Moving mobile wireless device having continuing service from the same internet server

Abstract

A short range wireless access point enables a mobile wireless device to resume an Internet service with the same network server upon being interrupted by moving the mobile device outside the coverage area of the access point. A request forwarded by the mobile device to the access point is forwarded to the network server, the request being for service to be obtained over the Internet from the same server. The forwarding occurs during a period when the mobile device is within coverage area of the access point. A response message is sent from the server to the mobile device, the response message including a global/local parameter notifying the mobile device whether the requested service is available outside the coverage area and specifying alternative channels for continuing the service from the same server. A bookmark of the server is stored in the mobile device if the parameter indicates the service is available.

1 - 81 . Cancelled.  
     
     
         82 . A method in a short range wireless access point for enabling a mobile wireless device to resume an Internet service with a network server, the service having been interrupted by moving the mobile device out of the coverage area of the access point, comprising: 
 forwarding at the short range wireless access point, a request from the mobile wireless device to the network server, the request being for service to be obtained over the Internet from the server, the forwarding occurring during a period when the mobile device is within coverage area of the access point; and    forwarding at the access point, a response message from the server to the mobile device, the response message including a global/local parameter that will notify the mobile device whether the requested service is available outside the coverage area of the access point via an alternative channel specified by the global/local parameter for continuing the service.    
     
     
         83 . The method of  claim 82  wherein the alternative channel is a wide area cellular communication network.  
     
     
         84 . The method of  claim 83 , wherein the wide area cellular communication network is a cellular telephone network.  
     
     
         85 . The method of  claim 82  further comprising 
 determining whether the global/local parameter indicates that the service is available outside the coverage area of the access point; and  
 storing a bookmark of the network server in the mobile device if the parameter indicates that the service is available outside the coverage area of the access point.  
 
     
     
         86 . The method of  claim 84  further comprising: 
 displaying on the mobile wireless device a notice offering a user an option of resuming the service with the network server over the cellular telephone network when the mobile device moves outside of the coverage area of the access point and the parameter indicates that the service is available outside the coverage area of the access point.  
 
     
     
         87 . The method of  claim 82  further comprising: 
 terminating the service when the mobile device moves outside of the coverage area of the access point and the parameter indicates that the service is local.  
 
     
     
         88 . The method of  claim 86  further comprising 
 obtaining a telephone number of a gateway connected between the cellular telephone network and the Internet if the user elects to resume service with the network server.  
 
     
     
         89 . The method of  claim 88  further comprising: 
 sending a message to the server via the cellular telephone network and the gateway to resume service.  
 
     
     
         90 . The method of  claim 89 , which further comprises: 
 forwarding at a cellular telephone access point, a bookmark URL from the mobile wireless device to the network server, thereby enabling a connection to the server be completed by the gateway, to resume the Internet service.    
     
     
         91 . The method of  claim 82 , which further comprises: 
 said short range wireless access point being a Bluetooth access point.    
     
     
         92 . The method of  claim 82 , which further comprises: 
 said short range wireless access point being an IrDA Infrared Data Protocol access point.    
     
     
         93 . The method of  claim 82 , which further comprises: 
 said short range wireless access point being an IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN access point.    
     
     
         94 . The method of  claim 82 , which further comprises: 
 said short range wireless access point being a HiperLAN access point.    
     
     
         95 . The method of  claim 82 , which further comprises: 
 said mobile wireless device being equipped with both short range wireless communications circuits and with cellular telephone communications circuits.    
     
     
         96 . The method of  claim 82  which further comprises: 
 said mobile wireless device being a Bluetooth-equipped cellular telephone.  
 
     
     
         97 . The method of  claim 82 , which further comprises: 
 said regional cellular telephone access point being a GSM base station.    
     
     
         98 . The method of  claim 82 , which further comprises: 
 said regional cellular telephone access point being a GPRS base station.    
     
     
         99 . The method of  claim 82 , which further comprises: 
 said regional cellular telephone access point being a UMTS base station.    
     
     
         100 . The method of  claim 82 , which further comprises: 
 said regional cellular telephone access point being a EDGE base station.    
     
