Fault-tolerant queue with autonomous client operation
Granted: April 6, 2004
Patent Number:
6718327
Apparatus and methods, including computer program products, for providing a network-accessible queue. The queue is stored on a network-accessible file system having a locking mechanism providing strictly-enforced, network-wide file locking. The data structures of the queue are stored in the file system. The file system is preferably implemented on a network accessible RAID array storage device providing a native CIFS file system for storing queue entries received over a network from…
Method and apparatus for dynamically configuring timing parameters for wireless data devices
Granted: April 6, 2004
Patent Number:
6717915
A method and apparatus for dynamically adjusting timing parameters in a wireless data network is disclosed. A server system receives a set of timing statistics that may include a set of timing statistics measured by a wireless client and a set of timing statistics measured by a server device that services the wireless client. The timing statistics reflect the performance of the wireless network. Using the timing statistics and other timing related information such as the type of the…
Method and system for providing resource access in a mobile environment
Granted: March 30, 2004
Patent Number:
6715131
Techniques that facilitate participation of mobile devices in accessing resources over a data network are disclosed. The data network can be wired, wireless or some combination thereof. In one aspect, a mobile navigation metaphor is provided to yield similar navigation experiences on both mobile devices and personal computers. In another aspect, a central content server is able to return requested content to requesters in a format suitable for their device.
Method and apparatus for sharing standard template library objects among processes
Granted: March 23, 2004
Patent Number:
6711595
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products for sharing a user STL object among processes. A shared memory segment is created. A system STL (Standard Template Library) map is anchored in the shared memory segment. A user STL object is received. An address is obtained for the user STL object by requesting storage from an allocator allocating memory from the shared memory segment to store at least one node of the user STL object and data added to the user STL object. The…
Hypermedia identifier input mode for a mobile communication device
Granted: March 16, 2004
Patent Number:
6708214
A mobile communication device operable to allow a user to access hypermedia content via a wireless link is configured to allow a user to more easily input hypermedia identifiers, such as Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). The device includes a processor, a display, a set of user input keys, each of which is operable to allow a user to input a predetermined numeral, and a storage facility in which a microbrowser program is stored. The microbrowser program is executed by the processor to…
Method and apparatus for displaying images on mobile devices
Granted: January 27, 2004
Patent Number:
6684087
According to the principles disclosed herein, an image requested by a mobile device is first processed in a server device. In accordance with a set of parameters about the screen of the mobile device, the requested image is transformed to a reduced version that fits well into the screen. In addition, the reduced version is inherently divided into a number of subareas, each embedded a link to a detailed version thereof and associated with one of the keys in the mobile device. When the…
Method and apparatus for integrating narrowband and wideband data transports
Granted: December 16, 2003
Patent Number:
6665711
The present invention has particular applications to the navigation of Internet web pages using two-way interactive communication devices, such as a mobile device, a mobile phone, a landline telephone, and an Internet capable remote controller. According to one aspect of the present invention, each of the two-way interactive communication devices is a node in a distributed network, thus the devices can access hypermedia or hierarchic layers of information stored in server devices on the…
Providing graphical location information for mobile resources using a data-enabled network
Granted: December 9, 2003
Patent Number:
6662016
The inventive system relates to applications for providing graphical display information regarding mobile resources. In the illustrated embodiment, the system (100) provides graphical location information regarding one or more mobile resources (110, 120 and/or 130). The graphical location information is provided via a display (147) associated with a client platform (140). The display includes mapping information and mobile resource marker information transmitted from a server (170) to…
Method and apparatus for informing wireless clients about updated information
Granted: November 25, 2003
Patent Number:
6654786
A unified interface is disclosed for sending update notifications to different wireless clients on different wireless networks. The update notifications may be push notifications or pull notifications. Push notifications include a data payload with updated information. Pull notifications merely specify an address where update information is available. The updated information must be “pulled” using the supplied address. Several maintenance requests are provided for querying…
Method and system facilitating web based provisioning of two-way mobile communications devices
Granted: November 11, 2003
Patent Number:
6647260
A system and method for provisioning a two-way mobile communications device having a display screen and user interface that is initiated from the device to be provisioned. The device to be provisioned establishes a secure communications session with a provisioning server device. The subject communications path may utilize an intermediate server device. The user of the device is then presented with a plurality of input and choice screens, which may be used in conjunction with the user…
Method and architecture for an interactive two-way data communication network
Granted: September 23, 2003
Patent Number:
6625447
A two-way data communication device such as a data ready cellular telephone, a two-way pager, or a telephone communicates via a two-way data communication network with a server computer on a computer network that has an interface to the two-way data communication network, i.e, is coupled to the two-way data communication network. For example, the computer network can be a corporate wide area network, a corporate local-area network, the Internet, or any combination of computer networks.…
Method and system for providing resource access in a mobile environment
Granted: August 26, 2003
Patent Number:
6610105
Techniques that facilitate participation of mobile devices in accessing resources over a data network are disclosed. The data network can be wired, wireless or some combination thereof. In one aspect, a mobile navigation metaphor is provided to yield similar navigation experiences on both mobile devices and personal computers. In another aspect, a central content server is able to return requested content to requestors in a format suitable for their device.
