications. The method comprises the following steps: At a first server, receiving an indication transmitted from the telephone denoting a request to be connected to an Internet-based application residing at a second server. Establishing a communication path that extends between the telephone and the second server via said first server. At the first server, creating a virtual client entity specific to that telephone and the Internet-based application to be used. The virtual client allows communication between the telephone device and that Internet-based application. The virtual client entity is maintained for the duration of a communication session that is about to take place between the telephone user and the Internet-based application. Thereby providing the telephone user the capability to use the Internet-based application, and enable exchanging communications between the second server and the telephone.
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1. A method for providing a user of a telephone device with a capability to use Internet-based applications, which method comprises the steps of:
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at a first server, receiving an indication transmitted from said telephone device denoting a request to be connected to an Internet-based application residing at a second server; establishing a communication path that extends between said telephone device and said second server via said first server; at said first server, creating a virtual client entity specific to said telephone device and said Internet-based application to be used, created specifically to allow communication between said telephone device and said Internet-based application residing at said second server, and maintained only for the duration of a communication session that is about to take place between said user and said Internet-based application, thereby providing the user of said telephone device with the capability to use said Internet-based application; and exchanging communications between said second server and said telephone device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system adapted to provide a user of a telephone device with a capability to use Internet-based applications, which systems comprises:
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a first server, operative to receive an indication transmitted from said telephone device denoting a request to be connected to an Internet-based application residing at one or more other servers; a second server hosting said Internet-based application, or hosting a menu comprising a plurality of Internet-based applications among which said Internet-based application is included; one or more processors adapted to establish a communication path that extends between said telephone device and said one or more other servers via said first server; and wherein said first server comprises at least one processor operative to create a virtual client entity specific to said telephone device and said Internet-based application to be used, wherein said virtual client entity is created specifically to allow communication between said telephone device and said Internet-based application residing at said one or more other servers, and wherein said virtual client entity is maintained only for the duration of a communication session that is about to take place between said telephone device and said Internet-based application, thereby providing the user of said telephone device with the capability to use said Internet-based application. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing one or more sequences of instructions which when loaded and executed by a first server, causes one or more processors to perform a method for providing a user of a telephone device with a capability to use Internet-based applications, by carrying out the steps of:
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receiving an indication transmitted from said telephone device denoting a request to be connected to an Internet-based application residing at a second server; establishing a communication path that extends between said telephone device and said second server via said first server; creating a virtual client entity specific to said telephone device and said Internet-based application to be used, created specifically to allow communication between said telephone device and said Internet-based application residing at said second server, and maintained only for the duration of a communication session that is about to take place between said user and said Internet-based application, thereby providing the user of said telephone device with the capability to use said Internet-based application; and enabling exchange of communications between said second server and said telephone device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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