Patent ID: 8578057

Claim:
A system for providing information content received from an information source over a network via a gateway to a wireless mobile device, comprising: a processor-implemented transcoding system configured within a private network and behind a security firewall, the transcoding system having a plurality of transcoders on storage media, each transcoder operable to transcode information content; and a processor-implemented connection handler system also configured within the private network and behind the security firewall, the connection handler system having a plurality of connection handlers, each of said connection handlers being specific for a different communication protocol, the connection handler system being operable to receive a connection request from the wireless mobile device via a network server that is also within the private network and behind the security firewall and that decrypts communications from the wireless mobile device, the connection handler system further being operable to select a corresponding connection handler based on the connection request, the selected connection handler being operable to retrieve information content from the information source and to determine if the retrieved information content requires transcoding, the selected connection handler further being operable to select one or more transcoders from the plurality of transcoders to transcode the retrieved information content if transcoding is needed and to send transcoded information content to the network server for encryption and transmission to the wireless mobile device.