Patent ID: 6591288
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
An internet access system for a computing device, which computing device is connected to a subscriber unit of a wireless telecommunication network and the subscriber unit is in radio communication with a base station of the wireless telecommunication network, the system comprising a server for downloading data from a first data network and for downloading data linked to said downloaded data before said linked data has been requested by a user of the computing device and a cache for storing said downloaded data and said downloaded linked data, wherein the system is located on a base station side of a wireless link connecting the subscriber to the base station and wherein said server is operable to determine if the subscriber's computing device is operating web acceleration software and to send a message to the subscriber's computing device to disable automatic data requests made by the subscriber's web acceleration software if it is determined that such software is operating on the subscriber's computing device.