Systems for faster access and download of digital content in mobile wireless devices using wirelless device browser
OwnerTara Chand Singhalinventor
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Abstract
A handheld wireless device makes a request for service from a server of a business on a global network, the request originating from the wireless device is automatically routed to the closest server of the business that is geographically closest to the location of the wireless device as determined by a GPS function in the device, or by a router server in the wireless network based on the group of cell towers being connected to by the wireless device, or based on the location of the wireless device in a global telephone network database, for faster access to the service and a response there from.
Claims20
A handheld wireless device, comprising:
- a. a global positioning system (GPS) function in the device that provides a geographic location of the device;
- b. a browser application, stored in a storage memory of the device and operable there from, that interfaces the device with servers on a global computer network;
- c. the application has a browser function that maintains a table that maps business domain names to at least two IP addresses of geographically dispersed servers in different parts of the country;
- d. the browser function dynamically determines an IP address of an outgoing service request, at the time of the request, to a geographically closest global network server that is closest to the geographic location of the device to provide faster access to the service.
A method for handheld wireless device access to global servers, comprising the steps of:
- a. computing a geographic location of the device using a global positioning system (GPS) function in the device;
- b. storing in a storage memory of the device and operating there from, a browser application for interfacing the device with servers on a global computer network;
- c. maintaining by a browser function of the browser application a table that maps business domain names to at least two IP addresses of the geographically dispersed servers in different parts of the country;
- d. determining dynamically by the browser function, an IP address of an outgoing service request, at the time of the request, to a geographically closest global network server that is closest to the geographic location of the device to provide faster access to the service.
A network server, on a global network, comprising:
- a. a database server that stores wireless mobile device identifiers and their security associations;
- b. a storage function that stores a table identifying service servers of businesses by service areas;
- c. the storage function receives updates to the table from the businesses of their service areas and the IP addresses of the service servers in the service areas;
- d. a process function that receives an update from the businesses to the table, downloads an updated table to the mobile devices using wireless mobile device identifiers and their security associations.
A method for a network server, on a global network, comprising the steps of:
- a. having a database server that stores wireless mobile device identifiers and their security associations;
- b. having a storage function that stores a table identifying service servers of businesses by service areas;
- c. receiving by the storage function updates to the table from the businesses of their service areas and the IP addresses of the service servers in the service areas;
- d. having a process function that receives an update from the businesses to the table, downloads an updated table to the mobile devices using wireless mobile device identifiers and their security associations.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.