Remote access and administration of device content and configuration using HTTP protocol

摘要

A mobile device supports a mobile server hosting an HTML web site. The mobile device has an identifier and receives dynamically updated IP addresses from a network connected through a firewall to the Internet. The mobile device reports received updates of the IP address to an HTTP server in the network that interfaces with the Internet. The HTTP server updates a redirect address record associating the identifier of the mobile device with the reported IP address. The HTTP server receives, from a web browser in the Internet, an HTTP request having the identifier of the mobile device. The HTTP server, using the redirect address record, redirects the web browser to the mobile device. The web browser sends an HTTP request directly to the mobile device.

主权项

1. A method for accessing a web site on a mobile device, comprising:
receiving at the mobile device an update of a mobile device IP address dynamically assigned to the mobile device; sending from the mobile device to a HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server an updated dynamically assigned address report, having the updated mobile device IP address and a mobile device identifier; sending from an HTTP client to the HTTP server an HTTP request having the mobile device identifier; receiving at the HTTP client, in response to the HTTP request, a redirect HTTP response having the updated mobile device IP address; and sending an HTTP request from the HTTP client to the mobile device at the updated mobile device IP address in the redirect HTTP response.