Local service handover

Claim 3

The method of claim 1 , which further comprises: including the handover telephone address in the response message from the server.

Claim 4

The method of claim 1 , which further comprises: forwarding at the regional cellular telephone access point, a bookmark URL from the mobile wireless device to the network server, thereby enabling a connection to the server to be completed by the gateway, to resume the Internet service.

Claim 5

The method of claim 1 , which further comprises: said short-range wireless access point being a Bluetooth access point.

Claim 6

The method of claim 1 , which further comprises: said short-range wireless access point being an IrDA Infrared Data Protocol access point.

Claim 7

The method of claim 1 , which further comprises: said short-range wireless access point being an IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN access point.

Claim 8

The method of claim 1 , which further comprises: said short-range wireless access point being a HiperLAN access point.

Claim 9

The method of claim 1 , which further comprises: said mobile wireless device being equipped with both short-range wireless communications circuits and with cellular telephone communications circuits.

Claim 10

The method of claim 1 , which further comprises: said mobile wireless device being a Bluetooth-equipped cellular telephone.

Claim 11

The method of claim 1 , which further comprises: said regional cellular telephone access point being a GSM base station.

Claim 12

The method of claim 1 , which further comprises: said regional cellular telephone access point being a GPRS base station.

Claim 13

The method of claim 1 , which further comprises: said regional cellular telephone access point being a UMTS base station.

Claim 14

The method of claim 1 , which further comprises: said regional cellular telephone access point being a EDGE base station.

Claim 15

The method of claim 1 , which further comprises: said gateway being a wireless application protocol gateway.

Claim 18

The method of claim 15 , which further comprises: receiving from the short-range wireless access point, the handover address of the gateway, thereby enabling a connection to be made by the mobile device via the regional cellular telephone access point to the gateway, to resume the Internet service.

Claim 19

The method of claim 16 , which further comprises: including the handover address in the response message from the server.

Claim 20

The method of claim 16 , which further comprises: sending a bookmark URL to the gateway via the regional cellular telephone access point, for forwarding to the network server, thereby enabling a connection to the server be completed by the gateway, to resume the Internet service.

Claim 21

The method of claim 16 , which further comprises: said regional cellular telephone access point being a GSM base station.

Claim 22

The method of claim 16 , which further comprises: said regional cellular telephone access point being a GPRS base station.

Claim 23

The method of claim 16 , which further comprises: said regional cellular telephone access point being a UMTS base station.

Claim 24

The method of claim 16 , which further comprises: said regional cellular telephone access point being a EDGE base station.

Claim 25

The method of claim 16 , which further comprises: said gateway being a wireless application protocol gateway.

Claim 26

The method of claim 15 , which further comprises: said short-range wireless access point being a Bluetooth access point.

Claim 27

The method of claim 15 , which further comprises: said short-range wireless access point being an IrDA Infrared Data Protocol access point.

Claim 28

The method of claim 15 , which further comprises: said short-range wireless access point being an IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN access point.

Claim 29

The method of claim 15 , which further comprises: said short-range wireless access point being a HiperLAN access point.

Claim 30

The method of claim 15 , which further comprises: said mobile wireless device being equipped with both short-range wireless communications circuits and with cellular telephone communications circuits.

Claim 31

The method of claim 15 , which further comprises: said mobile wireless device being an Bluetooth-equipped cellular telephone.

Claim 32

A computer program product to enable a mobile wireless device to resume an Internet service with a network server, the service having been interrupted by moving the mobile device out of a coverage area of a short range wireless access point, comprising: a computer readable medium; program code in said computer readable medium for sending a request to the short range wireless access point, for service to be obtained over the Internet from the network server, the sending occurring during a period when the mobile device is within the coverage area of the access point; program code in said computer readable medium for receiving from the short range access point, a response message from the server, including a global/local parameter that indicates whether the requested service is available outside the coverage area of the access point; program code in said computer readable medium for detecting that the mobile device has left the coverage area of the short range wireless access point; program code in said computer readable medium for determining whether the global/local parameter indicates that the service is global; program code in said computer readable medium for displaying an option to the user for continuing the service with the server over a regional cellular telephone network; program code in said computer readable medium for receiving a user selection to continue the service with the server; program code in said computer readable medium for accessing a stored handover address of a protocol gateway connected between a cellular telephone network and the Internet; program code in said computer readable medium for establishing a wireless connection between the mobile wireless device and a regional cellular telephone access point; program code in said computer readable medium for placing a cellular telephone call via the regional cellular telephone access point to the protocol gateway using the handover address; and program code in said computer readable medium for sending a telephone message to the protocol gateway for forwarding an Internet message to the network server to resume/service between the mobile device and the server.

