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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`UNITED STATES PATENT APPLICATION
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`FOR:
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`APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A TUNNELING CLIENT ACCESS POINT
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`INVENTOR:
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`SCOTT MCNULTY
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`Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.
`345 Park A venue
`New York, New York 10154-0053
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`Telephone: (212) 758-4800
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`APPARATUS, METHOp AND SYSTEM FOR A TUNNELING CLIENT ACCESS
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`FIELD
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`The present invention is directed generally to an apparatus, method, and
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`system of accessing data, and more particularly, to an apparatus, method and system to
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`execute and process data by tunneling access through a terminal.
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`PORT ABLE COMPUTING AND STORAGE
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`BACKGROUND
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`Computing devices have been becoming smaller over time. Currently, some of
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`the smallest computing devices are in the form of personal digital assistants (PDAs), Such .:'
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`devices usually come with a touch screen, an input stylus and/or mini keyboard, and battery
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`source. These devices, typically, have storage capacities around 64MB. Examples of these
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`devices include Palm's Palm Pilot.
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`INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS
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`Typically, users, which may be people and/or other systems, engage
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`information technology systems (e.g., commonly computers) to facilitate information
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`processing. In tum, computers employ processors to process information; such processors are
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`often referred to as central processing units (CPU). A common form of processor is referred
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`to as a microprocessor. A computer operating system, which, typically, is software executed
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`by CPU on a computer, enables and facilitates users to access and operate computer
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`information technology and resources. Common resources employed in information
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`technology systems include: input and output mechanisms through which data may pass into
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`and out of a computer; memory storage into which data may be saved; and processors by
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`which information may be processed. Often information technology systems are used to
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`collect data for later retrieval, analysis, and manipulation, commonly, which is facilitated
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`through database software. Information technology systems provide interfaces that allow
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`users to access and operate various system components.
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`USER INTERFACE
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`The function of computer interfaces in some respects is similar to automobile
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`operation interfaces. Automobile operation interface elements such as steering wheels,
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`gearshifts, and speedometers facilitate the access, operation, and display of automobile"':·,
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`resources, functionality, and status. Computer interaction interface elements such as check\
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`boxes, cursors, menus, scrollers, and windows (collectively and commonly referred to as"·
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`widgets) similarly facilitate the access, operation, and display of data and computer hardware
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`and operating system resources, functionality, and status. Operation interfaces are commonly
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`called user interfaces. Graphical user interfaces (GUis) such as the Apple Macintosh
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`Operating System's Aqua, Microsoft's Windows XP, or Unix's X-Windows provide a
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`baseline and means of accessing and displaying information, graphically, to users.
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`NETWORKS
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`Networks are commonly thought to compnse of the interconnection and
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`interoperation of clients, servers, and intermediary nodes in a graph topology. It should be
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`noted that the term "server" as used herein refers generally to a computer, other device,
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`software, or combination thereof that processes and responds to the requests of remote users
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`across a communications network. Servers serve their information to requesting "clients."
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`The term "client" as used herein refers generally to a computer, other device, software, or
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`combination thereof that is capable of processing and making requests and obtaining and
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`processing any responses from servers across a communications network. A computer, other
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`device, software, or combination thereof that facilitates, processes information and requests,
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`and/or furthers the passage of information from a source user to a destination user is
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`commonly referred to as a "node." Networks are generally thought to facilitate the transfer of
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`information from source points to destinations. A node specifically tasked with furthering the
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`passage of information from a source to a destination is commonly called a "router." There ..
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`are many forms of networks such as Local Area Networks (LANs), Pico networks, Wide:~ •
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`generally accepted as being an interconnection of a multitude of networks whereby remote
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`clients and servers may access and interoperate with one another.
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`SUMMARY
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`Although all of the aforementioned portable computing systems exist, no
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`effective solution to securely access, execute, and process data is available in an extremely
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`compact form. Currently, PDAs, which are considered among the smallest portable
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`computing solution, are bulky, provide uncomfortably small user interfaces, and require too
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`20 much power to maintain their data. Current PDA designs are complicated and cost a lot
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`because they require great processing resources to provide custom user interfaces and
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`operating systems. Further, current PD As are generally limited in the amount of data they can
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`store or access. No solution exists that allows users to employ traditional large user interfaces
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`they are already comfortable with, provides greater portability, provides greater memory
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`footprints, draws less power, and provides security for data on the device. As such, the
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`disclosed tunneling client access point {TCAP) is very easy to use; at most it requires the user
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`to simply plug the device into any existing and available desktop or laptop computer, through
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`which, the TCAP can make use of a traditional user interface and input/output (I/O)
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`peripherals, while the TCAP itself, otherwise, provides storage, execution, and/or processing
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`resources. Thus, the TCAP requires no power source to maintain its data and allows for a
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`highly portable "thumb" footprint. Also, by providing the equivalent of a plug-n-play virtual ; .
