Patent ID: 8165077

Claim:
A system for communication with a cellular network by a proxy device separate from a mobile computing device to preserve battery life on the mobile computing device, said cellular network having one or more traffic channels and one or more paging channels, said system comprising: a memory area for storing an assignment of at least one traffic channel and at least one time slot; and a processor programmed to: receive, by a proxy device from a mobile computing device, identification of the traffic channel and the time slot, said identified traffic channel and time slot being associated with a connection between the mobile computing device and the cellular network, said proxy device and said mobile computing device being associated with a user; monitor the cellular network on the identified traffic channel during the identified time slot; receive first data from the cellular network on the identified traffic channel during the identified time slot; provide, by the proxy device responsive to the received first data and without communicating with the mobile computing device, the received first data to the user; receive, by the proxy device, second data from the user; and transmit the received second data to the cellular network on the identified traffic channel during the identified time slot.