Claim 33

A computer program product to enable a mobile wireless device to resume an Internet service with a network server, the service having been interrupted by moving the mobile device out of a coverage area of a short range wireless access point, comprising: a computer readable medium; program code in said computer readable medium for sending a request to the short range wireless access point, for service to be obtained over the Internet from the network server, the sending occurring during a period when the mobile device is within the coverage area of the access point; program code in said computer readable medium for receiving from the short range access point, a response message from the server, including a global/local parameter that indicates whether the requested service is available outside the coverage area of the access point; program code in said computer readable medium for detecting that the mobile device has left the coverage area of the short range wireless access point; program code in said computer readable medium for determining whether the global/local parameter indicates that the service is global; program code in said computer readable medium for displaying an option to the user for continuing the service with the server over a regional cellular telephone network; program code in said computer readable medium for receiving a user selection to continue the service with the server; program code in said computer readable medium for accessing a stored handover address of a protocol gateway connected between a cellular telephone network and the Internet; program code in said computer readable medium for establishing a wireless connection between the mobile wireless device and a regional cellular telephone access point; program code in said computer readable medium for placing a cellular telephone call via the regional cellular telephone access point to the protocol gateway using the handover address; and program code in said computer readable medium for sending a telephone message to the protocol gateway for forwarding an Internet message to the network server to resume/service between the mobile device and the server.

Claim 34

A computer program product of claim 30 , which further comprises: program code in said computer readable medium for receiving from the short range wireless access point, the handover address of the gateway, thereby enabling a connection to be made by the mobile device via the regional cellular telephone access point to the gateway, to resume the Internet service.

Claim 35

A computer program product of claim 31 , which further comprises: said handover address being included in the response message from the server.

Claim 36

A computer program product of claim 31 , which further comprises: program code in said computer readable medium for sending a bookmark URL to the gateway via the regional cellular telephone access point, for forwarding to the network server, thereby enabling a connection to the server be completed by the gateway, to resume the Internet service.

Claim 37

A computer program product of claim 30 , which further comprises: said short range wireless access point being a Bluetooth access point.

Claim 38

A short range wireless access point for enabling a mobile wireless device to resume a service with a network server, the service having been interrupted by moving the mobile device out of the coverage area of the access point, comprising: a short range wireless transceiver for receiving a request from the mobile wireless device; a processor coupled to the transceiver, for forwarding the request from the mobile wireless device over a network to a network server, the request being for service to be obtained from the server, the forwarding occurring during a period when the mobile device is within coverage area of the access point; a network interface coupled to the network, for receiving from the server, a response message including a global/local parameter indicating whether the requested service is available outside the coverage area of the access point wherein said transceiver forwards the response message to the mobile device; and sending to the mobile device, a handover telephone address of a gateway connected between a cellular telephone network and the network server, thereby enabling a connection to be made by the mobile device via a regional cellular telephone access point to the gateway, to resume service with the server.

Claim 39

A short range wireless access point for enabling a mobile wireless device to resume a service with a network server, the service having been interrupted by moving the mobile device out of the coverage area of the access point, comprising: a short range wireless transceiver for receiving a request from the mobile wireless device; a processor coupled to the transceiver, for forwarding the request from the mobile wireless device over a network to a network server, the request being for service to be obtained from the server, the forwarding occurring during a period when the mobile device is within coverage area of the access point; a network interface coupled to the network, for receiving from the server, a response message including a global/local parameter indicating whether the requested service is available outside the coverage area of the access point wherein said transceiver forwards the response message to the mobile device; and sending to the mobile device, a handover telephone address of a gateway connected between a cellular telephone network and the network server, thereby enabling a connection to be made by the mobile device via a regional cellular telephone access point to the gateway, to resume service with the server.

