System and method for rapid wireless application protocol translation

Claim 3

The system of claim 1 , wherein the unit of data is a packet featuring a header, and said demux module determines the first type of network protocol by analyzing said header.

Claim 4

The system of claim 2 , wherein said connection manager further comprises: (1) a first state machine for determining a type of data contained in the packet; (2) a first parser for parsing said portion of the unit of data to form parsed data and to determine that said portion of the unit of data is sufficient to translate from the first type of network protocol to the second type of network protocol; and (3) a first translator for translating said parsed data to form translated data.

Claim 5

The system of claim 3 , wherein said connection manager further comprises: (3) a second state machine for receiving said translated data and for packaging said translated data into a second unit of data in said second format of the second type of network protocol.

Claim 6

The system of claim 4 , wherein said first translator features a LUT (look-up table) containing information for translating between the first type of network protocol and the second type of network protocol.

Claim 7

The system of claim 5 , wherein the first type of network protocol is a wired network protocol and the second type of network protocol is a wireless network protocol.

Claim 8

The system of claim 6 , wherein said wireless network protocol is WAP (wireless application protocol).

Claim 9

The system of claim 5 , wherein said first translator gateway includes a plurality of connection managers, and said first translator gateway further comprises: (iii) a connection manager control module for examining the unit of data and for determining if a session for the unit of data is open, such that if said session is open, the unit of data is provided to one of said plurality of connection managers corresponding to said open session.

Claim 12

The system of claim 9 , wherein said translator gateway further comprises: p 1 (v) a mux module for receiving said second unit of data and for transmitting said second unit of data on said network.

Claim 13

The system of claim 10 , wherein said translator gateway further comprises: (vi) a quality of service module for determining a priority rating for transmitting said second unit of data.

Claim 16

The method of claim 12 , wherein the unit of data is a packet featuring a header, and wherein said determining a format includes determining said format as the first type of network protocol by analyzing said header.

Claim 17

The method of claim 13 , further comprising: (e) receiving the remaining portion of the unit of data from the network; and (f) translating said remaining portion of the unit of data from the first type of network protocol to the second type of network protocol.

Claim 18

The method of claim 14 , wherein the first type of network protocol is a wired network protocol and the second type of network protocol is a wireless network protocol.

Claim 19

The method of claim 15 , wherein said wireless network protocol is WAP (wireless application protocol).

Claim 20

The method of claim 16 , wherein the first type of protocol is WML (wireless mark-up language) and the second type of protocol is HTML (hyper-text mark-up language).

Claim 21

The method of claim 16 , further comprising packaging said translated unit of data as a complete unit of data according to the second type of network protocol.

Claim 22

The method of claim 14 , further comprising: (g) creating a spoofed packet to maintain a connection to the network.

Claim 25

The method of claim 20 , wherein the unit of data is a packet, and wherein the first type of network protocol is determined by examining the packet's header.

Claim 26

The method of claim 20 , wherein the first type of network protocol is a wired network protocol and the second type of network protocol is a wireless network protocol.

Claim 27

The method of claim 22 , wherein the wireless network protocol is WAP (wireless application protocol).

Claim 28

The method of claim 20 , further comprising translating the remaining portion of the unit of data to the second type of network protocol.

Claim 29

The method of claim 20 , wherein the first type of network protocol is WAP protocol, and the second type of network protocol is HTTP.

Claim 30

The method of claim 20 , wherein the first type of network protocol is a wireless network protocol and the second type of network protocol is a wired network protocol.

Claim 31

A network protocol translation system, comprising: a server for receiving a unit of data for translation from a first network protocol type to a second network protocol type, said server including a module, operable upon receiving a portion of the unit of data, for determining that the received portion of the unit of data is of the first network protocol analyzing the portion of the unit of data to identify the type thereof so as to determine a smallest amount of sufficiently translatable data, and for analyzing whether the received portion of the unit of data is sufficient for translation to the second network protocol, and if said received portion of the unit of data is sufficient for translation, then said server is operable to begin translating the portion of the unit of data into the second network protocol while receiving the remaining portion of the unit of data.

Claim 32

A network protocol translation system, comprising: a server for receiving a unit of data for translation from a first network protocol type to a second network protocol type, said server including a module, operable upon receiving a portion of the unit of data, for determining that the received portion of the unit of data is of the first network protocol analyzing the portion of the unit of data to identify the type thereof so as to determine a smallest amount of sufficiently translatable data, and for analyzing whether the received portion of the unit of data is sufficient for translation to the second network protocol, and if said received portion of the unit of data is sufficient for translation, then said server is operable to begin translating the portion of the unit of data into the second network protocol while receiving the remaining portion of the unit of data.