     
         101 . The method of  claim 82 , which further comprises: 
 said gateway being a wireless application protocol gateway.    
     
     
         102 . A method in a short range wireless access point for enabling a mobile wireless device to resume an Internet service with a network server, the service having been interrupted by moving the mobile device out of the coverage area of the access point, comprising: 
 forwarding at the short range wireless access point, a request from the mobile wireless device to the network server, the request being for service to be obtained over the Internet from the server, the forwarding occurring during a period when the mobile device is within coverage area of the access point;    forwarding at the access point, a response message from the server to the mobile device, the response message including a global/local parameter that will notify the mobile device whether the requested service is available outside the coverage area of the access point via an alternative channel specified by the global/local parameter for continuing the service wherein the alternative channel is a wide area cellular communication network;    determining whether the global/local parameter indicates that the service is global; and    storing a bookmark of the network server in the mobile device if the parameter indicates that the service is global.    
     
     
         103 . The method of  claim 102 , wherein the wide area cellular communication network is a cellular telephone network.  
     
     
         104 . The method of  claim 103  further comprising: 
 displaying on the mobile wireless device a notice offering a user an option of resuming the service with the network server over the cellular telephone network when the mobile device moves outside of the coverage area of the access point and the parameter indicates that the service is available outside the coverage area of the access point.  
 
     
     
         105 . The method of  claim 102  further comprising: 
 terminating the service when the mobile device moves outside of the coverage area of the access point and the parameter indicates that the service is local.  
 
     
     
         106 . The method of  claim 103  further comprising 
 obtaining a telephone number of a gateway connected between the cellular telephone network and the Internet if the user elects to resume service with the network server.  
 
     
     
         107 . The method of  claim 103  further comprising: 
 sending a message to the server via the cellular telephone network and the gateway to resume service.  
 
     
     
         108 . The method of  claim 104 , which further comprises: 
 forwarding at a cellular telephone access point, a bookmark URL from the mobile wireless device to the network server, thereby enabling a connection to the server be completed by the gateway, to resume the Internet service.    
     
     
         109 . A computer program product, executable in a computer system, to enable a mobile wireless device to resume an Internet service with a network server, the server having been interrupted by moving the mobile device out of the coverage area of a short range wireless access point, comprising 
 a computer readable medium;    program code in the medium for forwarding at the short range wireless access point, a request from the mobile wireless device to the network server, the request being for service to be obtained over the Internet from the server, the forwarding occurring during a period when the mobile device is within coverage area of the access point; 
 program code in the medium for forwarding at the access point, a response message from the server to the mobile device, the response message including a global/local parameter that will notify the mobile device whether the requested service is available outside the coverage area of the access point via an alternative channel specified by the global/local parameter for continuing the service wherein the alternative channel is a wide area cellular communication network;  
   program code in the medium for determining whether the global/local parameter indicates that the service is global; and    program code for storing a bookmark of the network server in the mobile device if the parameter indicates that the service is global.    
     
     
         110 . The computer program product of  claim 109 , wherein the wide area cellular communication network is a cellular telephone network.  
     
     
         111 . The computer program product of  claim 110  further comprising: 
 program code displaying on the mobile wireless device a notice offering a user an option of resuming the service with the network server over the cellular telephone network when the mobile device moves outside of the coverage area of the access point and the parameter indicates that the service is available outside the coverage area of the access point.  
 
     
     
         112 . The computer program product of  claim 109  further comprising: 
 program code terminating the service when the mobile device moves outside of the coverage area of the access point and the parameter indicates that the service is local.  
 
     
     
         113 . The computer program product of  claim 111  further comprising 
 program code obtaining a telephone number of a gateway connected between the cellular telephone network and the Internet if the user elects to resume service with the network server.  
 
     
     
         114 . The computer program product of  claim 113  further comprising: 
 program code sending a message to the server via the cellular telephone network and the gateway to resume service.  
 