Method and apparatus for caching credentials in proxy servers for wireless user agents
Granted: August 12, 2003
Patent Number:
6606663
A credential caching proxy server that handles credential caching for a set of wireless client devices is disclosed. The credential caching proxy server handles most credential transactions for wireless client devices that wish to access resources within a protected realm where the protected realm requires credentials. In one embodiment, the credential caching proxy server intercepts and caches a wireless client's credentials when a credential is first sent from the wireless user…
Online churn reduction and loyalty system
Granted: July 22, 2003
Patent Number:
6597903
A method and system are disclosed for providing subscriber loyalty and retention techniques. These techniques are suitable for mobile devices with small screens and limited keypad communication. This system and method allows mobile subscribers who have been identified as being likely candidates for churning, to efficiently, visually and interactively, review an offer for a mobile service plan better meeting the subscriber's needs. The subscriber can review and execute the offer…
Automated access by mobile device to automated telephone information services
Granted: July 15, 2003
Patent Number:
6594484
A method and system for automated navigation through voice menu information systems for mobile devices are disclosed. Navigation of the voice menu information systems is accomplished using a stored script (i.e., a time ordered log of the input associated with a previous interaction). A user wishing to store such a script, prior to an interaction with a voice menu system, would select this option from a menu displayed on the display screen of the wireless client device. The user is…
Method and system for efficiently navigating a text entry cursor provided by a mobile device
Granted: July 1, 2003
Patent Number:
6587132
Improved approaches are disclosed for efficiently navigating a cursor to an edit location within previously entered text so that the text can be edited. These improved approaches enable users to position a cursor within previously entered text more quickly and with greater ease than conventionally possible. These approaches are particularly well suited for small scale mobile devices having reduced size displays and limited keys such as mobile phones (e.g., cellular phones), two-way…
Server chaining system for usenet
Granted: May 13, 2003
Patent Number:
6564233
A chaining system for Usenet applications allows local Usenet servers having a relatively small storage capacity to provide access to a large number of articles through network connections with large-capacity storage devices. The local servers can thereby advertise the availability of the union of its own stored content and the content stored on the large-capacity storage device. Chaining can be accomplished with and without-caching. In addition, the chaining system of the present…
Data network computing device call processing
Granted: May 6, 2003
Patent Number:
6560216
A telecommunications service node is connected to a data network using a packet data protocol and a telephone network using a circuit switched protocol. The service node is also connected to a wireless roaming network using the IS-41 signaling protocol. The service node stores status information, including location and registration information, for mobile computing devices connected to the data packet network. The location information includes a temporary data network address for…
System and method for providing subscriber-initiated information over the short message service (SMS) or a microbrowser
Granted: May 6, 2003
Patent Number:
6560456
The present invention discloses a system and a method for providing information to a communication device in response to a request for such service received from the communication device. The request may be in the form of a digits request trigger or short message service (SMS) origination message that is initiate from a wireless telephone. The digits request trigger and SMS origination request may be initiated when a user selects a menu option or it may be initiated using a microbrowser.…
Remote bookmarking for wireless client devices
Granted: May 6, 2003
Patent Number:
6560640
Improved techniques that enable wireless devices to implement bookmarks with improved transmission efficiency, reduced user navigation and/or reduced amounts of memory resources are disclosed. One aspect of the improved techniques pertains to use of a compact request from a wireless device to an intermediate server when requesting a document or file by selection of a bookmark. Another aspect of the improved techniques is the ability of a user to select a bookmark to request the…
