Method and system for enabling a communication device to remotely execute an application

• US 9,705,937 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2016
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hammond Development International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hammond Development International, Inc.
• Inventors: Hammond, Daniel D.
• Primary Examiner(s): SCHWARTZ, JOSHUA L
• Application Number:
  US15/236,644
• Publication Number:
  US 20160352785A1
• Time in Patent Office: 330 Days
• Field of Search: 709219, 726 15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/252 between a Database Management System and a front-end application
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/007 with remote control systems remote control in general G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/1016 Telecontrol
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

A communication system capable of enabling one or more communication devices to remotely execute one or more applications includes one or more communication devices that are coupled to a data connection. At least one of the one or more communication devices is operable to communicate a request to establish a communication session over the data connection. The system also includes one or more application servers that are coupled to the data connection. At least one of the one or more application servers is adapted to execute an application to establish the requested communication session with the at least one communication device. The at least one application server resides at a location remote from the at least one communication device. The at least one application server communicates a request for processing service to the at least one communication device. The request for processing service is communicated to the at least one communication device over the data connection.

Claims

1. A communication device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory having stored thereon a software program that, when executed by the processor, causes the communication device to;

establish a communication session to an application server over a first communication link, wherein the first communication link comprises a data connection, the application server adapted to execute an application to establish the communication session with the communication device coupled to the data connection in response to a request from the communication device to establish the communication session, the application server residing at a location remote from the communication device,

wherein the application server is operable to receive over a second communication link the application from a repository having access to one or more applications maintained in a database coupled to the repository, wherein the application server is further operable to execute the received application remote from the communication device and to establish the communication session with the communication device, wherein the application server is operable to communicate a request for processing service to the communication device;

receive a request for a processing service from the application server over the data connection, wherein the request for processing service comprises one or more queries for information from a user.

2. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the application portion executing on the server remote from the communication device provides access to a remote database.

3. The communication device of claim 1, wherein data retrieved from the user can be processed by said software program.

4. The communication device of claim 1, wherein information associated with a user response to the one or more queries is retrieved by the software program from said application server or at least one remote database.

5. The communication device of claim 1, wherein information associated with a user response to the one or more queries is retrieved by the software program from a repository or application that includes an HTTP translator that enables Internet browsing, reading web pages, and converting webpages into a format compatible with said software program.

6. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the request for the processing service comprises one or more instructions to the communication device to retrieve content from a source located remote from the communication device, including data representing audio, voice, text, video, image, or executable software code.

7. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the request for the processing service comprises one or more instructions to the communication device to send content to a destination located remote from the communication device, including data representing audio, voice, text, video, image, or executable software code.

8. The communication device of claim 1, further comprising one or more of:

a display capable of presenting text, video, and image information to the user;

a speaker or audio connection, capable of providing audio information to the user; and

input devices capable of receiving voice input, stylus input, keyboard input, touch input, or any other input that is comprehensible to the communication device.

9. The communication device of claim 8, wherein the software program, when executed by the processor, causes the communication device to present information to the user in at least one format selected from the group:

audio, voice, text, video and image, and processing input said input, utilizing said communication device capabilities.

10. The communication device of claim 8, wherein the input device has a wireless or wired connection to said communication device, said input device capable of receiving the touch, voice, or other input and communicating said input to said communication device.

11. The communication device of claim 8, wherein the first communication link is a wireless connection, a Wi-Fi connection, an Ethernet connection, or a wired connection.

12. The communication device of claim 8, wherein the communication device is a mobile device.

13. The communication device of claim 8, wherein the communication device is a mobile phone.

14. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the software program is responsive to one or more queries by receiving input selected from a group consisting of a spoken voice input, a stylus input, a keyboard input, a touch input, and any input that is comprehensible to the communication device.

15. The communication device of claim 14, wherein the application receives a user response and executes a next portion of the application based at least in part on the user response.

16. The communication device of claim 14, wherein the application continues to interact with the user until remaining information has been collected from or presented to the user on the communication device.

17. The communication device of claim 14, wherein said spoken voice input is communicated to said application server as a data communication.

18. The communication device of claim 14, wherein said spoken voice input is at least partially decoded by the software program and then communicated to said application server as a data communication.

19. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the application portion executing on the server remote from the communication device provides information or database access services.

20. The communication device of claim 19, wherein the said information or database access services include collection, retrieval, modification and storage of data as requested by said software program.

21. The communication device of claim 1, wherein information retrieved by said communication device can be processed by one or more software modules that assist with the collection of information from and/or the presentation of the information to the user of said communication device.

22. The communication device of claim 21, wherein said processing may cause a transaction to be executed based on data retrieved from the user.

23. The communication device of claim 22, wherein the result of said transaction is presented to the user by the software program.

24. A communication device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory having stored thereon software code that, when executed by the processor, causes the communication device to;

establishing a first communications link to one or more application servers, the first communication link comprising a data connection, wherein at least one of the one or more application servers is adapted to execute an application to establish a communication session with the communication device;

transmitting a request from the communication device to establish the communication session, wherein the one or more application servers reside at locations remote from the communication device;

wherein the one or more application servers are operable to receive over a second communication link an application from a repository having access to one or more applications maintained in a database coupled to the repository, wherein the one or more application servers are further operable to execute the received application remote from the communication device and to establish the communication session with the communication device, wherein the at least one application server is operable to communicate a request for processing service to the communication device; and

receiving, at the communication device, a request for a processing service over the data connection, wherein the request for the processing service comprises one or more queries for information from a user.

25. The communication device of claim 24, wherein the one or more queries comprise a preliminary communication session to acquire unique identification information about the user.

26. The communication device of claim 24, wherein the communication device further comprises a software program capable of executing and providing services to the application, wherein a substantial portion of the application is executed on one or more application servers at a location remote from the communication device, wherein each of the one or more application servers contains application content.

27. The communication device of claim 24, wherein the software code enables the communication device to:

collect information from and present information to the user.

28. The communication device of claim 24, wherein the software code causes the communication device to:

store information about the one or more communication devices and/or store a record of any interaction between a user and the system to a database.

29. The communication device of claim 24, wherein the software code is specifically suited to operate in conjunction with a specific application having content contained on one or more application servers.

30. The communication device of claim 24, wherein the software code comprises a portion of the application'"'"'s logic.