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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2003
John Alan Bivens, Ossining, NY (US);
John Sidney Davis, Ii, New York, NY (US);
Gelonia L. Dent, Larchmont, NY (US);
Daby Mousse Sow, Bronx, NY (US);
John Alan Bivens, Ossining, NY (US);
John Sidney Davis, II, New York, NY (US);
Gelonia L. Dent, Larchmont, NY (US);
Daby Mousse Sow, Bronx, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention provides methods and apparatus for establishing a connection between a mobile client and an external computer network such that the client computer network connection provides the illusion of seamless connectivity. In one aspect of the invention data is processed in a wireless communication network and is received from a access point at a gateway to an external computer network. Access points are disposed in the vicinity of the path of the mobile client. In another aspect of the invention data is processed in a wireless communication network and is received at an onboard proxy from an access point. The data is then transmitted to a mobile client.