Patent ID: 7388844
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: A shared network; a radio access network, the radio access network including a base transceiver station (BTS) for communicating with a wireless terminal over an air interface and a packet data serving node (PDSN) for routing packets between the wireless terminal and the shared network; an enterprise network; a resource on the enterprise network, wherein the wireless terminal and the resource are able to engage in packet communication over a communication pathway, the communication pathway extending through the radio access network, the shared network, and the enterprise network; a VPN server in the communication pathway; a VPN terminator in the communication pathway, wherein the VPN server and the VPN terminator are able to establish a VPN connection between them through the shared network, the VPN connection providing part of the communication pathway; and a network services platform in the communication pathway between the PDSN and the VPN server, wherein the network services platform is able to manipulate data carried in packets exchanged between the wireless terminal and the resource to provide at least one communication service, wherein the at least one communication service comprises a transcoding service in which the network services platform transcodes data transmitted by the wireless terminal into a format compatible with a capability of the resource indicated by the wireless terminal.