Method and apparatus for providing service selection, redirection and managing of subscriber access to multiple WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) gateways simultaneously

A wireless system for processing wireless requests, the system comprising:

• a controller coupled to service sessions between the mobile user device and one or more wireless gateways and servers that handle wireless requests;
• and
• a service selection management program coupled to the controller,
• wherein the controller provides service selection information to the service selection management program to allow the operator to dynamically establish differentiated revenue models with tiered services based on one or more of a geo-position of the mobile user device, data packet quality of service (QoS), transport security settings, network loading or prioritized resource utilization levels.

A wireless system for processing wireless requests, the system comprising:

• a controller coupled to service sessions between the mobile user device and one or more servers that handle wireless requests;
• a service selection management program coupled to the controller;
• and
• a plurality of wireless gateways that handle wireless requests and are connected between the controller and the one or more servers wherein the service selection management program monitors information associated with a wireless session to determine selectively which wireless gateway is to process that wireless session.

A wireless system using a routing table, the routing table comprising:

• a table of table entries stored in memory within the system;
• each table entry within the table being capable of pointing to one or more routing entries;
• and
• one or more routing entries coupled to one or more table entries;
• wherein each routing entry contains all of:
• a device address and port, a gateway address, a subscriber ID, a quality of service parameter, an assigned proxy port and charging parameters ordered linked list;
• hash table.

A wireless system using a routing table, the routing table comprising:

• a table of table entries stored in memory within the system;
• each table entry within the table being capable of pointing to one or more routing entries;
• and
• one or more routing entries coupled to one or more table entries, wherein each routing entry contains one or more of a device address and port, a gateway address, a subscriber ID, a quality of service parameter, an assigned proxy port and charging parameters;
• wherein the table is a hash table and the routing entries are connected as a serial ordered linked lists when more than one routing entry is associated with a single table entry.

A wireless system using a routing table, the routing table comprising:

• a table of table entries stored in memory within the system;
• each table entry within the table being capable of pointing to one or more routing entries;
• and
• one or more routing entries coupled to one or more table entries, wherein each routine entry contains one or more of a device address and port, a gateway address, a subscriber ID, a quality of service parameter, an assigned proxy port and charging parameters;
• wherein a wireless device user can dynamically change one or more of the entries of their routing entry while in session.

A wireless system using a routing table, the routing table comprising:

• a table of table entries stored in memory within the system;
• each table entry within the table being capable of pointing to one or more routing entries;
• and
• one or more routing entries coupled to one or more table entries, wherein each routing entry contains one or more of a device address and port, a gateway address, a subscriber ID, a quality of service parameter, an assigned proxy port and charging parameters;
• wherein the routing table represents a mapping of the subscriber to a current WAP gateway of choice wherein that WAP gateway may be changed by changing information in the routing table.

A wireless system using a routing table, the routing table comprising:

• a table of table entries stored in memory within the system;
• each table entry within the table being capable of pointing to one or more routing entries;
• and
• one or more routing entries coupled to one or more table entries, wherein each routing entry contains one or more of a device address and port, a gateway address, a subscriber ID, a quality of service parameter, an assigned proxy port and charging parameters;
• wherein the routing table represents the service profile or service level associated with a WAP gateway and a subscriber's individual security and priority profile/level wherein this information may be dynamically changed by the subscriber.

A wireless system having a controller, the controller comprising:

• an input routine for receiving information from a wireless device;
• worker threads for processing requests received through the input routine and either obtaining data from external gateways in response to the requests or providing requests to a service management module to process service selection for the wireless device;
• a routing table for use by the worker threads when processing requests;
• and drive page threads for providing data back to wireless devices in response to processed requests.

A method to support consistent parameters and service settings while roaming within a wireless system, the method comprising:

• fixing a static IP address within a mobile device;
• receiving, in a foreign network, a request from the mobile device where the request is associated with the static IP address;
• forwarding the request from the foreign network to a wireless gateway within the home network using the static IP address;
• and
• processing, within the home network, the request using parameters and service settings stored within the home network.