Claim 33

The network protocol translation system according to claim 27 , wherein the unit of data is a packet, and wherein said server includes a module for determining the first type of network protocol by examining the packet's header.

Claim 34

The network protocol translation system according to claim 27 , wherein the first network protocol is a wired network protocol and the second network protocol is a wireless network protocol.

Claim 35

The network protocol translation system according to claim 27 , wherein said server includes a policy rules module for storing at least one rule for determining if a portion of the unit of data is sufficient for translation.

Claim 36

A network protocol translation system, comprising: a server for receiving a unit of data for translation from a first network protocol type to a second network protocol type, said server including a module, operable upon receiving a portion of the unit of data, for determining that the received portion of the unit of data is of the first network protocol analyzing the portion of the unit of data to identify the type thereof so as to determine a smallest amount of sufficiently translatable data, and for analyzing whether the received portion of the unit of data is sufficient for translation to the second network protocol, and if said received portion of the unit of data is sufficient for translation, then said server is operable to begin translating the portion of the unit of data into the second network protocol while receiving the remaining portion of the unit of data, wherein the unit of data is a packet, and wherein said server includes a module for determining the first type of network protocol by examining the packet's header, and wherein said server includes a parser for determining if the received portion of the unit of data is translatable, said parser operating according to a language tree, and wherein each portion of said packet is read as said parser descends said language tree, and wherein said portion of the packet is translatable if said parser reaches a leaf of said language tree.

Claim 37

A network protocol translation system, comprising: a server for receiving a unit of data for translation from a first network protocol type to a second network protocol type, said server including a module, operable upon receiving a portion of the unit of data, for determining that the received portion of the unit of data is of the first network protocol analyzing the portion of the unit of data to identify the type thereof so as to determine a smallest amount of sufficiently translatable data, and for analyzing whether the received portion of the unit of data is sufficient for translation to the second network protocol, and if said received portion of the unit of data is sufficient for translation, then said server is operable to begin translating the portion of the unit of data into the second network protocol while receiving the remaining portion of the unit of data, wherein the unit of data is a packet, and wherein said server includes a module for determining the first type of network protocol by examining the packet's header, and wherein said server includes a parser for determining if the received portion of the unit of data is translatable, said parser operating according to a language tree, and wherein each portion of said packet is read as said parser descends said language tree, and wherein said portion of the packet is translatable if said parser reaches a leaf of said language tree.

Claim 38

The network protocol translation system according to claim 28 , wherein if said server determines that no portion of the packet is translatable, then said server waits until at least one additional packet is received before beginning to translate data.

Claim 39

A computer-readable medium embodying a program of instructions, said program comprising the instructions of: receiving a portion of the unit of data and determining if the received portion of the unit of data is of the first type of network protocol; analyzing the portion of the unit of data to identify the type thereof so as to determine a smallest amount of sufficiently translatable data; and if said received portion of the unit of data is sufficient for translation to the second type of network protocol, then begin translating the received portion of the unit of data to the second type of network protocol while receiving the remaining portion of the unit of data.

Claim 40

A computer-readable medium embodying a program of instructions, said program comprising the instructions of: receiving a portion of the unit of data and determining if the received portion of the unit of data is of the first type of network protocol; analyzing the portion of the unit of data to identify the type thereof so as to determine a smallest amount of sufficiently translatable data; and if said received portion of the unit of data is sufficient for translation to the second type of network protocol, then begin translating the received portion of the unit of data to the second type of network protocol while receiving the remaining portion of the unit of data.

Claim 41

The computer-readable medium of claim 33 , wherein the unit of data is a packet, and wherein the first type of network protocol is determined by examining the packet's header.

Claim 42

The computer-readable medium of claim 33 , wherein the first type of network protocol is a wired network protocol and the second type of network protocol is a wireless network protocol.

Claim 43

The computer-readable medium of claim 33 , wherein the wireless network protocol is WAP (wireless application protocol).

Claim 44

The computer-readable medium of claim 33 , further comprising translating the remaining portion of the unit of data to the second type of network protocol.

Claim 45

The computer-readable medium of claim 33 , wherein the first type of network protocol is WAP protocol, and the second type of network protocol is HTTP.

Claim 46

The computer-readable medium of claim 33 , wherein the first type of network protocol is a wireless network protocol and the second type of network protocol is a wired network protocol.