Patent ID: 6314108
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A system for delivery of information from a network of computers to wireless communication devices, said system comprising:a plurality of wireless communication devices, said wireless communication devices including a processing unit and a display screen;a plurality of wireless network carriers, each of said wireless network carriers providing wireless communication services to said plurality of wireless communication devices, and said plurality of said wireless network carriers using a different combination of network type and transport protocol;a network of computers, one or more of the computers of said network of computers contains information; anda multi-network gateway having at least a plurality of airlinks, said multi-network gateway couples said wireless network carriers to said network of computers to facilitate data transfer therebetween, each of the plurality of said wireless network carriers using a particular combination of network type and protocol are coupled to said network of computers by at least one of the airlinks configured for the particular combination of network type and protocol, and each of the airlinks operate to exchange data with certain of said wireless communication devices via said wireless network carriers associated therewith,wherein said multi-network gateway comprises a pull agent, said pull agent operates to receive a request from a particular one of said wireless communication devices via a particular one of said plurality of wireless network carriers for information residing on said network of computers, then operates to formulate a network request for the information using a protocol associated with said network of computers and then sends the network request to said network of computers and awaits a network reply, and once the network reply is received, the network reply is converted to a device reply and then sends the device reply to the particular one of said wireless communication devices via the particular one of said plurality of wireless network carriers in accordance with a protocol associated with the particular one of said plurality of wireless network carriers.