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`private network (VPN), the TCAP provides certain kinds of accessing of remote data in an X
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`easy and secure manner that was unavailable in the prior art.
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`In accordance with certain aspects of the disclosure, the above-identified
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`problems of limited computing devices are overcome and a technical advance is achieved in
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`the art of portable computing and data access. An exemplary tunneling client access point
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`(TCAP) includes a method to dispose a portable storage device in communication with a
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`terminal. The method includes providing the memory for access on the terminal, executing
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`the memory on the terminal
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`communicating through a conduit, and processing the processing instructions.
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`In accordance with another embodiment, a portable tunneling storage
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`processor is disclosed. The apparatus has a memory and a processor disposed in
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`communication with the memory, and configured to issue a plurality of processing
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`instructions stored in the memory. Also, the apparatus has a conduit for external
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`communications disposed in communication with the processor, configured to issue a
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`plurality of communication instructions as provided by the processor, configured to issue the
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`communication instructions as signals to engage in communications with other devices
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`having compatible conduits, and configured to receive signals issued from the compatible
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`conduits.
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`BRJEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`The accompanying drawings
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`illustrate various non-limiting, example,
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`inventive aspects in accordance with the present disclosure:
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`FIGURE 1 is of a flow diagram illustrating embodiments of a tunneling client
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`access point (TCAP);
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`FIGURE 2 is of a flow diagram illustrating embodiments of a system of
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`tunneling client access point and access terminal interaction;
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`FIGURE 3 is of a flow diagram illustrating embodiments of engaging the
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`tunneling client access point to an access terminal interaction;
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`FIGURE 4 is of a flow diagram illustrating embodiments of accessing the
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`tunneling client access point and server through an access terminal;
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`FIGURES 5-8 is of a flow diagram illustrating embodiments of facilities,
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`programs, and/or services that the tunneling client access point and server may provide to the
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`user as accessed through an access terminal;
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`FIGURE 9 is of a block diagram illustrating embodiments of a tunneling
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`client access point server controller;
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`FIGURE 10 is of a block diagram illustrating embodiments of a tunneling
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`client access point controller;
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`The leading number of each reference number within the drawings indicates
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`the first figure in which that reference number is introduced. As such, reference number 101
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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`TOPOLOGY
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`Figure 1 illustrates embodiments for a topology between a tunneling client
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`access point (TCAP) (see Figure 10 for more details on the TCAP) and TCAP server
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`(TCAPS) (see Figure 9 for more details on the TCAPS). In this embodiment, a user 133a
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`may plug-in a TCAP into any number of access terminals 127 located anywhere. Access
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`terminals (ATs) may be any number of computing devices such as servers, workstations,
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`desktop computers, laptops, portable digital assistants (PDAs), and/or the like. The type of
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`AT used is not important other than the device should provide a compatible mechanism of
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`.engagement to the TCAP 130 and provide an operating environment. for the user to eng1lge
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`the TCAP through the AT. In one embodiment, the TCAP provides a universal serial bus
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`(USB) connector through which it may plug into an AT. In other embodiment, the TCAP
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`may employ Bluetooth, WiFi and/or other wireless connectivity protocols to connect with
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`ATs that are also so equipped. In one embodiment, the AT provides Java and/or Windows
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`runtime environments, which allows the TCAP to interact with the input/output mechanisms
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`of the AT. See Figure 9 for more details and embodiments on the types of connections that
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`may be employed by the TCAP. Once the TCAP has engaged with an AT, it can provide the
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`user with access to its storage and processing facilities.
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`If the AT is connected to a communication network 113, the TCAP may then
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`communicate beyond the AT. In one embodiment, the TCAP can provide extended storage
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`and/or processing resources by engaging servers 110, 115, 120, which have access to and can
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`provide extended storage 105 to the TCAP through the AT. In one embodiment, a single
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`server and storage device may provide such TCAP server support. In another embodiment,
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`server support is provided over a communications network, e.g., the Internet, by an array of
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`front-end load-balancing servers 120. These servers can provide access to storage facilities
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`5 within the servers or to remote storage 105 across a communications network 1l3b, c (e.g., a
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`local area network (LAN)). In such an embodiment, a backend server 110 may offload the
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`front-end server with regard to data access to provide greater throughput. For purposes of
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`load balancing and/or redundancy, a backup server 115 may be similarly situated to provide
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`for access and backup in an efficient manner. In such an embodiment, the back-end servers
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`10 may be connected to the front-end servers through a communications network l 13b (e.g.,
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`wide area network (WAN)). The back end servers 110, 115 may be connected to the re!llote
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`storage 105 through a communications network l 13c as well (e.g., a high speed LAN, fiber-
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`channel, and/or the like).
