Patent ID: 6744753
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
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; and sending from the short range wireless access point to the mobile device, a handover telephone address of a gateway connected between a cellular telephone network and the Internet, thereby enabling a connection to be made by the mobile device via a regional cellular telephone access point to the gateway, to resume the Internet service.