Patent ID: 7743156
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for communicating between a remote wireless device and one or more back-end devices on a computer network using wireless PIN-to-PIN messages to bypass one or more gateway devices on the computer network that are unavailable, the method comprising: cradling one or more wireless gateway devices to the computer network, wherein cradling the one or more wireless gateway devices to the computer network facilitates communication with the back-end devices on the computer network in a manner that bypasses the unavailable gateway devices on the computer network; determining a unique PIN identifier for the remote wireless device and further determining one or more respective unique PIN identifiers for the one or more cradled wireless gateway devices, wherein the unique PIN identifier for the remote wireless device and the unique PIN identifiers for the cradled wireless gateway devices facilitate communication over a wireless data network using PIN-to-PIN messages in a manner that bypasses the unavailable gateway devices on the computer network; sending the one or more respective unique PIN identifiers for the one or more cradled wireless gateway devices to the remote wireless device, wherein one or more of the cradled wireless gateway devices send the unique PIN identifiers for the cradled wireless gateway devices to the remote wireless device over the wireless data network; and communicating information between the back-end devices on the computer network and the remote wireless device over the wireless data network, wherein communicating the information over the wireless data network includes: