Method and architecture for an interactive two-way data communication network

• US 6,625,447 B1
• Filed: 11/24/1998
• Issued: 09/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Unwired Planet LLC (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Original Assignee: Openwave Systems Incorporated (JP Morgan Chase & Co)
• Inventors: Rossmann, Alain
• Primary Examiner(s): Trost, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Simon
• Application Number:
  US09/200,359
• Time in Patent Office: 1,764 Days
• Field of Search: 455/422, 455/426, 455/461, 455/414, 455/552, 455/566, 455/466, 455/412, 455/517, 709/217, 340/825.26, 340/825.27
• US Class Current: 455/426.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2871 Implementation details of single intermediate entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/563 Data redirection of data network streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2478 Telephone terminals specially adapted for non-voice services, e.g. email, internet access centralized arrangements where telephones services are combined H04M7/0024; for recording text messages H04M3/5322; for accessing Internet H04M3/4938
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/00 Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/493 Interactive information services, e.g. directory enquiries ; Arrangements therefor, e.g. interactive voice response [IVR] systems or voice portals
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0054 : where the data service is an electronic mail service
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/1235 : where one of the core networks is a wireless network
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/128 : Details of addressing, directories or routing tables
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 : Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 : Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 : Terminal devices

Abstract

A two-way data communication device such as a data ready cellular telephone, a two-way pager, or a telephone communicates via a two-way data communication network with a server computer on a computer network that has an interface to the two-way data communication network, i.e, is coupled to the two-way data communication network. For example, the computer network can be a corporate wide area network, a corporate local-area network, the Internet, or any combination of computer networks. The two-way data communication device utilizes a client module to transmit message including a resource selector chosen by the user to a server on a server computer on the computer network. The server processes the message and transmits a response over the two-way data communication network to the client module. The client module interprets the response and presents the response to the user via a structured user interface. Alternatively, the user transmits a request that directs the server to transmit the response to the request to another location or to another user.

Claims

1. A method for a two-way communication device having a display and an input interface to interact with a data network, the method comprising:

sending a request to a server across a wireless link for access to a resource on said data network, using a resource locator identifying said resource;

receiving over said wireless link a response from said server, said response resulting from said server accessing and transforming said resource to be more compatible with at least one of the two-way communication device and the wireless link, said response including a set of linked pages; and

displaying a display screen on said display based on at least one of the pages; and

allowing a user of the two-way communication device to move among said pages using a user input interface without sending an additional request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said pages include a page specifying an image to be displayed on said display.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said pages include a page specifying a data input to be received from a user through said input interface.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said data input is received through a phone keypad.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said data input is received in conjunction with a predictive data entry process.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said predictive data entry process uses a character frequency table stored in said memory.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said pages include a page specifying selectable choices to be presented on said display for selection.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein said selectable choices are selected using a cursor associated with said input interface.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said displaying a display screen on said display comprises

displaying on said display a first user interface defined in a first page of said set of pages; and wherein the method further comprises

allowing a user to move among said pages using said input interface.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein, upon receiving said pages, said two-way communication device stores said pages in a memory.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein said pages are associated by links within the pages.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein said input interface comprises a plurality of soft keys displayed on said display.

13. A wireless two-way communication device for communicating across a wireless network, said wireless two-way communication device comprising:

a display to display information;

a wireless network interface to communicate across said wireless network; and

a client module running on a processor, said client module to send a request for access to a resource on a data network using a resource locator identifying said resource, said client module receiving a response from said server, said response including a plurality of linked pages, said client module displaying information on said display according to at least one of the pages, said client module allowing a user of the wireless two-way communication device to move among said pages using a user input interface without sending an additional request.

14. The wireless two-way communication device of claim 13, wherein said pages include a first page specifying an image to be displayed on said display.

15. The wireless two-way communication device of claim 14, wherein said pages include a second page specifying data input to be received from a user through a user input interface.

16. The wireless two-way communication device of claim 15 wherein said user input interface comprises a phone keypad.

17. The wireless two-way communication device of claim 16 wherein said data input is received in conjunction with a predictive data entry process.

18. The wireless two-way communication device of claim 17 wherein said predictive data entry process uses a character frequency table stored in said memory.

19. The wireless two-way communication device of claim 15, wherein said pages include a third page specifying selectable choices to be presented on said display for selection.

20. The wireless two-way communication device of claim 19 wherein said selectable choices are selected using a cursor associated with a user input interface.

21. The wireless two-way communication device of claim 15 wherein said input interface comprises a plurality of soft keys displayed on said display.

22. The wireless two-way communication device of claim 13, wherein, upon receiving said pages, said two-way communication device stores said pages in a memory and displays information from a page selected from said pages on said display.

23. The wireless two-way communication device of claim 13, wherein said pages include links relating said pages.

24. A wireless two-way communication device for communicating across a wireless network, said wireless two-way communication device comprising:

a display to display information;

a wireless network interface to communicate data across said wireless network; and

a client module running on a processor, to send a request for access to a resource on a data network using a resource locator identifying said resource, said client module further to receive a response from a server, said response being a version of said resource transformed by said server and including a plurality of linked pages, said client module further to display information on said display according to a first page of the plurality of pages, said client module allowing a user of the two-way communication device to move among said pages using a user input interface without sending an additional request.

25. The wireless two-way communication device of claim 24, wherein said pages further include a second page specifying an image to be displayed on said display.

26. The wireless two-way communication device of claim 24, wherein, upon receiving said pages, said two-way communication device stores said pages in a memory.

27. The wireless two-way communication device of claim 24, wherein said pages further include a second page, and wherein said first page is associated with said second page by a link in said first page.

28. The wireless two-way communication device of claim 24, wherein said pages further include a second page specifying a data input to be received from a user through said user input interface.

29. The wireless two-way communication device of claim 24, wherein said pages further include a second page specifying selectable choices to be presented on said display for selection.

30. The wireless two-way communication device of claim 29 wherein said selectable choices are selected using a cursor associated with said user input interface.