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US 10,219,199 B2Granted
Mobile device mode enablement responsive to a proximity criterion
AssigneeTelcom Ventures, LLC
InventorsPeter D. Karabinis, Rajendra Singh
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Abstract
A system (10) and method (30) comprises a detector that is configured to enable a mode of a first device (14) and/or to enable a mode of a second device (15) responsive to a detection that a proximity criterion is satisfied between the first device and an entity (Entity 1) and responsive to at least one of a position, velocity and a Time-of-Day and where the second device is not the entity and is not associated with the entity, and where the entity is not involved in providing a communications service to the first and/or second device.
Claims19
A method of operating a smartphone to wirelessly provide information to an entity using a first air interface, to wirelessly receive information from the entity using the first air interface;
- and to wirelessly receive a communications service from a wireless network using a second air interface that differs from the first air interface, wherein the communications service is received by the smartphone from the wireless network absent involving the entity and wherein the entity functions independently of the communications service, the method comprising:
- detecting by the smartphone that a proximity condition is satisfied between the smartphone and the entity;
- in response to at least the proximity condition having been satisfied between the smartphone and the entity, establishing a wireless short-range communications link between the smartphone and the entity to provide by the smartphone, using the first air interface, information to the entity and to receive by the smartphone information from the entity;
- in response to at least the proximity condition having been satisfied between the smartphone and the entity and in response to a physiological parameter, wirelessly providing by the smartphone, using the first air interface, information to the entity and wirelessly receiving by the smartphone, using the first air interface, information from the entity independently of, and absent involving the entity in, receiving by the smartphone the communications service from the wireless network using the second air interface;
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- wirelessly receiving by the smartphone, using the second air interface, the communications service from the wireless network absent involving the entity, absent providing by the smartphone information to the entity, and absent receiving by the smartphone information from the entity,
- wherein the wireless short-range communications link used by the first air interface is based upon unlicensed frequencies,
- wherein the second air interface uses a wireless communications link that is based upon licensed frequencies, and
- wherein the first air interface is not involved in providing the communications service to the smartphone.
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A system comprising:
- a smartphone that is configured to perform operations comprising:
- detecting by the smartphone that a proximity condition is satisfied between the smartphone and an entity;
- in response to at least the proximity condition having been satisfied between the smartphone and the entity, establishing a wireless short-range communications link between the smartphone and the entity to provide by the smartphone, using a first air interface, information to the entity and to receive by the smartphone information from the entity;
- in response to at least the proximity condition having been satisfied between the smartphone and the entity and in response to a physiological parameter, wirelessly providing, using the first air interface, information to the entity and wirelessly receiving, using the first air interface, information from the entity independently of, and absent involving the entity in, receiving a communications service from a wireless network using a second air interface that differs from the first air interface;
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- wirelessly receiving, using the second air interface, the communications service from the wireless network absent involving the entity, absent providing information to the entity, and absent receiving information from the entity,
- wherein the wireless short-range communications link used by the first air interface is based upon unlicensed frequencies,
- wherein the second air interface uses a wireless communications link that is based upon licensed frequencies, and
- wherein the first air interface is not involved in providing the communications service to the smartphone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.