     
     
         115 . The computer program product of  claim 111 , which further comprises: 
 program code forwarding at a cellular telephone access point, a bookmark URL from the mobile wireless device to the network server, thereby enabling a connection to the server be completed by the gateway, to resume the Internet service.    
     
     
         116 . A short range wireless access point for enabling a mobile wireless device to resume a service with a network server, the service having been interrupted by moving the mobile device out of the coverage area of the access point, comprising: 
 a short range wireless transceiver for receiving a request from the mobile wireless device;    a processor coupled to the transceiver, for forwarding the request from the mobile wireless device over a network to a network server, the request being for service to be obtained from the server, the forwarding occurring during a period when the mobile device is within coverage area of the access point; and    a network interface coupled to the network, for receiving from the server, a response message including a global/local parameter indicating whether the requested service is available outside the coverage area of the access point via an alternative channel specified by the global/local parameter wherein the alternative channel is a wide area cellular communication network;    said transceiver forwarding the response message to the mobile device.    
     
     
         117 . The method of  claim 116 , wherein the wide area cellular communication network is a cellular telephone network.  
     
     
         118 . The method of  claim 117  further comprising: 
 displaying on the mobile wireless device a notice offering a user an option of resuming the service with the network server over the cellular telephone network when the mobile device moves outside of the coverage area of the access point and the parameter indicates that the service is available outside the coverage area of the access point.  
 
     
     
         119 . The method of  claim 116  further comprising: 
 terminating the service when the mobile device moves outside of the coverage area of the access point and the parameter indicates that the service is local.  
 
     
     
         120 . The method of  claim 117  further comprising 
 obtaining a telephone number of a gateway connected between the cellular telephone network and the Internet if the user elects to resume service with the network server.  
 
     
     
         121 . The method of  claim 120  further comprising: 
 sending a message to the server via the cellular telephone network and the gateway to resume service.  
 
     
     
         122 . The method of  claim 118 , which further comprises: 
 forwarding at a cellular telephone access point, a bookmark URL from the mobile wireless device to the network server, thereby enabling a connection to the server be completed by the gateway, to resume the Internet service.    
     
     
         123 . The short range wireless access point of  claim 116 , which further comprises: 
 said short range wireless access point being a Bluetooth access point.    
     
     
         124 . The short range wireless access point of  claim 116 , which further comprises: 
 said short range wireless access point being an IrDA Infrared Data Protocol access point.    
     
     
         125 . The short range wireless access point of  claim 116 , which further comprises: 
 said short range wireless access point being an IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN access point.    
     
     
         126 . The short range wireless access point of  claim 116 , which further comprises: 
 said short range wireless access point being a HiperLAN access point.    
     
     
         127 . The short range wireless access point of  claim 116 , which further comprises: 
 said mobile wireless device being equipped with both short range wireless communications circuits and with cellular telephone communications circuits.    
     
     
         128 . The short range wireless access point of  claim 116 , which further comprises: 
 said mobile wireless device being a Bluetooth-equipped cellular telephone.    
     
     
         129 . The short range wireless access point of  claim 122 , which further comprises: 
 said cellular telephone access point being a GSM base station.    
     
     
         130 . The short range wireless access point of  claim 122 , which further comprises: 
 said cellular telephone access point being a GPRS base station.    
     
     
         131 . The short range wireless access point of  claim 122 , which further comprises: 
 said cellular telephone access point being a UMTS base station.    
     
     
         132 . The short range wireless access point of  claim 122 , which further comprises: 
 said cellular telephone access point being a EDGE base station.    
     
     
         133 . The short range wireless access point of  claim 122 , which further comprises: 
 said gateway being a wireless application protocol gateway.    
     
