# US 12,120,599 B2 · Conveying information via auxiliary device selection > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,120,599 B2 - Document ID: US12120599B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/295,820 - Filed: 2023-04-04 - Published: 2023-08-03 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2017-01-13 - Applicants: ENK Wireless, Inc. - Inventors: Peter D. Karabinis; Dimitrios P. Karabinis - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12120599B2 ## CPC - H04W 48/16: Discovering, processing access restriction or access information - H04L 45/24: Multipath - H04L 67/51: Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services - H04L 69/18: Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols - H04W 16/14: Spectrum sharing arrangements {between different networks} - H04W 40/04: based on wireless node resources - H04W 40/32: for defining a routing cluster membership - H04W 76/15: Setup of multiple wireless link connections - H04J 2211/005: Long term evolution [LTE] - H04J 2211/006: Single carrier frequency division multiple access [SC FDMA] - H04L 5/0007: {the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A) or DMT} - H04W 8/005: {Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals} - H04W 84/047: {using dedicated repeater stations} - H04W 88/04: adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04J: MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (transmission in general H04B; peculiar to transmission of digital information H04L5/00; systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal H04N7/08; in exchanges H04Q11/00; stereophonic systems H04S) ## Abstract Systems/methods are disclosed whereby a device is configured to provide a first wireless service by using one or more auxiliary devices that is/are proximate thereto and is/are associated with unique identities known to the device. Also, a second wireless service is provided by the device by using one or more other auxiliary devices that is/are proximate thereto but is/are not associated with any specific unique identities known to the device. According to some embodiments, the first wireless service is based upon a Bluetooth protocol and an Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) Protocol, the second wireless service is based upon a Bluetooth Protocol and the device comprises a smartphone. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising a device that is configured to provide a first wireless service by using one or more auxiliary devices that is/are associated therewith and is/are proximate thereto; and is further configured to provide a second wireless service by using one or more other auxiliary devices that is/are not associated therewith and is/are proximate thereto; wherein the device is configured to provide the first wireless service responsive to one or more unique identities having been associated, respectively, with the one or more auxiliary devices; wherein the device is further configured to provide the second wireless service absent any of said unique identities having been associated with any one of the one or more other auxiliary devices; wherein the first wireless service is based upon a Bluetooth protocol and an Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) Protocol; and wherein the second wireless service is based upon a Bluetooth Protocol. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising the one or more auxiliary devices; wherein the device comprises a smartphone; and wherein the device is further configured to detect/identify the one or more auxiliary devices that are associated therewith and/or the one or more auxiliary devices are configured to detect/identify the device that comprises the smartphone. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the device comprises a smartphone; and wherein the device is further configured to detect/identify the one or more auxiliary devices that are associated therewith. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the device comprises an access point that is associated with a specific structure. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein said proximate comprises 100 feet or less; 30 feet or less; or 10 feet or less. ### Claim 6 A method comprising: providing a first wireless service by a device, by using one or more auxiliary devices that is/are associated with the device and is/are proximate to the device; providing a second wireless service by the device, by using one or more other auxiliary devices that is/are not associated with the device and is/are proximate to the device; providing the first wireless service by the device responsive to one or more unique identities having been associated, respectively, with the one or more auxiliary devices; and providing the second wireless service by the device absent any of said unique identities having been associated with any one of the one or more other auxiliary devices; wherein the first wireless service is based upon a Bluetooth protocol and an Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) Protocol; and wherein the second wireless service is based upon a Bluetooth Protocol. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the device comprises a smartphone; the method further comprising: detecting/identifying the one or more auxiliary devices that are associated with the device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the device comprises an access point that is associated with a specific structure. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the proximity condition comprises 100 feet or less; 30 feet or less; or 10 feet or less. ### Claim 10 A system comprising: one or more auxiliary devices that is/are associated with a first device and is/are configured to provide a first wireless service when proximate to the first device responsive to one or more unique identities having been associated, respectively, with the one or more auxiliary devices; wherein the one or more auxiliary devices is/are further configured to provide a second wireless service when proximate to a second device that is not associated therewith, absent any special access code having been provided to any of the one or more auxiliary devices; wherein the first wireless service is based upon a Bluetooth protocol and an Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) Protocol; and wherein the second wireless service is based upon a Bluetooth Protocol. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more auxiliary devices is/are further configured to detect/identify the first device and/or the second device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, further comprising the first device; wherein the first device comprises a smartphone; and wherein the first device is configured to detect/identify the one or more auxiliary devices that is/are associated therewith. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, further comprising the first device; wherein the first device comprises an access point that is associated with a specific structure; and wherein the first device is configured to detect/identify the one or more auxiliary devices that is/are associated therewith. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein said proximate comprises 100 feet or less; 30 feet or less; or 10 feet or less. ### Claim 15 A method comprising: providing a first wireless service by using one or more auxiliary devices that is/are associated with a first device and is/are proximate to the first device, responsive to one or more unique identities having been provided, respectively, to said one or more auxiliary devices; and providing a second wireless service by using the one or more auxiliary devices when the one or more auxiliary devices is/are proximate to a second device that is not associated therewith, absent any special access code having been provided to any of the one or more auxiliary devices; wherein the first wireless service is based upon a Bluetooth protocol and an Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) Protocol; and wherein the second wireless service is based upon a Bluetooth Protocol. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising: detecting/identifying by the one or more auxiliary devices the first device and/or the second device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the first device comprises a smartphone; the method further comprising: detecting/identifying by the first device the one or more auxiliary devices that is/are associated therewith. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the first device comprises an access point that is associated with a specific structure; the method further comprising: detecting/identifying by the first device the one or more auxiliary devices that is/are associated therewith. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein said proximate comprises 100 feet or less; 30 feet or less; or 10 feet or less.