Method and a system of remotely controlling data transfer via a data transfer network

• US 20040093375A1
• Filed: 08/28/2003
• Published: 05/13/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: British Telecommunications PLC (BT Group PLC)
• Original Assignee: British Telecommunications PLC (BT Group PLC)
• Inventors: Mason, Terrence I, Minnis, Stephen
• Granted Patent: US 7,596,592 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/5692 Selection among different networks
• 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 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/20 Negotiating bandwidth
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/22 Negotiating communication rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems

Abstract

To allow a user to transfer data at a higher data transfer rate in a cellular network allocates a user experiences the problem that the bandwidth available to him may vary, and in particular, may not be sufficient to allow the user to download information from the internet. The invention is a system which allows a registered user to transfer identified data, for example, data identified by a particular url, by a user of a cellular network to a remote location, for example, the user'"'"'s home computer.

Claims

1. A method of remote data transfer via a data transfer network comprising the steps of:

storing at a first data processing facility routing data associated with a first terminal for data transfer to a second remote terminal,

from said first terminal communicating via said first data processing facility data with said network,

via said network identifying at said second data processing facility data to be transferred to said second remote terminal,

instructing said second data processing facility via said first data processing facility to transfer said data, said first data processing facility accessing said stored routing data associated with said first terminal and instructing said second data processing facility to transfer said data to be transferred to said second remote terminal using said routing data

2. A method according to claim 1 wherein in said identifying step address data is identified associated with said data to be transferred and wherein said first data processing facility instructs said second data processing facility to transfer said data to be transferred by combining said address data and said routing data.

3. A method according to any preceding claim, in which said data transfer network is a cellular network.

4. A method according to any preceding claim in which said first data processing facility is a cellular server.

5. A method according to any preceding claim in which said second data processing facility is a server.

6. A method according to any preceding claim wherein said first terminal is a cellular handset.

7. A system for enabling remote data transfer via a data transfer network, said system comprising:

a data transfer network including a first data processing facility and a second data processing facility for storing data to be transferred,

a first terminal connected to said first data processing facility and to said second data processing facility via said network,

a second remote terminal connected to said network,

said first data processing facility including means for storing routing data associated with said first terminal for data transfer to said second remote terminal, said first data processing facility being adapted to use said routing data when instructed by said first terminal to transfer data from said second data processing facility to said remote terminal

8. A system according to claim 7 wherein said second data processing facility is adapted to store data to be transferred in association with address data accessible via said network and wherein said first data processing facility further includes means for combining said routing data and said address data when said first terminal accesses said address data and instructs said first data processing facility to transfer said data to be transferred from said second data processing facility to said remote terminal.

9. A system according to claims 7 or 8 in which said data transfer network is a cellular network.

10. A system according to any of claims 7 to 9 in which said routing data is the address of a second data processing facility associated with said second terminal.

11. A system according to any of claims 7 to 10 in which said first data processing facility is a cellular server.

12. A system according to any of claims 7 to 11 in which said second data processing facility is a server.

13. A system according to any of claims 7 to 12 wherein said first terminal is a cellular handset.