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System and method for accessing computer services via a wireless network

  • US 7,676,233 B1
  • Filed: 02/15/2006
  • Issued: 03/09/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for providing server access to a wireless communications device via a wireless network, the method comprising:

  • receiving, at an integration server, an e-mail message from the wireless communications device via the wireless network, the e-mail message comprising;

    a location calculated based upon global positioning system (GPS) signals received by the wireless communications device; and

    a service request indication received by the wireless communications device via a user interface of the wireless communications device, the service request indication comprising one of a keyword and a number that is mapped to a particular service requested by the wireless communications device;

    parsing, by the integration server, the location and the service request indication from the e-mail message;

    determining, by the integration server, a service requested by the wireless communications device based upon the service request indication;

    determining, by the integration server, an application server capable of providing the service requested by the wireless communications device;

    requesting, by the integration server, the service from the application server;

    receiving, at the integration server, a reply from the application server in response to the request to the application server, the reply being based upon the service request and the location;

    formatting, by the integration server, the reply as a second e-mail message to be sent, via the wireless network, to the wireless communications device in response to the e-mail message; and

    sending, by the integration server, the second e-mail message to the wireless communications device via the wireless network.

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