Claim 40

The short range wireless access point of claim 35 , which further comprises: said response message including the handover telephone address.

Claim 41

The short range wireless access point of claim 35 , which further comprises: said short range wireless access point being a Bluetooth access point.

Claim 42

The short range wireless access point of claim 35 , which further comprises: said short range wireless access point being an IrDA Infrared Data Protocol access point.

Claim 43

The short range wireless access point of claim 35 , which further comprises: said short range wireless access point being an IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN access point.

Claim 44

The short range wireless access point of claim 35 , which further comprises: said short range wireless access point being a HiperLAN access point.

Claim 45

The short range wireless access point of claim 35 , which further comprises: said mobile wireless device being equipped with both short range wireless communications circuits and with cellular telephone communications circuits.

Claim 46

The short range wireless access point of claim 35 , which further comprises: said mobile wireless device being a Bluetooth-equipped cellular telephone.

Claim 47

The short range wireless access point of claim 35 , which further comprises: said regional cellular telephone access point being a GSM base station.

Claim 48

The short range wireless access point of claim 35 , which further comprises: said regional cellular telephone access point being a GPRS base station.

Claim 49

The short range wireless access point of claim 35 , which further comprises: said regional cellular telephone access point being a UMTS base station.

Claim 50

The short range wireless access point of claim 35 , which further comprises: said regional cellular telephone access point being an EDGE base station.

Claim 51

The short range wireless access point of claim 35 , which further comprises: said gateway being a wireless application protocol gateway.

Claim 52

A mobile wireless device to resume a service with a network server, the service having been interrupted by moving the mobile device out of a coverage area of a short range wireless access point, comprising: a short range wireless transceiver for sending a request to a short range wireless access point, for service to be obtained over a network from a network server, the sending occurring during a period when the mobile device is within the coverage area of a short range wireless access point; said transceiver receiving from the short range wireless access point, a response message from the server, including a global/local parameter that indicates whether the requested service is available outside the coverage area of the short range wireless access point; a processor coupled to the short range wireless transceiver, for detecting that the mobile device has left the coverage area of the short range wireless access point; said processor determining whether the global/local parameter indicates that the service is global; a user interface coupled to the processor, for displaying an option to the user for continuing the service with the server over a regional cellular telephone network; said user interface receiving a user selection to continue the service with the server; said processor accessing a stored handover address of a protocol gateway connected between a cellular telephone network and the Internet; a cellular telephone transceiver coupled to the processor, for establishing a wireless connection between the mobile wireless device and a regional cellular telephone access point; said cellular telephone transceiver placing a cellular telephone call via the regional cellular telephone access point to the protocol gateway using the handover address; and said processor sending a telephone message to the protocol gateway for forwarding a message to the network server to resume service between the mobile device and the server.

Claim 53

A mobile wireless device to resume a service with a network server, the service having been interrupted by moving the mobile device out of a coverage area of a short range wireless access point, comprising: a short range wireless transceiver for sending a request to a short range wireless access point, for service to be obtained over a network from a network server, the sending occurring during a period when the mobile device is within the coverage area of a short range wireless access point; said transceiver receiving from the short range wireless access point, a response message from the server, including a global/local parameter that indicates whether the requested service is available outside the coverage area of the short range wireless access point; a processor coupled to the short range wireless transceiver, for detecting that the mobile device has left the coverage area of the short range wireless access point; said processor determining whether the global/local parameter indicates that the service is global; a user interface coupled to the processor, for displaying an option to the user for continuing the service with the server over a regional cellular telephone network; said user interface receiving a user selection to continue the service with the server; said processor accessing a stored handover address of a protocol gateway connected between a cellular telephone network and the Internet; a cellular telephone transceiver coupled to the processor, for establishing a wireless connection between the mobile wireless device and a regional cellular telephone access point; said cellular telephone transceiver placing a cellular telephone call via the regional cellular telephone access point to the protocol gateway using the handover address; and said processor sending a telephone message to the protocol gateway for forwarding a message to the network server to resume service between the mobile device and the server.

