System, apparatus, and method for providing a mobile server

• US 20050014489A1
• Filed: 07/01/2003
• Published: 01/20/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Zhigang, Qu
• Granted Patent: US 7,305,230 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.200
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4938 comprising a voice browser which renders and interprets, e.g. VoiceXML

Abstract

Mobile terminal (302) provides information resources to other mobile terminals (310), Internet (306), and Internet browser (308). WAP push mechanisms including Session Initiation Request (SIR) and Service Loading (SL) are implemented through Wireless Access Protocol (WAP) gateway/HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) proxy 304to facilitate HTTP information transfer between mobile server (302) and the other network terminals (310 and 308).

Claims

1. A method for retrieving content from a mobile terminal operating as a server within a network, comprising:

receiving a request for data from the network;

modifying parameters of the request to indicate that the mobile terminal is the source of the content;

forwarding the modified request to the mobile terminal; and

supplying content from the mobile terminal in response to the modified request.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the request is addressed to the mobile terminal by using a Mobile Station International Integrated Services Digital Network Number (MSISDN) associated with the mobile terminal.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein modifying the parameters of the request comprises:

removing the MSISDN transmitted with the request; and

replacing the MSISDN with a keyword that denotes the mobile terminal as a data server.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein forwarding the modified request to the mobile terminal comprises using a Session Initiation Request (SIR).

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the SIR requests the mobile terminal to establish a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection with a network proxy prior to supplying content from the mobile terminal.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein forwarding the modified request to the mobile terminal comprises using a Service Loading (SL) content type.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the SL content type comprises:

an action field indicating that the mobile terminal is a data server;

a pathname that indicates where the content is located within the mobile terminal;

a username to identify the requesting network element; and

a password associated with the username.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the username includes the MSISDN of the requesting terminal.

9. A mobile server system, comprising:

a network terminal coupled to transmit a content request;

a proxy coupled to receive the content request and arranged to modify the content request; and

a mobile terminal coupled to the proxy to receive the modified request, wherein the modified request indicates that the mobile terminal is operating as a mobile server to provide the requested content to the network terminal.

10. The mobile server system according to claim 9, wherein the proxy modifies the content request by replacing a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the content request with a keyword denoting the mobile terminal as the mobile server.

11. The mobile server system according to claim 10, wherein the proxy utilizes Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) procedures to establish a connection with the mobile terminal.

12. The mobile server system according to claim 11, wherein the WAP procedure includes a Session Initiation Request (SIR).

13. The mobile server system according to claim 12, wherein the SIR requests establishment of a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection prior to providing the requested content to the network terminal.

14. The mobile server system according to claim 11, wherein the WAP procedure includes a Service Loading (SL) content type.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the SL content type comprises:

an action field indicating that the mobile terminal is a data server;

a pathname that indicates where the content is located within the mobile terminal;

a username to identify the network element; and

a password associated with the username.

16. A mobile terminal wirelessly coupled to a network which includes a network element capable of relaying modified content requests to the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal comprising:

a memory capable of storing at least a protocol module and a server directory containing requested content;

a processor coupled to the memory and configured by the protocol module to provide the requested content to the network element in response to the modified content request; and

a transceiver configured to facilitate the requested content exchange with the network element, wherein the modified content request received from the network element indicates that the mobile terminal is a server for the requested content.

17. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which are executable by a mobile terminal for supplying content by performing steps comprising:

receiving a content request;

identifying a first parameter in the content request designating the mobile terminal as a content server; and

identifying a second parameter in the content request designating a location of the content to be supplied.

18. A proxy within a network used to facilitate content retrieval from a mobile server, comprising:

means for receiving content requests;

means for modifying the content requests;

means for transmitting the modified content requests to the mobile server; and

means for receiving content from the mobile server in response to the modified content request.

19. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which are executable by a network proxy for facilitating content retrieval from a mobile server by performing steps comprising:

receiving content requests from network elements;

modifying the content requests to designate a mobile terminal as the mobile server;

forwarding the modified content requests to the mobile terminal; and

receiving content from the mobile terminal in response to the modified content requests.