System and method for assigning a network address to a wireless device

A system for pushing information from an information source within a computer network to a wireless device, comprising:

• a network server coupled to the computer network, that receives a network identification for the wireless device from the information source and returns a network address associated with the wireless device to the information source;
• a virtual device manager coupled to the computer network that is accessible on the computer network using any of a plurality of network addresses, the plurality of network addresses including the network address associated with the wireless device and each of the plurality of network addresses corresponding to a different one of a plurality of wireless devices that are accessible via the virtual device manager;
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• an address resolution (AR) module coupled to the virtual device manager, that receives the network address associated with the wireless device and determines an identification of the wireless device within a wireless network;
• wherein the virtual device manager receives information from the information source that is transmitted from the information source to the virtual device manager using the network address associated with the wireless device, and accesses the AR module to determine the identification of the wireless device within the wireless network, and wherein the information is transmitted to the wireless device via the wireless network using the identification of the wireless device within the wireless network.

A system for transmitting information from a first wireless device to a second wireless device, comprising:

• a mobile data system coupled to a computer network that communicates with a plurality of wireless devices over the computer network via one or more wireless gateways;
• a network server coupled to the mobile data system, that receives a network identification for the second wireless device from the mobile data system and returns a corresponding internet protocol (IP) address to the mobile data system;
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• a virtual device manager coupled to the mobile data system that receives the IP address from the mobile data system and returns a wireless identification for the second wireless device to the mobile data system, and wherein the virtual device manager is accessible using any of a plurality of IP addresses, including the IP address corresponding to the second wireless device, and each of the plurality of IP addresses correspond to a different one of a plurality of wireless devices that are accessible via the virtual device manager;
• wherein the mobile data system receives information and the network identification for the second wireless device from the first wireless device, accesses the network server and the virtual device manager to resolve the network identification for the second wireless device into the wireless identification for the second wireless device, and transmits the information and the wireless identification to the second wireless device.

A system for transmitting information from a first wireless device associated with a first computer network to a second wireless device associated with a second computer network, comprising:

• a first mobile data system configured in the first computer network that receives information and a network identification from the first wireless device via a wireless network;
• a network server configured in the first computer network that receives the network identification from the first mobile data system and determines an internet protocol (IP) address associated with the second wireless device;
• a virtual device manager configured in the second computer network that is accessible using any of a plurality of IP addresses, including the IP address associated with the second wireless device and wherein each of the plurality of IP addresses correspond to a different one of a plurality of wireless devices that are accessible via the virtual device manager, and wherein the virtual device manager receives the information and the IP address associated with the second wireless device from the first computer network;
• an address resolution (AR) module configured in the second computer network that receives the IP address associated with the second wireless device from the virtual device manager and determines a wireless identification for the second wireless device;
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• a second mobile data system configured in the second computer network that transmits the information and the wireless identification to the second wireless device via the wireless network.

A system for pushing information from an information source within a computer network to a wireless device, comprising:

• means for receiving a network identification for the wireless device from the information source and returning a network address associated with the wireless device to the information source;
• a virtual device manager coupled to the computer network and accessible on the computer network using any of a plurality of network addresses, the plurality of network addresses including the network address associated with the wireless device and each of the plurality of network addresses corresponding to a different one of a plurality of wireless devices that are accessible via the virtual device manager;
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• means for receiving the network address associated with the wireless device and determining an identification of the wireless device within a wireless network;
• wherein the virtual device manager receives information from the information source that is transmitted from the information source to the virtual device manager using the network address associated with the wireless device, and transmits the information to the wireless device via the wireless network using the identification of the wireless device within the wireless network.