Patent ID: 7616648

Claim:
A method for providing Internet based audio to a user in a wireless network, the method comprising: initiating a request to establish a Point to Point (PPP) session from a mobile station (MS) to a Packet Data Service Node (PDSN); upon establishing the PPP session, establishing a connection from the PDSN to an Internet Audio Gateway to register the MS with the Internet Audio Gateway, the Internet Audio Gateway having access to a plurality of Internet Audio contents stored on an Internet Radio (IR) Application Server; establishing a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) session between the MS and a WAP gateway coupled to the IR Application Server to provide the plurality of Internet Audio contents to the MS to select from; selecting from the plurality of Internet Audio contents to play on the MS via the WAP gateway; providing an indication of the selection of the plurality of Internet Audio contents made by the MS to the IR Application Server; receiving a call from the MS at the Internet Audio Gateway, the call including a mobile identity identifying the MS within a network; using the mobile identity to retrieve the selection of the plurality of Internet Audio contents from the IR Application Server; and sending the selection of the plurality of Internet Audio contents to the MS.