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 proxy device to a piconet device, comprising:
establishing, in a mobile phone proxy application, a local communication between a mobile phone and an in-vehicle piconet device; and
transmitting, from said mobile phone to said in-vehicle piconet device, a list of allowed universal resource locators (URLs) for access by said in-vehicle piconet device via said mobile phone.
2. The method of forwarding information from a proxy device to a piconet device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
establishing a remote communication between said mobile phone and a remote service device; and
forwarding said list of allowed URLs from said remote service device, via said mobile phone, to said in-vehicle piconet device.
3. The method of forwarding information from a proxy device to a piconet device according to claim 1 , wherein:
said mobile phone further transmits to said in-vehicle piconet device Global Positioning System (GPS) based information.
4. The method of forwarding information from a proxy device to a piconet device according to claim 1 , wherein:
a vehicle associated with said in-vehicle piconet device lacks navigation functionality.
5. The method of forwarding information from a proxy device to a piconet device according to claim 1 , wherein:
said in-vehicle piconet device is a navigation device.
6. The method of forwarding information from a proxy device to a piconet device according to claim 1 , wherein:
said in-vehicle piconet device interacts with remote Internet services.
7. The method of forwarding information from a proxy device to a piconet device according to claim 6 , wherein:
said in-vehicle piconet device interacts with said remote Internet services via said list of universal resource locators (URLs).
8. The method of forwarding information from a proxy device to a piconet device according to claim 7 , wherein:
said list of URLs is included on a white list of URLs.
9. The method of forwarding information from a proxy device to a piconet device according to claim 1 , wherein:
said in-vehicle piconet device interacts with services available on said mobile phone.
10. The method of forwarding information from a proxy device to a piconet device according to claim 1 , wherein:
said list of URLs include point-of-interest (POI) information.
11. The method of forwarding information from a proxy device to a piconet device according to claim 10 , wherein:
said POI information is a location of a business.
12. The method of forwarding information from a proxy device to a piconet device according to claim 11 , wherein:
said business is a pizza business.
13. A mobile phone for forwarding information to a piconet device, comprising:
a mobile phone proxy application, at said mobile phone, to establish a local communication between said mobile phone and an in-vehicle piconet device;
wherein a list of allowed universal resource locators (URLs) information provided by said mobile phone is transmitted from said mobile phone to said in-vehicle piconet device.
14. The mobile phone for forwarding information to a piconet device according to claim 13 , wherein:
said mobile phone proxy application establishes a remote communication between said mobile phone and a remote service device, and forwards said list of allowed URLs information from said remote service device to said in-vehicle piconet device.
15. The mobile phone for forwarding information to a piconet device according to claim 13 , wherein: said mobile phone further transmits to said in-vehicle piconet device Global Positioning System (GPS) based information.
16. The mobile phone for forwarding information to a piconet device according to claim 13 , wherein:
a vehicle associated with said in-vehicle piconet device lacks navigation functionality.
17. The mobile phone for forwarding information to a piconet device according to claim 13 , wherein:
said in-vehicle piconet device is a navigation device.
18. The mobile phone for forwarding information to a piconet device according to claim 13 , wherein:
said in-vehicle piconet device interacts with remote Internet services.
19. The mobile phone for forwarding information to a piconet device according to claim 18 , wherein:
said in-vehicle piconet device interacts with said remote Internet services via said list of universal resource locators (URLs).
20. The mobile phone for forwarding information to a piconet device according to claim 19 , wherein:
said list of URLs is included on a white list of URLs.
21. The mobile phone for forwarding information to a piconet device according to claim 13 , wherein:
said in-vehicle piconet device interacts with services available on said mobile phone.
22. The mobile phone for forwarding information to a piconet device according to claim 13 , wherein:
said list of URLs include point-of-interest (POI) information.
23. The mobile phone for forwarding information to a piconet device according to claim 22 , wherein:
said POI information is a location of a business.
24. The mobile phone for forwarding information to a piconet device according to claim 23 , wherein:
said business is a pizza business.