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`Thus, to the user 133a, the contents of the TCAP 130 appear on the AT as
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`being contained on the TCAP 125 even though much of the contents may actually reside on
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`the servers 115, 120 and/or the servers' storage facilities 105. In these ways, the TCAP
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`"tunnels" data through an AT. The data may be provided through the AT's I/O for the user to
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`observe without it actually residing on the AT. Also, the TCAP may tunnel data through an
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`AT across a communications network to access remote servers without requiring its own
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`TCAP AND AT INTERACTION
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`Figure 2 illustrates embodiments for a system of tunneling client access point
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`(TCAP) (see Figure 10 for more details on the TCAP) and access terminal interaction. Figure
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`2 provides an overview for TCAP and AT interaction and subsequent figures will provide
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`greater detail on elements of the interaction. In this embodiment, a user engages the TCAP
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`201. For example, the user may plug the TCAP into an AT via the AT' s USB yort. Thereafter
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`the user is presented with a login prompt 205 on the AT's display mechanism, e.g., on a
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`video monitor. After a user successfully logs in (for example by providing a user name and
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`password) 204, the TCAP can then accept user inputs from the AT and its peripherals (the
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`The user may employ the A T's input peripherals as user input devices that
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`control actions on the TCAP. Depending on the user's actions 215, the TCAP can be used'by
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`the AT as a storage device from which it can access and store data and programs 225. For
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`example, if the user takes the action of opening a file from the TCAP's memory, e.g., by
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`double clicking on an icon when the TCAP is mounted as a USB drive on the AT, then the
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`AT may treat the TCAP as a memory device and retrieve information from the TCAP 225. If
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`the user's action 215 is one that is directed at executing on the TCAP 215, then the AT will
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`not be involved in any execution. For example, if the user drops an icon representing a
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`graphics file onto a drag-and-drop location visually representing the TCAP, then the file may
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`be copied to the TCAP where it will process and spool the file for sending the graphics file to
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`the file are handled by the TCAP's processor and the AT would only be used as a mechanism
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`for user input and output and as a conduit through which the TCAP may send files.
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`Regardless of if there is an action 215 to execute on the TCAP 220 or to
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`access or store data on the TCAP 225, the AT is used to display the status of any actions 230.
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`5 At any time the user may select to terminate TCAP related facilities executing either on the
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`AT, a backend server, on the TCAP itself, and/or the like 235. In one embodiment, the user
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`may select a quit option that is displayed on the AT's screen. In another embodiment, the
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`user may simply disengage the TCAP from the AT by severing the connection (e.g., turning
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`power off, physically pulling the device off the AT, turning off wireless transmissions, and/or
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`the like). It should be noted that such abrupt severing may result in the loss o£~data, file
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`corruption, etc. if the TCAP has not saved data that is on the AT or on some remote server,
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`however, if the TCAP is employing flash like memory, its contents should remain intact.
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`If there is no instruction signal to terminate the TCAP 235, execution will
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`the TCAP may respond to remote servers when it is communicating with them through the
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`AT. When the user issues a terminate signal 235, then the TCAP will shut down by saving
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`any data to the TCAP that is in the AT' s memory and then terminating any programs
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`executing on both the AT and TCAP that were executed by and/or from the TCAP 240. If no
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`the TCAP may optionally unmount itself from the AT's file-system 245. At this point, if
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`there is a TCAP I/O driver executing on the AT, that driver may be terminated as triggered
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`by the absence of the TCAP at a mount point 250. After the TCAP is unmounted and/or the
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`TCAP I/O driver is terminated, it is safe to disengage the TCAP from the AT.
