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Numeric/voice name internet access architecture and methodology

a technology of internet access and voice name, applied in the field of numeric/voice name internet access architecture and methodology, can solve the problems of limited and non-uniformity for multiple users, cumbersome tasks, and users who cannot use the same shortcuts that they/they need to access the internet. , to achieve the effect of convenient access to the intern

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-06-16
GRISWOLD TIMOTHY J +2
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Benefits of technology

[0005] It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a system to allow users to more easily access the Internet from a wireless device.

Problems solved by technology

Since a phone keypad uses multiple letters for each numeric key, and since most cell phones require the user to change the mode of operation to enter letters instead of numbers, this can be a cumbersome task with a cell phone.
The storage and resolution of these ‘short-cuts,’ however, is conducted within the wireless device and is therefore limited and non-uniform for multiple users.
Thus, when a user uses a different wireless device, the user cannot necessarily use the same shortcuts that he / she has already memorized.
Furthermore, this approach to short-cuts does nothing for the user who wants to access a new website for the first time.

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Secure Virtual Private Networks

[0065] In accordance with another aspect of a preferred embodiment, WebNum shortcuts can be used to create a Secure Virtual Private Network (SVPN) by incorporating support for a PKI certificate. This will allow individual users to be authenticated and the transmissions to be encrypted.

API (Applications Program Interface)

[0066] In accordance with another aspect of a preferred embodiment, the WebNum system can contain a series of standard APIs that can allow custom program development that incorporates and extends the WebNum concept to additional applications and customer specific environments.

Private Numbering Plan

[0067] WebNum shortcuts may take several different forms. However, the cell phone or WID system, and the database that maps WebNum shortcuts to Internet URLs, should preferably treat each of the different forms in the same way. In a preferred embodiment, the general form of a WebNum is: [0068] WebNum

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Abstract

A system that provides users of both fixed and wireless Internet devices, a method of entering numbers instead of the text characters of Internet Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) and other Internet identifiers to access Internet resources and functions, such as Web sites, e-mail services, individual documents or files, location services, etc. When the user enters a WebNum, the digits of the WebNum are sent to a database on a system that is accessible over the Internet. The database maps the WebNum back to a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), which contains a hostname in the Internet domain name structure. This would subsequently be resolved through the Internet Domain Name System (DNS) to an IP address to identify the IP address of the Web site. The cell phone provider or WID network provider would then retrieve the home page of the Web site over the Internet, to return content to the cell phone or WID display.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] The present invention is based on U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60 / 225,647 filed Aug. 16, 2000, 60 / 231,576 filed Sep. 11, 2000, and 60 / 256,325 filed Dec. 19, 2000, and claims the benefit thereof.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention is directed to a system (hereinafter referred to as “the WebNum system”), that gives users of both fixed and wireless Internet devices, a method of entering numbers instead of the text characters of Internet Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) and other Internet identifiers to access Internet resources and functions, such as Web sites, e-mail services, individual documents or files, location services, etc. [0003] Recently, wireless devices such as cell phones and PDAs have been developed with capabilities to access the Internet. Accessing a website via a wireless device has typically been done by the user entering text characters to spell out the Internet URL. Since a phone keypad uses multiple letters fo...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04M1/72445G06F15/16G06F15/173G06F17/00G06F17/21G06F17/30H04M1/72457H04M11/10
CPCG06F17/30876H04M1/72572H04M1/72561G06F17/30887G06F16/955G06F16/9566H04M1/72445H04M1/72457
Inventor GRISWOLD, TIMOTHY J.DUTCHER, WILLIAM R.CONLEY, PATRICK J.
Owner GRISWOLD TIMOTHY J
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