Wireless services provider network system and method

A method of communications, comprising the steps of:

• serving a data payload of a first data payload format over a first communications network via a TCP/IP protocol;
• receiving the data payload from the first communications network;
• translating the first data payload format to a second data payload format of the data payload for transmission on a wireless communications channel, the second data payload format includes series of data packets in order of a transmission header including a packet type, sequence ID and payload ID, a header packet for the data payload and a header packet for the data payload inserted at beginning, middle and near end of the data payload;
• transmitting the data payload of the second data payload format on the wireless communications channel to a receiver, the second data payload format and is not directly communicatively operative on the first communications network;
• receiving on the wireless data communications channel, responsive to transmitting the data payload of the second data payload format, an acknowledgement of either:
• (i) if all of the series of data packets of the data payload, including at least one header packet, was received by the receiver, a payload received acknowledgement, (ii) if some but not all of the series of data packets, including at least one header packet, was received by the receiver, an identifier of the data packets received, and (iii) if no header packet but at least some of the series of data packets was received by the receiver, no acknowledgement communicated.

A computer readable substrate having a computer program saved thereupon, the computer program comprising the steps of:

• providing an on-line access to a website, the website maintained on a server computer;
• wirelessly communicating between a wireless device and the server computer via a first transport protocol, to initiate access to the website;
• responding between the server computer and the wireless device with a first packetized data via the first transport protocol;
• receiving the first packetized data via the first transport protocol;
• transmitting a second packetized data via a second transport protocol, between the wireless device and the server computer;
• receiving at least a portion of the second packetized data from the step of transmitting via the second transport protocol;
• and
• communicating between the wireless device and the server computer via the second transport protocol, of an acknowledgement of:
• (i) if the second packetized data, including at least one header packet, received in the step of receiving from the step of transmitting via the second transport protocol, a payload received acknowledgement, (ii) if some packets, including at least one header packet, but not all packets received in the step of receiving from the step of transmitting via the second transport protocol, an identifier of the packets received, and (iii) if no header packet received but at least a portion of the second packetized data received in the step of receiving from the step of transmitting via the second transport protocol, no acknowledgement communicated.