Method and system for providing data communication with a mobile station

• US 7,843,883 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2004
• Issued: 11/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Daly, Brian Kevin, Luna, Michael, Myhre, John Eric, Holmes, David William James, Smith, Adrian David, Moore, Michael P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yao; Kwang B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rutkowski; Jeffrey M
• Application Number:
  US10/937,300
• Publication Number:
  US 20050030942A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,272 Days
• Field of Search: 370/352, 370/331, 370/326, 370/337, 370/341, 370/349, 370/442, 370/443, 370/458, 455/403, 455/417, 455/422.1, 455/425, 455/428, 455/432.1, 455/435.2, 455/445, 455/447, 455/461, 455/464, 455/414.4, 455/466, 709227-229, 709238-244, 709/245
• US Class Current: 370/331
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

A teleservice server in a wireless network provides an interface between a mobile station and an Internet protocol network thereby facilitating data transfers between these elements. The server translates datagrams from the IP network into a format suitable for transmission over a wireless network that provides voice communication capabilities. The server also translates data messages received from the mobile station over the wireless network into a format suitable for appropriate transmission in the IP network.

Claims

1. A web server comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with an application, wherein if the processor executes the application, the web server generates a notification request to send Internet Protocol (IP) data to a mobile station and transmits the notification request to a dual messenger, wherein the notification request causes the dual messenger to query a wireless packet data network and a wireless communication network to locate the mobile station before the IP data is sent to the mobile station, wherein the application receives a data request from a proxy and transmits the IP data to the proxy for delivery to the mobile station over the wireless communication network, if the mobile station is located on the wireless communication network.

2. The web server of claim 1, wherein the notification request includes an IP address of the application.

3. The web server of claim 1, wherein the notification request includes an IP address of the mobile station.

4. The web server of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication network is a network operating under a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) protocol.

5. The web server of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication network is a network operating under a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) protocol.

6. The web server of claim 1, wherein the wireless packet data network is a network operating under a Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) protocol.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with a set of executable instructions, the set of executable instructions to cause a computer to:

generate a notification request to send Internet Protocol (IP) data to a mobile station;

transmit the notification request to a dual messenger, wherein the notification request causes the dual messenger to query a wireless packet data network and a wireless communication network to locate the mobile station before the IP data is sent to the mobile station;

receive a data request from a proxy; and

transmit the IP data to the proxy for delivery to the mobile station over the wireless communication network, if the mobile station is located on the wireless communication network.

8. The medium of claim 7, wherein the notification request includes an IP address of the application.

9. The medium of claim 7, wherein the notification request includes an IP address of the mobile station.

10. A mobile station comprising:

a first communication interface to receive data via an enhanced server in communication with a wireless packet data network if the mobile station is in a data mode; and

a second communication interface to otherwise receive the data via the enhanced server in communication with a wireless communication network if the mobile station is in at least one of a voice mode and an idle mode;

wherein the enhanced server includes at least an R-Data message handler and a dual messenger in communication with the wireless packet data network and the wireless communication network.

11. The mobile station of claim 10, wherein the wireless communication network is a network operating under a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) protocol.

12. The mobile station of claim 10, wherein the wireless communication network is a network operating under a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) protocol.

13. The mobile station of claim 10, wherein the wireless packet data network is a network operating under a Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) protocol.

14. The mobile station of claim 10, wherein the IP data has a source address associated with a web server.