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US 2014/0273924 A1Published application
Protocols for facilitating broader access in wireless communications
AssigneeElwha LLC
InventorsRoderick A. Hyde, Royce A. Levien, Richard T. Lord, Robert W. Lord, Mark A. Malamud, Douglas O. Reudink, Clarence T. Tegreene
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Abstract
Structures and protocols are presented for signaling a status or decision concerning a wireless service or device within a region to a communication device (smartphone or wearable device, e.g.) or other wireless communication participant (motor vehicle having a wireless communication capability, e.g.).
Claims51
A communication management system comprising:
- one or more articles of manufacture including
- a first transistor-based circuit configured to obtain a first preference indication either of a first option or of a second option from a user of a first currently-subscribed mobile device, an account being associated with a first currently-subscribed mobile device, being associated with a cellular service subscription still in effect, the first transistor-based circuit including an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests the first preference indication either of the first option or of the second option from the user of the first currently-subscribed mobile device, the first transistor-based circuit configured to obtain the preference indication via the first currently-subscribed mobile device;
- a second transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to cause a unidirectional communication as a conditional response to whether or not the user of the first currently-subscribed mobile device apparently preferred the first option between the first currently-subscribed mobile device and one or more communication devices that include a first formerly-subscribed mobile device, having been associated with a cellular service subscription that has ended;
- a third transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to assign a communication cost component to the account associated with the first currently-subscribed mobile device as a first conditional response to whether or not the user of the first currently-subscribed mobile device apparently preferred the second option;
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- a fourth transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to establish a bidirectional communication as a second conditional response to whether or not the user of the first currently-subscribed mobile device apparently preferred the second option between the first currently-subscribed mobile device and the one or more communication devices that include the first formerly-subscribed mobile device.
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A communication management system comprising:
- one or more articles of manufacture including
- a first transistor-based circuit configured to obtain a first preference indication either of a first option or of a second option from a user of a first currently-subscribed mobile device, an account being associated with a first currently-subscribed mobile device, being associated with a cellular service subscription still in effect;
- a second transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to cause a unidirectional communication as a conditional response to whether or not the user of the first currently-subscribed mobile device apparently preferred the first option between the first currently-subscribed mobile device and one or more communication devices that include a first formerly-subscribed mobile device, having been associated with a cellular service subscription that has ended;
- a third transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to assign a communication cost component to the account associated with the first currently-subscribed mobile device as a first conditional response to whether or not the user of the first currently-subscribed mobile device apparently preferred the second option;
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- a fourth transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to establish a bidirectional communication as a second conditional response to whether or not the user of the first currently-subscribed mobile device apparently preferred the second option between the first currently-subscribed mobile device and the one or more communication devices that include the first formerly-subscribed mobile device.
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A communication management system comprising:
- one or more articles of manufacture including
- means for obtaining a first preference indication either of a first option or of a second option from a user of a first currently-subscribed mobile device, an account being associated with a first currently-subscribed mobile device;
- means for signaling a decision whether or not to cause a unidirectional communication as a conditional response to whether or not the user of the first currently-subscribed mobile device apparently preferred the first option between the first currently-subscribed mobile device and one or more communication devices that include a first formerly-subscribed mobile device;
- means for signaling a decision whether or not to assign a communication cost component to the account associated with the first currently-subscribed mobile device as a first conditional response to whether or not the user of the first currently-subscribed mobile device apparently preferred the second option;
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- means for signaling a decision whether or not to establish a bidirectional communication as a second conditional response to whether or not the user of the first currently-subscribed mobile device apparently preferred the second option between the first currently-subscribed mobile device and the one or more communication devices that include the first formerly-subscribed mobile device.
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A communication management method comprising:
- obtaining a first preference indication either of a first option or of a second option from a user of a first currently-subscribed mobile device, an account being associated with a first currently-subscribed mobile device;
- invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to signal a decision whether or not to cause a unidirectional communication as a conditional response to whether or not the user of the first currently-subscribed mobile device apparently preferred the first option between the first currently-subscribed mobile device and one or more communication devices that include a first formerly-subscribed mobile device;
- signaling a decision whether or not to assign a communication cost component to the account associated with the first currently-subscribed mobile device as a first conditional response to whether or not the user of the first currently-subscribed mobile device apparently preferred the second option;
- and
- signaling a decision whether or not to establish a bidirectional communication as a second conditional response to whether or not the user of the first currently-subscribed mobile device apparently preferred the second option between the first currently-subscribed mobile device and the one or more communication devices that include the first formerly-subscribed mobile device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.