System and method for pushing information from a server to a mobile device

A method of establishing a communication session between an electronic device and a communications system, the communications system being arranged to provide content to a plurality of mobile electronic devices, at least some of the mobile electronic devices having wireless communications capabilities, the communications system including:

• a first network having:
• a wireless network system for communicating with at least some of the mobile electronic devices through wireless sessions;
• a wired to wireless gateway module connected to the wireless network system for interfacing between a wireless portion of the first network and a wired portion of the first network;
• a session control module interfacing with the wired to wireless gateway module for managing the wireless sessions and wired sessions;
• and
• a relay server module interfacing with the session control module and the wired to wireless gateway module;
• and
• a second network having:
• an external server for providing content to the mobile electronic devices through one or more sessions,
• the method comprising:
• at the session control module, initiating a session establishment request between the electronic device and the external server;
• determining that the relay server is to be used;
• determining that a direct link between the electronic device and the external server has not been requested;
• establishing a session between the electronic device and the relay server;
• determining session specifications to be applied to the requested session;
• and
• at said session control module, establishing a session between the mobile electronic device and the external server incorporating direct communication between the external server and the relay server module, the session having the session specifications and corresponding to the request.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions, which may be executed on a programmed processor to facilitate electronic device session establishment for use with a communications system, the communications system being arranged to provide content to a plurality of mobile electronic devices, at least some of the mobile electronic devices having wireless communications capabilities, the communications system including:

• a first network having:
• a wireless network system for communicating with at least some of the mobile electronic devices through wireless sessions;
• a wired to wireless gateway module connected to the wireless network system for interfacing between a wireless portion of the first network and a wired portion of the first network;
• a session control module interfacing with the wired to wireless gateway module for managing the wireless sessions and wired sessions;
• and
• a relay server module interfacing with the session control module and the wired to wireless gateway module;
• and
• a second network having:
• an external server for providing content to the mobile electronic devices through one or more sessions,
• said instructions causing said processor to:
• initiate a session establishment request between the electronic device and the external server;
• determine that the relay server is to be used;
• determine that a direct link between the electronic device and the external server has not been requested;
• establish a session between the electronic device and the relay server;
• determine session specifications to be applied to the requested session;
• and
• establish a session between the mobile electronic device and the external server by direct communication between the external server and either the relay server module or the wired to wireless gateway module, the session having the session specifications and corresponding to the request.