Private wireless WAP system
First Claim
1. A home WAP system for providing user selectable access from digital cordless telephone handsets adapted to WAP communications to services of a local home WAP gateway or to services of any remote WAP gateway in a public or private network, characterised in that the system comprises locally:
- a home WAP gateway device, a digital cordless telephone base station, one or more digital cordless telephone handsets adapted to WAP communications, and a means for communications switching, wherein the switching means is responsive to messages from a handset comprising switching information, and provides a communications path between a communicating handset and the home WAP gateway when the switching information specifies a home WAP gateway path or between a communicating handset and a public or private telephone network when the switching information specifies a different path.
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Abstract
A home WAP gateway system is disclosed that provides user selectable access from digital cordless telephone handsets adapted to WAP communications to services of a local home WAP gateway or to services of a remote WAP gateway in a public network. By a switching means responsive to a message from a handset comprising switching information, the system provides a communication path between a communicating handset and a home WAP gateway when the switching information specifies a predefined home WAP gateway path or between a communicating handset and a public or private telephone network when the switching information specifies a different path.
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1. A home WAP system for providing user selectable access from digital cordless telephone handsets adapted to WAP communications to services of a local home WAP gateway or to services of any remote WAP gateway in a public or private network, characterised in that the system comprises locally:
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a home WAP gateway device, a digital cordless telephone base station, one or more digital cordless telephone handsets adapted to WAP communications, and a means for communications switching, wherein the switching means is responsive to messages from a handset comprising switching information, and provides a communications path between a communicating handset and the home WAP gateway when the switching information specifies a home WAP gateway path or between a communicating handset and a public or private telephone network when the switching information specifies a different path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A home system cordless telephone apparatus operating according to a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and communicating with one wireless handset having a data processing device for operation of a handset computer application, comprising:
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a cordless telephone base station unit;
a first communication port for connecting to a remote WAP gateway via a telecommunications network;
a second communication port for connecting to a data communications port of a local WAP gateway via a local connection; and
a switch responsive to an information request received wirelessly from the handset including an address to an information element, wherein the switch is arranged to establish based on the address;
a first communication path for the information request between the handset computer application and the remote WAP gateway via the first communication port if the address specifies an information element located at a server reachable by the remote WAP gateway, and a second communication path for the information request between the handset computer application and the local WAP gateway if the address specifies an information element located at a server reachable by the local WAP gateway. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. For use in a home system cordless telephone system operating according to a wireless application protocol (WAP) that includes at least one wireless handset operating a handset computer application and a cordless telephone base station unit, comprising:
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establishing a connection between the wireless handset and the base station unit, in response to an information request received wirelessly from the handset including an address to an information element, establishing a first communication path for said information request between the handset computer application and a remote WAP gateway via a telecommunications network if the address specifies an address of an information element located at a server reachable by the remote WAP gateway, and in response to an information request received wirelessly from the handset including an address to an information element, establishing a second communication path for said information request between the handset computer application and a local WAP gateway via a local connection if the address specifies an address of an information element located at a server reachable by the local WAP gateway. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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Specification