     
         134 . A mobile wireless device to resume a service with a network server, the service having been interrupted by moving the mobile device out of a coverage area of a short range wireless access point, comprising: 
 a short range wireless transceiver for sending a request to a short range wireless access point, for service to be obtained over a network from a network server, the sending occurring during a period when the mobile device is within the coverage area of a short range wireless access point;    said transceiver receiving from the short range wireless access point, a response message from the server, including a global/local parameter that indicates whether the requested service is available outside the coverage area of the short range wireless access point and specifying an alternative channel for continuing the service, the alternative channel being a wide area cellular network;    a processor coupled to the short range wireless transceiver, for detecting that the mobile device has left the coverage area of the short range wireless access point;    said processor determining whether the global/local parameter indicates that the service is global and storing a bookmark of the network server in the mobile device if the parameter indicates that the service is global;    a user interface coupled to the processor, for displaying an option to the user for continuing the service with the server over the wide area cellular network when the mobile device moves outside of the coverage area of the access point;    said user interface receiving a user selection to continue the service with the server; and    a cellular telephone transceiver coupled to the processor, for placing a cellular telephone call via the wide area cellular telephone network and a protocol gateway between the wide area cellular network and the Internet to send a message to the network server to resume service between the mobile device and the server.    
     
     
         135 . The mobile wireless device of  claim 134 , which further comprises: 
 said mobile wireless device being equipped with both short range wireless communications circuits and with cellular telephone communications circuits.    
     
     
         136 . The mobile wireless device of  claim 134 , which further comprises: 
 said mobile wireless device being a Bluetooth-equipped cellular telephone.    
     
     
         137 . The mobile wireless device of  claim 134 , which further comprises: 
 a cellular telephone access point connected to the gateway and being a GSM base station.    
     
     
         138 . The mobile wireless device of  claim 137 , which further comprises: 
 said cellular telephone access point being a GPRS base station.    
     
     
         139 . The mobile wireless device of  claim 137 , which further comprises: 
 said cellular telephone access point being a UMTS base station.    
     
     
         140 . The mobile wireless device of  claim 137 , which further comprises: 
 said cellular telephone access point being a EDGE base station.    
     
     
         141 . A method in a short range wireless access point for enabling a mobile wireless device to resume a network service with a network server, the service having been interrupted by moving the mobile device out of the coverage area of the access point, comprising: 
 forwarding at the short range wireless access point, information from the mobile wireless device to the network server, the information being associated with service available over the network from the server, the forwarding occurring during a period when the mobile device is within coverage area of the access point; and    forwarding at the access point, an APSI message with information from the server to the mobile device, the APSI message including a global/local parameter that will notify the mobile device whether the service is available outside the coverage area of the access point and specify an alternative channel for continuing the service, the alternative channel being a wide area cellular communication network.    
     
     
         142 . The method of  claim 141 , wherein the wide area cellular communication network is a cellular telephone network.  
     
     
         143 . The method of  claim 142  further comprising: 
 displaying on the mobile wireless device a notice offering a user an option of resuming the service with the network server over the cellular telephone network when the mobile device moves outside of the coverage area of the access point and the parameter indicates that the service is available outside the coverage area of the access point.  
 
     
     
         144 . The method of  claim 141  further comprising: 
 terminating the service when the mobile device moves outside of the coverage area of the access point and the parameter indicates that the service is local.  
 
     
     
         145 . The method of  claim 143  further comprising 
 obtaining a telephone number of a gateway connected between the cellular telephone network and the Internet if the user elects to resume service with the network server.  
 
     
     
         146 . The method of  claim 145  further comprising: 
 sending a message to the server via the cellular telephone network and the gateway to resume service  
 
     
     
         147 . The method of  claim 143 , which further comprises: 
 forwarding at a cellular telephone access point, a bookmark URL from the mobile wireless device to the network server, thereby enabling a connection to the server be completed by the gateway, to resume the Internet service.    
     
     
         148 . The short range wireless access point of  claim 141 , which further comprises: 
 said short range wireless access point being a Bluetooth access point.    
     
     
         149 . The short range wireless access point of  claim 141 , which further comprises: 
 said short range wireless access point being an IrDA Infrared Data Protocol access point.    
     
     
         150 . The short range wireless access point of  claim 141 , which further comprises: 
 said short range wireless access point being an IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN access point.    
     
     
         151 . The short range wireless access point of  claim 141 , which further comprises: 
 said short range wireless access point being a HiperLAN access point.    
     
