Patent ID: 7245634

Claim:
A method for transmitting data between a mobile device and a wireless Internet Service Provider (ISP) via a wireless network, said method comprising: receiving, at the wireless ISP, a data request for a particular resource via the wireless network, the data request not requesting additional channels; determining, at the wireless ISP, available additional channels suitable for use by the mobile device, said determining being in response to the data request; allocating at least one of the available additional channels for data transfer of the particular resource between the wireless network and the mobile device; informing the mobile device of the at least one of the available additional channels that have been allocated; transmitting data of the particular resource to the mobile device via the wireless network using at least the at least one of the available additional channels that have been allocated; deallocating the at least one of the available additional channels following said transmitting; and informing the mobile device that the at least one of the available additional channels have been deallocated, wherein said allocating operates to allocate the at least one of the available additional channels to another mobile device so that said transmitting can transmit the particular resource over the wireless network concurrently to the mobile device and the another mobile device using the at least one of the available channels.