Method and architecture for interactive two-way communication devices to interact with a network

A method of allowing a two-way communication mobile device on a wireless network to access a network server on a landnet, the method comprising:

• managing a user account of the mobile device in a link server coupled to the landnet;
• establishing a communication session in the link server, to allow communication between the link server and the mobile device over the wireless network;
• initiating a control engine in the link server after the communication session has been established;
• associating the control engine with an interface engine operating in the mobile device corresponding to the user account;
• using the control engine in the link server to process a first request from the mobile device and to generate a second request to the network server in response to the first request;
• receiving a message at the link server from the network server over the landnet;
• and
• converting the message in the link server to a compact data file to facilitate transmission of the message to the mobile device over the wireless network, including substituting a uniform resource identifier in the message with a corresponding address identifier while maintaining the uniform resource identifier in the link server, the compact data file to be rendered on a display device of the mobile device by the interface engine in the mobile device, wherein the interface engine uses substantially less computing resources than the control engine.

A link system comprising:

• a processor;
• a connection to a wireless network;
• a connection to a landnet;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the link system to perform a process that includes
• receiving a first resource request from a thin-client mobile device on the wireless network;
• processing the first resource request;
• transmitting a second resource request to a network server over the landnet based on a result of said processing;
• receiving a first message from a resource on the landnet;
• and
• converting the message to a more compact format to facilitate transmission of the message over the wireless network, including substituting a uniform resource identifier in the message with a corresponding address identifier while maintaining the uniform resource identifier in the link system, the converted message for use by the thin-client mobile device to render information to a user of the thin-client mobile device.

A link server comprising:

• an account manager to manage a user account of a thin-client mobile device on a wireless network;
• a protocol interface to communicate with the thin-client mobile device over the wireless network;
• a control engine to process a first request from the thin-client mobile device and to generate a second request for transmission to a resource on the landnet in response to the first request;
• and
• a message processor to receive a message from the network server over the landnet and to convert the message to a compact data file to facilitate transmission of the message to the thin-client mobile device over the wireless network, the compact data file to be rendered on a display device of the thin-client mobile device by an interface engine operating in the mobile device, wherein the interface engine uses substantially less computing resources than the control engine;
• and
• wherein the link server substitutes a uniform resource identifier in the message with a corresponding address identifier while maintaining the uniform resource identifier in the link server.

A system, coupling a wireless network to a landnet, to enable an interactive two-way mobile communication device having a display screen to interact with a network server, wherein the mobile communication device is coupled to the wireless network and the network server is coupled to the landnet, the system comprising:

• a memory storing code for a server module;
• a data storage device to maintain a user account for the mobile communication device;
• and
• a processor, coupled to the memory and the data storage device, to execute the code in the memory to cause the server module to:
• execute a control engine associated with an interface engine executing in the mobile communication device;
• receive a notification from the network server over the landnet using a first communication protocol;
• buffer the notification;
• examine whether there is an entry in a notification list maintained in the memory that is substantially equivalent to the notification;
• replace the entry with the notification if there is an entry in a notification list maintained in the memory that is substantially equivalent to the notification;
• insert sequentially the notification in the notification list if the entry is not substantially equivalent to the notification;
• generate a compact message from the notification;
• and
• send the compact message to the mobile communication device over the wireless network using a second communication protocol.

A method of enabling an interactive two-way mobile communication device coupled to a wireless network to interact with a network server coupled to a landnet, the method comprising:

• operating a control engine in a link system coupled to the wireless network and the landnet, the control engine associated with an interface engine executing in the mobile communication device;
• receiving a notification comprising an alert type and a network resource identifier from the network server at the link system over the landnet;
• and
• operating the link system to substitute the network resource identifier with an address identifier;
• operating the link system to maintain an address table to keep the network resource identifier associated with the address identifier;
• operating the link system to generate from the notification an updated notification comprising the address identifier;
• and
• operating the link system to send the updated notification to the mobile communication device.