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Originally Posted by Ret
Reading those caps I can recall some things:
You see the device uses Allegro HTTP client.
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Is there a reference manual for this client on the web. I found the Allegro FTP documentation, but not this HTTP one.
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It sends HTTP GET requests to the server. If you use a local "Librarian" you can fetch any HTML file.
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By local "Librarian" you mean the proxy server program (like Linreb or GEBLibrarian).
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My proof of concept fetched a static html file containing one link to google.com. That prooved that the device could surf the net.
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I've served up static html files in the 'content' directory that the reader accesses when displaying 'bookshelf.ebooksystem.net/content/' requests, but no surfing was allowed; even tried the google home page.
I also noticed that the reader's 'bookshelf page' was very weak in it's support of html pages so I would probably rule that out to serve up static html to its 'bookshelf' requests.
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If you want to generate and fetch your own list of books you'll have to fetch an HTTP response containing the string "Content-Type: text/x-booklist" and then the list of books in this format:
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3:B:ebook<TAB>BOOKNAME<TAB>AUTHOR<TAB>CATEGORY<TAB>SIZE<TAB>URL_TO_BOOK<TAB>1<TAB>17
Taken from:
3:B:eBook eBook User's Guide Version 2.2 Thomson Consumer Electronics General Interest 452630 http://bookshelf.softbook.net/bookshelf/default.asp?BOOK_ID=eBook&SOURCE_ID=3&SOURCE_TYPE=B 1 17
If the device asks for a book the server should respond with an HTTP response containg "Content-Type: text/x-book" (which I infer, since it's not on those caps)
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Ya, I omitted those requests from the capture file as they were binary transfers in a text file. I do see the 'content-type: x-softbook' being responded in the Linreb program code. That C code also shows the string replied to the x-booklist request as you have indicated above. We're on the same page...
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Does this help you? Hope it does  Take a closer look at your caps. I think all you need to know is almost all there
Good luck
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I think it narrows down where to patch into but I still can't reproduce that 'surfing' ability. Here's to more explorations...(or someone having a copy of your java code)