Remotely provisioned wireless proxy
View Patent ↗A remotely provisioned proxy within a wireless/mobile phone that proxies a wireless communication path between a disconnected piconet (e.g., BLUETOOTH™) device and a network resource such as a universal resource locator (URL) via a mating mobile phone. Thus, an application proxy module embodied within the mobile phone provides managed access of a piconet device connected to the mating mobile phone to remote services. A disconnected piconet device uses the full data bandwidth available to a wireless phone, without the need for the disconnected piconet device to include its own separate wireless front end, or to require use of a modem within the mobile phone. Thus, using a mobile phone with application proxy, the user need not pay for the luxury of a tethered data plan.
1. A method of forwarding information from a physical mobile phone to a physical piconet device, comprising:
establishing a mobile phone proxy on said physical mobile phone;
establishing a short range wireless communication between said physical mobile phone and a physical piconet device;
transmitting a white list of authorized network resource addresses from said physical mobile phone to said piconet device over said short range wireless communication; and
permitting, via said mobile phone proxy on said physical mobile phone, a universal resource locator (URL) request by said physical piconet device to a URL in said transmitted white list;
wherein said piconet device comprises an in-vehicle mounted piconet device.
2. The method of forwarding information from a physical mobile phone to a physical piconet device according to claim 1 , wherein said piconet device comprises:
a portable navigation device.
3. The method of forwarding information from a physical mobile phone to a physical piconet device according to claim 1 , wherein said piconet device comprises:
an in-vehicle telematics device.
4. The method of forwarding information from a physical mobile phone to a physical piconet device according to claim 1 , wherein said white list of allowed network resource addresses comprises:
a plurality of URLs.
5. The method of forwarding information from a physical mobile phone to a physical piconet device according to claim 4 , wherein said plurality of URLs include:
at least one network resource address including a wildcard portion.
6. The method of forwarding information from a physical mobile phone to a physical piconet device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining said white list of authorized network resource addresses from a provisioning server.
7. The method of forwarding information from a physical mobile phone to a physical piconet device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting Global Positioning System (GPS) based information from said physical mobile phone to said piconet device over said short range wireless communication.
8. The method of forwarding information from a physical mobile phone to a physical piconet device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
said piconet device interacts with remote Internet services via access to an addressed network resource included in said white list.
9. A method of forwarding information from a physical mobile phone to a physical piconet device, comprising:
establishing a mobile phone proxy on said physical mobile phone;
establishing a short range wireless communication between said physical mobile phone and a physical piconet device;
transmitting a white list of authorized network resource addresses from said physical mobile phone to said piconet device over said short range wireless communication; and
permitting, via said mobile phone proxy on said physical mobile phone, a universal resource locator (URL) request by said physical piconet device to a URL in said transmitted white list;
wherein said plurality of URLs include at least one network resource address including a wildcard portion.
10. The method of forwarding information from a physical mobile phone to a physical piconet device according to claim 9 , wherein said piconet device comprises:
a portable navigation device.
11. The method of forwarding information from a physical mobile phone to a physical piconet device according to claim 9 , wherein said white list of allowed network resource addresses comprises:
a plurality of URLs.
12. The method of forwarding information from a physical mobile phone to a physical piconet device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
obtaining said white list of authorized network resource addresses from a provisioning server.
13. The method of forwarding information from a physical mobile phone to a physical piconet device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
transmitting Global Positioning System (GPS) based information from said physical mobile phone to said piconet device over said short range wireless communication.
14. The method of forwarding information from a physical mobile phone to a physical piconet device according to claim 9 , further comprising:
said piconet device interacts with remote Internet services via access to an addressed network resource included in said white list.
15. A method of forwarding information from a physical mobile phone to a physical piconet device, comprising:
establishing a mobile phone proxy on said physical mobile phone;
establishing a short range wireless communication between said physical mobile phone and a physical piconet device;
transmitting a white list of authorized network resource addresses from said physical mobile phone to said piconet device over said short range wireless communication; and
permitting, via said mobile phone proxy on said physical mobile phone, a universal resource locator (URL) request by said physical piconet device to a URL in said transmitted white list;
wherein said piconet device comprises an in-vehicle telematics device.
16. The method of forwarding information from a physical mobile phone to a physical piconet device according to claim 15 , wherein said piconet device comprises:
a portable navigation device.
17. The method of forwarding information from a physical mobile phone to a physical piconet device according to claim 15 , wherein said white list of allowed network resource addresses comprises:
a plurality of URLs.
18. The method of forwarding information from a physical mobile phone to a physical piconet device according to claim 15 , further comprising:
obtaining said white list of authorized network resource addresses from a provisioning server.
19. The method of forwarding information from a physical mobile phone to a physical piconet device according to claim 15 , further comprising:
transmitting Global Positioning System (GPS) based information from said physical mobile phone to said piconet device over said short range wireless communication.
20. The method of forwarding information from a physical mobile phone to a physical piconet device according to claim 15 , further comprising:
said piconet device interacts with remote Internet services via access to an addressed network resource included in said white list.