Method and system for fetching content from a server in a cellular communication system

• US 7,865,506 B1
• Filed: 06/09/2000
• Issued: 01/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Pedersen, Claus
• Primary Examiner(s): LeRoux; Etienne P
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen; Cindy
• Application Number:
  US10/009,499
• Time in Patent Office: 3,861 Days
• Field of Search: 703/3, 703/102, 709/225, 709/219, 455/419, 370/403, 707/10
• US Class Current: 707/726
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications

Abstract

A system, a method, and a cellular communication terminal for fetching content from at least one server. The cellular communication terminal is arranged with a receiver and a transmitter, to receive and transmit data packets from at least one server through links. The link is arranged to transmit the data packets between the terminal and the server arranged with a first memory comprising an identifier and at least one item. The item is provided with an access point, which indicates the location of the server to be accessed. The server is accessed by sending the access point and the identified to the link to identify a first content to be accessed. The first content is associated with link content, which is provided at different locations in the server or on other servers. A browser application is arranged in the terminal, to establish a session to link, by reading an item from the first memory.

Claims

1. A cellular communication terminal comprising:

a receiver and a transmitter configured to receive and transmit data packets according to the Wireless Application Protocol from at least one server through a gateway or proxy server which transmits the data packets between the terminal and at least one server;

a first memory comprising an identifier and at least one item, the at least one item having an access point which indicates a location of the at least one server to be accessed, wherein the at least one server is accessible by sending the identifier to the gateway or proxy server to identify a first content to be accessed at the at least one server, and wherein the first content is associated with link content provided at different locations in the at least one server or in another server;

a processor configured to provide a Wireless Application Protocol Environment including a Wireless Application Protocol browser which is configured to read an item from the first memory and to establish a session to the gateway or proxy server, and to fetch a copy of the first content from the at least one server at the location indicated by the access point, to be stored in the first memory or in a second memory, wherein the second memory is arranged to store temporarily or permanently the copy of the first content;

a user interface connected to the processor, the user interface including a display configured to display the copy of the first content received from the at least one server and a user input configured to control the processor;

wherein the receiver and transmitter are configured to fetch a copy of the first content and a copy of the link content simultaneously upon a request generated by the processor in accordance with the Wireless Application Protocol, the transmitter configured to send the request as a data packet, comprising an instruction to the at least one server to send the copy of the first content from a given location in the at least one server, indicated by the access point, together with a copy of the link content, simultaneously; and

wherein the terminal is cellular phone.

2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the first content and the link content is provided in the same server.

3. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the Wireless Application Protocol browser comprises a pull means which includes a selecting means in order to choose which content is to he fetched.

4. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the second memory is an external memory, provided with a connection to the terminal.

5. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the second memory is in the terminal.

6. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the second memory is a cache memory.

7. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the first memory is a SIM card.

8. A method comprising:

reading an item in first memory and an identifier, the item comprising at least one access point indicating the location of a server to be accessed;

generating a request in accordance with the Wireless Application Protocol, the request comprising information of the at least one access point, and the identifier identifying a first content of the at least one access point, the first content being associated with link content provided at different locations in the server or in another server;

initiating a session to a gateway or proxy server according to the Wireless Application Protocol, by transmitting the request from the cellular communication terminal to the gateway or proxy server, the gateway or proxy server sending data packets between the terminal and the server; and

establishing a session between the terminal and the gateway or proxy server according to the Wireless Application Protocol, wherein the request has an instruction to the server to send a copy of the first content from a given location in the server, indicated by the access point, together with a copy of the link content, simultaneously, and

fetching a copy of the first content and a copy of the link content simultaneously.

9. A method according to claim 8, wherein the copy of the first content and the link content is stored in a second memory.

10. A method according to claim 8, wherein the copy of the first content and the link content are from the same server.

11. A method according to claim 10, comprising fetching a copy of the link content from a further server.

12. A method comprising:

receiving data packets according to the Wireless Application Protocol from a cellular communication terminal;

within the data packets, receiving a request in accordance with the Wireless Application Protocol, the request comprising information of at least one access point indicating a location of the server to be accessed and an instruction to the server to send a copy of a first content from a location in the server together with a copy of link content simultaneously, wherein the first content of at least one access point is identified by an identifier and the first content is associated with the link content provided at different locations in at least one of the server and another server; and

sending the copy of the first content and the link content simultaneously to the cellular communication terminal.

13. A method according to claim 12, wherein the copy of the first content and the link content are from the same server.

14. A method according to claim 12, wherein the copy of the first content and the link content is stored in a memory of a cellular communication terminal.

15. A computers program product, embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer code configured to perform the processes of claim 12.

16. A server, comprising:

a processor unit; and

a memory unit operatively connected to the processor unit and including;

computer code configured to receive data packets from a cellular communication terminal;

computer code configured to receive a request in accordance with the Wireless Application Protocol within the data packets, the request comprising information of at least one access point indicating a location of the server to be accessed and an instruction to the server to send a copy of a first content from a location in the server together with a copy of link content simultaneously, wherein the first content of at least one access point is identified by an identifier and the first content is associated with the link content provided at different locations in at least one of the server and another server; and

computer code configured to send the copy of the first content and the link content from the server simultaneously to the cellular communication terminal.

17. A server according to claim 16, wherein the copy of the first content and the link content are from the same server.

18. A method of fetching content from a server, comprising:

transceiving data packets from at least one server during an established session according to the Wireless Application Protocol;

effectuating access to the server by receiving an access point indicating a location of the server to be accessed and an identifier identifying a first content to be accessed, wherein the first content is associated with link content provided at different locations in one of the server and another server; and

participating in a fetching process comprising fetching a copy of the first content from the server at the location indicated by the access point and fetching a copy of the link content simultaneously in response to a request in accordance with the Wireless Application Protocol sent as a data packet included within the transceived data packets, the request including an instruction to the server to send the copy of the first content from a given location in the server indicated by the access point together with the copy of the link content, simultaneously.

19. A method according to claim 18, wherein the first content and the link content is provided in the same server.

20. A computer program product, embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer code configured to perform the processes of claim 18.

21. A server, comprising:

a processor unit; and

a memory unit operatively connected to the processor unit and including;

computer code configured to transceive data packets from at least one server during an established session according to the Wireless Application Protocol;

computer code configured to effectuate access to the server by receiving an access point indicating a location of the server to be accessed and an identifier identifying a first content to he accessed, wherein the first content is associated with link content provided at different locations in one of the server and another server; and

computer code configured to participate in a fetching process comprising fetching a copy of the first content from the server at the location indicated by the access point and fetching a copy of the link content simultaneously in response to a request in accordance with the Wireless Application Protocol sent as a data packet included within the transceived data packets, the request including an instruction to the server to send the copy of the first content from a given location in the server indicated by the access point together with the copy of the link content, simultaneously.

22. A server according to claim 21, wherein the first content and the link content is provided in the same server.

23. A computer program product, embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium for fetching content from at least one server comprising:

computer code configured to receive and transmit data packets according to the Wireless Application Protocol from at least one server through a link which transmits the data packets between the terminal and the at least one server;

computer code configured to store in a first memory, an identifier and at least one item, the at least one item is provided with an access point which indicates a location of the at least one server to he accessed, wherein the at least one server is accessed by sending the identifier to the link to identify a first content to be accessed at the at least one server, and wherein the first content is associated with link content provided at different locations in the at least one server or in another server;

computer code configured to establish a session according to the Wireless Application Protocol to the link by reading an item from the first memory, and fetching a copy of the first content from the at least one server, at the location indicated by the access point, to be stored in the first memory or in a second memory, wherein the second memory temporarily or permanently stores the copy of the first content;

computer code configured to display the copy of the first content received from the at least one server and a user input which controls the browser application; and

computer code configured to fetch a copy of the first content and a copy of the link content simultaneously upon a request generated by the browser application in accordance with the Wireless Application Protocol, the request being sent through a transmitter as a data packet, comprising an instruction to the at least one server to send a the copy of the first content from a given location in the at least one server, indicated by the access point, together with a copy of the link content, simultaneously.

24. A computer program product according to claim 23, wherein the first content and the link content is provided in the same server.