     
         152 . The short range wireless access point of  claim 141 , which further comprises: 
 said mobile wireless device being equipped with both short range wireless communications circuits and with cellular telephone communications circuits.    
     
     
         153 . A method in a mobile wireless device to resume service with a network server, the service having been interrupted by moving the mobile device out of a coverage area of a short range wireless access point, comprising: 
 sending information to the short range wireless access point during a period when the mobile device is within the coverage area of the access point;    receiving from the short range access point, an APSI message with information from the network server, including a global/local parameter that indicates whether service is available outside the coverage area of the access point and an alternative channel for continuing the service, the alternate channel being a wide area cellular communication network;    detecting that the mobile device has left the coverage area of the short range wireless access point;    determining whether the global/local parameter indicates that the service is global;    storing a bookmark of the network server in the mobile device if the parameter is global.    displaying an option to the user for continuing the service with the server over the wide area cellular communication network;    receiving a user selection to continue the service with the server;    placing a cellular telephone call via the wide area cellular network and a protocol gateway between the wide area cellular network and the Internet for sending a message to the network server to resume service between the mobile device and the server.    
     
     
         154 . The method of  claim 153 , wherein the wide area cellular communication network is a cellular telephone network.  
     
     
         155 . The method of  claim 154  further comprising: 
 displaying on the mobile wireless device a notice offering a user an option of resuming the service with the network server over the cellular telephone network when the mobile device moves outside of the coverage area of the access point and the parameter indicates that the service is available outside the coverage area of the access point.  
 
     
     
         156 . The method of  claim 153  further comprising: 
 terminating the service when the mobile device moves outside of the coverage area of the access point and the parameter indicates that the service is local.  
 
     
     
         157 . The method of  claim 155  further comprising 
 obtaining a telephone number of a gateway connected between the cellular telephone network and the Internet if the user elects to resume service with the network server.  
 
     
     
         158 . The method of  claim 157  further comprising: 
 sending a message to the server via the cellular telephone network and the gateway to resume service.  
 
     
     
         159 . The method of  claim 157 , which further comprises: 
 forwarding at a cellular telephone access point, a bookmark URL from the mobile wireless device to the network server, thereby enabling a connection to the server be completed by the gateway, to resume the Internet service.    
     
     
         160 . The method of  claim 159 , which further comprises: 
 obtaining an address of the gateway, thereby enabling a connection to be made by the mobile device via the cellular telephone access point to the gateway, to resume the network service.    
     
     
         161 . The method of  claim 159 , which further comprises: 
 sending a bookmark URL to the gateway via the cellular telephone access point, for forwarding to the network server, thereby enabling a connection to the server be completed by the gateway, to resume the network service.    
     
     
         162 . The method of  claim 153 , which further comprises: 
 said short range wireless access point being a Bluetooth access point.    
     
     
         163 . The method of  claim 153 , which further comprises: 
 said short range wireless access point being an IrDA Infrared Data Protocol access point.    
     
     
         164 . The method of  claim 153 , which further comprises: 
 said short range wireless access point being an IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN access point.    
     
     
         165 . The method of  claim 153 , which further comprises: 
 said short range wireless access point being a HiperLAN access point.    
     
     
         166 . The method of  claim 153 , which further comprises: 
 said mobile wireless device being equipped with both short range wireless communications circuits and with cellular telephone communications circuits.    
     
     
         167 . The method of  claim 153 , which further comprises: 
 said mobile wireless device being a Bluetooth-equipped cellular telephone.    
     
     
         168 . The method of  claim 159  which further comprises: 
 said cellular telephone access point being a GSM base station.  
 
     
     
         169 . The method of  claim 159 , which further comprises: 
 said cellular telephone access point being a GPRS base station.    
     
     
         170 . The method of  claim 159 , which further comprises: 
 said cellular telephone access point being a UMTS base station.    
     
     
         171 . The method of  claim 159  which further comprises: 
 said cellular telephone access point being a EDGE base station.  
 
     
     
         172 . The method of  claim 157 , which further comprises: 
 said gateway being a wireless application protocol gateway.