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US 2014/0273935 A1Published application
Protocols for facilitating broader access in wireless communications
OwnerRoderick A. Hyde, Royce A. Levien +5inventors
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.).
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A communication management system comprising:
- one or more articles of manufacture including
- a first transistor-based circuit configured to obtain an identification of an unlocked communication device, the unlocked communication device being a first mobile device, the first transistor-based circuit including a first electrical node set upon which a first voltage configuration manifests the identification of the unlocked communication device;
- a second transistor-based circuit configured to obtain an indication of an account associated with a second mobile device;
- a third transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to post a cost component to the account associated with the second mobile device conditionally, partly based on whether the unlocked communication device had access to wireless local area network (WLAN) service and partly based on a communication at least between the unlocked communication device and the second mobile device;
- a fourth transistor-based circuit configured to obtain a first location estimate describing a first location of the unlocked communication device by receiving the first location estimate from the unlocked communication device;
- and
- a fifth transistor-based circuit configured to obtain first provenance data indicating a protocol by which the unlocked communication device apparently obtained the first location estimate by receiving the first provenance data from the unlocked communication 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 an identification of an unlocked communication device, the unlocked communication device being a first mobile device;
- a second transistor-based circuit configured to obtain an indication of an account associated with a second mobile device;
- and
- a third transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to post a cost component to the account associated with the second mobile device conditionally, partly based on whether the unlocked communication device had access to wireless local area network (WLAN) service and partly based on a communication at least between the unlocked communication device and the second mobile device.
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A communication management system comprising:
- one or more articles of manufacture including
- means for obtaining an identification of an unlocked communication device, the unlocked communication device being a first mobile device;
- means for obtaining an indication of an account associated with a second mobile device;
- and
- means for signaling a decision whether or not to post a cost component to the account associated with the second mobile device conditionally, partly based on whether the unlocked communication device had access to wireless local area network (WLAN) service and partly based on a communication at least between the unlocked communication device and the second 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;
- obtaining an identification of an unlocked communication device, the unlocked communication device being a first mobile device;
- obtaining an indication of an account associated with a second mobile device;
- and
- invoking a transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to post a cost component to the account associated with the second mobile device conditionally, partly based on whether the unlocked communication device had access to wireless local area network (WLAN) service and partly based on a communication at least between the unlocked communication device and the second mobile device.
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An article of manufacture comprising:
- one or more physical media configured to bear a device-detectable implementation of a method including at least
- obtaining an identification of an unlocked communication device, the unlocked communication device being a first mobile device;
- obtaining an indication of an account associated with a second mobile device;
- and
- signaling a decision whether or not to post a cost component to the account associated with the second mobile device conditionally, partly based on whether the unlocked communication device had access to wireless local area network (WLAN) service and partly based on a communication at least between the unlocked communication device and the second mobile device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.