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`Figure 3 illustrates embodiments engaging the tunneling client access point to
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`an access terminal interaction. Examples of engaging the TCAP 301 with an AT were
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`discussed above in Figure 1 127, 130, 133a and Figure 2 201. In one embodiment, the TCAP
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`130 is engaged with an access terminal 327, 305. As mentioned in Figure 1, the TCAP is
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`capable of engaging with ATs using a number of mechanisms. In one embodiment, the
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`data transfer. In another embodiment, the TCAP may use Bluetooth to establish a wireless
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`connection with a number of ATs. In another embodiment, the TCAP may employ WiFi. In
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`yet another embodiment, the TCAP may employ multiple communications mechanisms. It
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`into proximity with an AT that is configured for such wireless communication may result in
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`the TCAP engaging with and establish a communications link with the AT. In one
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`embodiment, the TCAP has a "connect" button that will allow such otherwise automatically
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`engaging interactions take place only if the "connect" button is engaged by a user. Such an
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`After being engaged 305, the TCAP will then power on. In an embodiment
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`requiring a direct connection, e.g., USB, simply plugging the TCAP into the AT provides
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`power. In a wireless embodiment, the TCAP may be on in a lower powered state or otherwise
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`TCAP). The TCAP then may load its own operating system 315. The operating system can
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`provide for interaction with the AT. In one embodiment, a Java runtime is executed on the
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`After engaging with the AT, the TCAP can provide its memory space fo the
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`drive 125 storage 325. In this manner, the TCAP may be accessed and manipulated as a
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`standard storage device through the AT's operating system. Further, the TCAP and in some
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`cases the AT can determine if the AT is capable of accessing program instructions stored in
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`the TCAP's memory 330. In one embodiment, the A T's operating system looks to auto-run a
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`specified file from any drive as it mounts. In such an embodiment, the TCAP's primary
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`Many operating systems are capable of at least accessing the TCAP as a USB
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`memory drive 330 and mounting its contents as a drive, which usually becomes accessible in
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`file browsing window 125. If the TCAP does not mount, the AT's operating system will
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`usually generate an error informing the user of a mounting problem. If the AT is not capable
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`loaded on the AT to access the TCAP 335. In one embodiment, the TCAP can check to see if
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`an API is running on the AT. For example, the TCAP provide an executable to be launched,
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`e.g., as specified through autorun.inf, and can establish communications through its
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`connection to the AT, e.g., employing TCP/IP communications over the USB port. In such an
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`received, the TCAP has determined that proper drivers and APis exist. If no such API e~.ists,
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`the TCAP may launch a driver installation program for the AT as through an autorun.inf. In
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`an alternative embodiment, if nothing happens, a user may double click onto an installer
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`program that is stored on the mounted TCAP 342, 340. It should be noted, that although the
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`TCAP's memory space may be mounted, certain areas of the TCAP may be inaccessible until
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`there is an authorization. For example, certain areas and content on the TCAP may be
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`encrypted. It should be noted that any such access terminal modules that drive AT and TCAP
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`interaction may be saved onto the TCAP by copying the module to a mounted TCAP.
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`memory 340, then the AT can execute program instructions from the TCAP's memory,
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`facilities 345. It should be noted that some ATs may not be able to mount the TCAP at all. In
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`such an instance, the user may have to install the TCAP drivers by downloading them from a
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`server on the Internet, loading them from a diskette or CD, and/or the like. Once the TCAP is
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`engaged to the AT 301, execution may continue 398.
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`Figure 4 illustrates embodiments accessing the tunneling client access point
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`and server through an access terminal. Upon engaging the TCAP to the AT as described in
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`Figure 3 301, 398, the user may then go on to access the TCAP and its services 498. It should
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`be noted that users may access certain unprotected areas of the TCAP once it has been
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`user may be prompted to either login and/or registration window 205a to access the·~TCAP
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`and.its services, which may be displayed on the AT405. It is important to note tharin one
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`embodiment, the execution of the login and/or registration routines are handled by the
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`login facilities, and connect to other Web based services through the AT' s connection to the
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`Internet. Further, the TCAP may employ a basic Web browsing core engine by which it may
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`connect to Web services through the AT's connection to a communications network like the
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`Internet. For purposes of security, in one embodiment, the TCAP may connect to a remote
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`Upon displaying a login window 405, e.g., 205a, the user may select to
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`register to access the TCAP and its services, or they may simply log in by providing security
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`verification. In one example, security authorization may be granted by simply providing a
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`user and password as provided through a registration process. In another embodiment,
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`authorization may be granted through biometric data. For example, the TCAP may integrate
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`a fingerprint and/or heat sensor IC into its housing. Employing such a device, and simply by
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`providing one's finger print by laying your finger to the TCAP's surface, would provide the
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`login facility with authorization if the user's finger print matches one that was stored during
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`If the user does not attempt to login 415, i.e., if the user wishes to register to
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`use the TCAP and its services, then the TCAP can determine if the AT is online 420. This
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`ping a given server and if acknowledgement of receipt is received, the TCAP is onlir~e. In
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`another embodiment, the TCAP can query for online status by engaging the AT through the
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`installed APis. If the AT is not online, then the user may be presented with an error message
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`425. Thus, if a user does not have a login, and does not have the ability to register, then
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`restricted areas of the TCAP will remain unavailable. Thereafter, flow can continue 498 and
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`the user may have another opportunity to login and/or register. In one embodiment as a login
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`integrity check, the TCAP keeps track of the number