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US 2014/0273934 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.).
Claims49
A communication management system comprising:
- one or more articles of manufacture including
- a first transistor-based circuit configured to obtain a first preference indication via a first mobile device, the first preference indication being either a first option or a second option, an account being associated with the first mobile device, the first transistor-based circuit including a first electrical node set upon which a first voltage configuration manifests the first preference indication, the first preference indication having been received as a wireless transmission from the first mobile device;
- a second transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to cause a unidirectional communication at least between the first mobile device and a second mobile device as a conditional response to whether or not a user apparently preferred the first option at the first mobile device;
- a third transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to establish a bidirectional communication at least between the first mobile device and the second mobile device as a first conditional response to whether or not the user apparently preferred the second option at the first mobile device;
- a fourth transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to assign a communication cost component to the account associated with the first mobile device as a second conditional response to whether or not the user apparently preferred the second option at the first mobile device;
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- a fifth transistor-based circuit configured to cause at least some of a wireless connectivity map to be displayed via the second mobile device after a decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally partly based on a first location estimate describing a first location of a third mobile device and partly based on first provenance data indicating a protocol by which the third mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate.
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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 via a first mobile device, the first preference indication being either a first option or a second option, an account being associated with the first mobile device;
- a second transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to cause a unidirectional communication at least between the first mobile device and a second mobile device as a conditional response to whether or not a user apparently preferred the first option at the first mobile device;
- a third transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to establish a bidirectional communication at least between the first mobile device and the second mobile device as a first conditional response to whether or not the user apparently preferred the second option at the first mobile device;
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- a fourth transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to assign a communication cost component to the account associated with the first mobile device as a second conditional response to whether or not the user apparently preferred the second option at the first 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 via a first mobile device, the first preference indication being either a first option or a second option, an account being associated with the first mobile device;
- means for signaling a decision whether or not to cause a unidirectional communication at least between the first mobile device and a second mobile device as a conditional response to whether or not a user apparently preferred the first option at the first mobile device;
- means for signaling a decision whether or not to establish a bidirectional communication at least between the first mobile device and the second mobile device as a first conditional response to whether or not the user apparently preferred the second option at the first mobile device;
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- means for signaling a decision whether or not to assign a communication cost component to the account associated with the first mobile device as a second conditional response to whether or not the user apparently preferred the second option at the first mobile device.
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A communication management method comprising:
- obtaining a first preference indication via a first mobile device, the first preference indication being either a first option or a second option, an account being associated with the first mobile device;
- signaling a decision whether or not to cause a unidirectional communication at least between the first mobile device and a second mobile device as a conditional response to whether or not a user apparently preferred the first option at the first mobile device;
- signaling a decision whether or not to establish a bidirectional communication at least between the first mobile device and the second mobile device as a first conditional response to whether or not the user apparently preferred the second option at the first mobile device;
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- invoking a transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to assign a communication cost component to the account associated with the first mobile device as a second conditional response to whether or not the user apparently preferred the second option at the first mobile device.
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An article of manufacture comprising:
- one or more physical media bearing a device-detectable output manifesting an occurrence of
- obtaining a first preference indication via a first mobile device, the first preference indication being either a first option or a second option, an account being associated with the first mobile device;
- signaling a decision whether or not to cause a unidirectional communication at least between the first mobile device and a second mobile device as a conditional response to whether or not a user apparently preferred the first option at the first mobile device;
- signaling a decision whether or not to establish a bidirectional communication at least between the first mobile device and the second mobile device as a first conditional response to whether or not the user apparently preferred the second option at the first mobile device;
- and
- signaling a decision whether or not to assign a communication cost component to the account associated with the first mobile device as a second conditional response to whether or not the user apparently preferred the second option at the first mobile device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.