Claim 54

The mobile wireless device of claim 48 , which further comprises: said short range wireless transceiver receiving from the short range wireless access point, the handover address of the gateway, thereby enabling a connection to be made by the mobile device via the regional cellular telephone access point to the gateway, to resume the server service.

Claim 55

The mobile wireless device of claim 49 , which further comprises: said response message including the handover address.

Claim 56

The mobile wireless device of claim 49 , which further comprises: said processor sending a bookmark URL to the gateway via the regional cellular telephone access point, for forwarding to the network server, thereby enabling a connection to the server be completed by the gateway, to resume the server service.

Claim 57

The mobile wireless device of claim 49 , which further comprises: said regional cellular telephone access point being a GSM base station.

Claim 58

The mobile wireless device of claim 49 , which further comprises: said regional cellular telephone access point being a GPRS base station.

Claim 59

The mobile wireless device of claim 49 , which further comprises: said regional cellular telephone access point being a UMTS base station.

Claim 60

The mobile wireless device of claim 49 , which further comprises: said regional cellular telephone access point being a EDGE base station.

Claim 61

The mobile wireless device of claim 48 , which further comprises: said mobile wireless device being equipped with both short range wireless communications circuits and with cellular telephone communications circuits.

Claim 62

The mobile wireless device of claim 48 , which further comprises: said mobile wireless device being a Bluetooth-equipped cellular telephone.

Claim 65

The method of claim 58 , which further comprises: including the handover telephone address in the APSI message.

Claim 66

The method of claim 58 , which further comprises: said short range wireless access point being a Bluetooth access point.

Claim 67

The method of claim 58 , which further comprises: said short range wireless access point being an IrDA Infrared Data Protocol access point.

Claim 68

The method of claim 58 , which further comprises: said short range wireless access point being an IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN access point.

Claim 69

The method of claim 58 , which further comprises: said short range wireless access point being a HiperLAN access point.

Claim 72

The method of claim 64 , which further comprises: receiving from the short range wireless access point, the handover address of the gateway, thereby enabling a connection to be made by the mobile device via the regional cellular telephone access point to the gateway, to resume the network service.

Claim 73

The method of claim 65 , which further comprises: including the handover address in the APSI message.

Claim 74

The method of claim 65 , which further comprises: sending a bookmark URL to the gateway via the regional cellular telephone access point, for forwarding to the network server, thereby enabling a connection to the server be completed by the gateway, to resume the network service.

Claim 75

The method of claim 65 , which further comprises: said regional cellular telephone access point being a GSM base station.

Claim 76

The method of claim 65 , which further comprises: said regional cellular telephone access point being a GPRS base station.

Claim 77

The method of claim 65 , which further comprises: said regional cellular telephone access point being a UMTS base station.

Claim 78

The method of claim 65 , which further comprises: said regional cellular telephone access point being a EDGE base station.

Claim 79

The method of claim 65 , which further comprises: said gateway being a wireless application protocol gateway.

Claim 80

The method of claim 64 , which further comprises: said short range wireless access point being a Bluetooth access point.

Claim 81

The method of claim 64 , which further comprises: said short range wireless access point being an IrDA Infrared Data Protocol access point.

Claim 82

The method of claim 64 , which further comprises: said short range wireless access point being an IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN access point.

Claim 83

The method of claim 64 , which further comprises: said short range wireless access point being a HiperLAN access point.

Claim 84

The method of claim 64 , which further comprises: said mobile wireless device being equipped with both short range wireless communications circuits and with cellular telephone communications circuits.

Claim 85

The method of claim 64 , which further comprises: said mobile wireless device being a Bluetooth-equipped cellular telephone.

Claim 88

The method of claim 79 comprising: moving the mobile device from the coverage area of the access point into a cellular network area via the handover address of the gateway.

Claim 89

The method of claim 80 wherein continuing the requested service with the network server is at the option of a user of the mobile device.