Remote procedure calls using short message service
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1. A wireless mobile communication device, comprising:
- a controller having an output, said controller for automatically determining if said device has adequate resources to perform a data processing operation, and if not, invoking the output to produce a command for invoking the data processing operation in a server that is accessible to said wireless mobile communication device via a wireless telecommunications network and is operable in response to said command to provide at least one of data and a computer program for use by the wireless mobile communication device, said command including first information indicative of the data processing operation and second information indicative of an operand associated with the data processing operation;
a user input for effecting the data processing operation needed by a user of said device; and
an interface having an input coupled to said controller output to receive said command, said interface for expressing the command as at least one Short Message Service message, said interface including a splitter that determines from said command a quantity of Short Message Service messages required to express said command, and said interface having an output that outputs the least one Short Message Service message via the wireless telecommunications network to an external data processing resource to perform the data processing operation.
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Abstract
A procedure in a remote server is accessed via a wireless telecommunications network. At least one Short Message Service message is produced, which message represents a command that, if applied to the server, will invoke the procedure. The at least one message is sent to the server via the wireless telecommunications network. At the server, the command is reproduced from the at least one message.
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24 Claims
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1. A wireless mobile communication device, comprising:
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a controller having an output, said controller for automatically determining if said device has adequate resources to perform a data processing operation, and if not, invoking the output to produce a command for invoking the data processing operation in a server that is accessible to said wireless mobile communication device via a wireless telecommunications network and is operable in response to said command to provide at least one of data and a computer program for use by the wireless mobile communication device, said command including first information indicative of the data processing operation and second information indicative of an operand associated with the data processing operation;
a user input for effecting the data processing operation needed by a user of said device; and
an interface having an input coupled to said controller output to receive said command, said interface for expressing the command as at least one Short Message Service message, said interface including a splitter that determines from said command a quantity of Short Message Service messages required to express said command, and said interface having an output that outputs the least one Short Message Service message via the wireless telecommunications network to an external data processing resource to perform the data processing operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of accessing a data processing operation in a remote server via a wireless telecommunications network, comprising:
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inputting, by a user an indication that the data processing operation is needed;
automatically determining if a mobile communication device has adequate resources to perform the data processing operation, and if not, producing a command that, if applied to the server, will invoke the data processing operation, said command including first information indicative of the data processing operation and second information indicative of an operand associated with the data processing operation;
expressing the command as at least one Short Message Service message;
sending said at least one message to the server that performs the data processing operation via the wireless telecommunications network; and
at the server, reproducing the command from said at least one message and, in response to the reproduced command, providing for use by the mobile communication device at least one of data and a computer program. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
thereafter, forwarding the Short Message Service message to a first data path if it represents said response, and forwarding the Short Message Service message to a second data path if it does not represent said response.
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11. The method of claim 10, including detecting from a Short Message Service message on the first data path a quantity of Short Message Service messages required to express said response.
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12. The method of claim 11, including, when said quantity exceeds one, obtaining from each message information indicative of a position of that message in a predetermined ordered relationship among said messages.
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13. A method of accessing a data processing operation in a remote server via a wireless telecommunications network, comprising:
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inputting, by a user, an indication that the data processing operation is needed;
automatically determining if a mobile communication device has adequate resources to perform the data processing operation, and if not producing a command that, if applied to the server, will invoke the data processing operation, said command including first information indicative of the data processing operation and second information indicative of an operand associated with the data processing operation;
expressing the command as at least one Short Message Service message, including determining from said command a quantity of said messages required to express said command;
sending said at least one message to the server that performs the data processing operation via the wireless telecommunications network; and
at the server, reproducing the command from said at least one message and, in response to the reproduced command, providing for use by the mobile communication device at least one of data and a computer program. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of using a wireless telecommunications network and a mobile communication device operable therein to effect performance of a data processing operation needed by a user of the mobile communication device, comprising:
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the mobile communication device determining from a user input that the data processing operation is needed by the user;
the mobile communication device automatically determining whether the mobile communication device has adequate resources available for performing the data processing operation within the mobile communication device;
if the mobile communication device determines that adequate resources are not available for performing the data processing operation within the mobile communication device, the mobile communication device sending to an external data processing resource a command for the data processing operation, including using Short Message Service to transmit the command from the mobile communication device through the wireless telecommunications network to the external data processing resource;
the external data processing resource receiving the command and performing the data processing operation in response to the received command; and
the external data processing resource sending a result of the data processing operation to the mobile communication device, including using Short Message Service to transmit the result from the external data processing resource through the wireless telecommunications network to the mobile communication device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A wireless mobile communication device, comprising:
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a controller having an input for receiving information from a user of the wireless mobile communication device, said controller for determining from the user input information that a data processing operation is needed by the user, and said controller further for automatically determining whether the mobile communication device has adequate resources available for performing the data processing operation within the mobile communication device, said controller having an output for producing, in response to a determination that adequate resources are not available for performing the data processing operation within the mobile communication device, a command for execution of the data processing operation by a data processing resource that is accessible to said wireless mobile communication device via a wireless telecommunications network; and
an interface having an input coupled to said controller output to receive said command, and said interface having an output that outputs said command to the wireless telecommunications network using Short Message Service.
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