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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1999
Karl-heinz Knobl, Gückingen, DE;
Christof Menzenbach, Wetzlar, DE;
Wolfgang G Eibach, Holzgerlingen, DE;
Mark Patrick Nuttall, Chandlers Ford, GB;
Robert William Phippen, Romsey, GB;
Karl-Heinz Knobl, Gückingen, DE;
Christof Menzenbach, Wetzlar, DE;
Wolfgang G Eibach, Holzgerlingen, DE;
Mark Patrick Nuttall, Chandlers Ford, GB;
Robert William Phippen, Romsey, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are apparatus and a method for establishing communications between a Web client computer in a vehicle and a Web server computer connected to the Internet or an intranet, initiated from a remote Web Browser. The Web Browser sends a request to the server, which invokes a process at the server causing a SMS message to be sent to a telephone connected to the client computer. This SMS message includes an identification of the server process (such as a URL) and causes the client computer to establish communications with the server. This allows the Browser to interact with the client computer via a standard Browser request without the overheads of security exposure of requiring the client to be a Web server. The invention is useful for allowing a remote Browser to interact with a computer controlling a vehicle's electronic control systems.