System for customer access to messaging and configuration data

• US 20030110212A1
• Filed: 11/18/2002
• Published: 06/12/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lewis, John Ervin
• Granted Patent: US 7,401,148 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/06 Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/04 Interdomain routing, e.g. hierarchical routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/23 Reliability checks, e.g. acknowledgments or fault reporting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/48 Message addressing, e.g. address format or anonymous messages, aliases
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/56 Unified messaging, e.g. interactions between e-mail, instant messaging or converged IP messaging [CPM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/00 Wireless network protocols or protocol adaptations to wireless operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/184 Messaging devices, e.g. message centre
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/06 between gateways and public network devices

Abstract

A method for providing message information to a subscriber in a wireless network includes reading a cookie from a browser, modifying the cookie with the message information, transmitting the modified cookie to the browser, and displaying data to the subscriber based on the message information contained in the cookie.

Claims

1. A method for providing message information to a subscriber in a wireless network, the method comprising:

reading a cookie from a browser;

modifying the cookie with the message information;

transmitting the modified cookie to the browser; and

displaying data to the subscriber based on the message information contained in the cookie.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein modifying the cookie with the message information further comprises:

appending a message identifier to the cookie.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein displaying information to the subscriber based on the message information contained in the cookie further comprises:

reading data from the cookie; and

displaying data on the browser.

4. A method for providing message information to a subscriber in a wireless network, the method comprising:

creating a cookie with message information;

writing the cookie to a browser; and

displaying message information based on contents of the cookie.

5. A system for providing message information to a subscriber in a wireless network, the system comprising:

a computer device for reading a cookie from a browser, modifying the cookie with the message information, and transmitting the modified cookie to the browser; and

a communications device for sending data to the subscriber based on the message information contained in the cookie.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the computer device is further operable to append a message identifier to the cookie.

7. The system of claim 5 wherein the computer device is further operable to:

read data from the cookie; and

send data to the browser.

8. The system of claim 5 wherein the communications device is further operable to send data to a wireless device.

9. A system for providing message information to a subscriber in a wireless network, the system comprising:

a computer device for creating a cookie with the message information and writing the cookie to a browser; and

a communications device for sending data to a subscriber based on contents of the cookie.

10. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:

reading a cookie from a browser;

modifying the cookie with the message information;

transmitting the modified cookie to the browser; and

displaying data to the subscriber based on the message information contained in the cookie.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 wherein modifying the cookie with the message information further comprises:

appending a message identifier to the cookie.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 wherein displaying information to the subscriber based on the message information contained in the cookie further comprises:

reading data from the cookie; and

displaying data on the browser.

13. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:

creating a cookie with message information;

writing the cookie to a browser; and

displaying message information based on contents of the cookie.