Patent ID: 7356591
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for distributing information from a host service in communication with a computer network to a mobile station in communication with a wireless network, comprising: means for receiving a data item associated with the mobile station at the host service; a network resource monitor in communication with the host service and the wireless network, the network resource monitor automatically providing network resource status information for the mobile station to the host service; means for determining at the host service whether a network resource of the wireless network is currently associated with the mobile station; means, responsive to determining that the network resource of the wireless network is not currently associated with the mobile station, for transmitting a resource request message from the host service to the mobile station to instruct the mobile station to acquire the network resource, wherein after the mobile station acquires the network resource, the network resource monitor automatically provides the network resource status of the mobile station to the host service; and means for transmitting the data item to the mobile station using the network resource.