Wireless internet gateway
First Claim
1. A wireless Internet gateway, comprising:
- at least one physical application server interface to interface a physical wireless Internet gateway with at least one physical application server; and
a Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) handler to communicate with said at least one physical application server with RMI;
wherein said at least one physical application server provides a communication path from said physical wireless Internet gateway to a physical Internet Protocol (IP) network using a protocol supported by said at least one physical application server independent of said RMI.
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Abstract
A wireless Internet gateway which bridges the gap between the Internet and wireless devices, e.g., via a short message service center (SMSC). The disclosed wireless Internet gateway provides a portal to SMPP, HTTP, TNPP, or other protocol messages using Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) techniques. Application servers (e.g., in communication with the Internet or an Intranet) insert RMI objects containing messages in a message queue handler of the wireless Internet gateway. The RMI objects are queued and passed either directly to a destination delivery handler (e.g., SMPP, SMTP, HTTP or TNPP protocol handler), or passed through a generic destination interface to provide an additional layer of abstraction to simplify development of the support of other destination protocols. An SMTP handler may be integrated into the wireless Internet gateway to provide direct communication of SMTP protocol messages (i.e., e-mail) to the message queue.
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27 Claims
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1. A wireless Internet gateway, comprising:
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at least one physical application server interface to interface a physical wireless Internet gateway with at least one physical application server; and a Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) handler to communicate with said at least one physical application server with RMI; wherein said at least one physical application server provides a communication path from said physical wireless Internet gateway to a physical Internet Protocol (IP) network using a protocol supported by said at least one physical application server independent of said RMI. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A wireless Internet gateway method, comprising:
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interfacing with at least one physical application server; and providing a Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) handler to communicate with said at least one physical application server with RMI; wherein said at least one physical application server provides a communication path to a physical Internet Protocol (IP) network using a protocol supported by said at least one physical application server independent of said RMI. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. Apparatus for providing communications between a wireless network and the Internet, comprising:
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means for interfacing with at least one physical application server; and means for providing a Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI) handler to communicate with said at least one physical application server with RMI; wherein said at least one physical application server provides a communication path to an Internet Protocol (IP) network using a protocol supported by said at least one physical application server independent of said RMI. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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