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.).
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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 a first formerly-subscribed mobile device;
- a second transistor-based circuit configured to obtain an indication of an account associated with a first currently-subscribed 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 first currently-subscribed mobile device conditionally, partly based on whether the first formerly-subscribed mobile device had access to wireless local area network (WLAN) service and partly based on a communication between the first formerly-subscribed mobile device and one or more communication devices that include the first currently-subscribed mobile device.
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A communication management system comprising:
- one or more articles of manufacture including
- means for obtaining an identification of a first formerly-subscribed mobile device;
- means for obtaining an indication of an account associated with a first currently-subscribed mobile device;
- and
- means for signaling a decision whether or not to post a cost component to the account associated with the first currently-subscribed mobile device conditionally, partly based on whether the first formerly-subscribed mobile device had access to wireless local area network (WLAN) service and partly based on a communication between the first formerly-subscribed mobile device and one or more communication devices that include the first currently-subscribed mobile device.
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A communication management method comprising:
- obtaining an identification of a first formerly-subscribed mobile device;
- obtaining an indication of an account associated with a first currently-subscribed mobile device;
- and
- invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to signal a decision whether or not to post a cost component to the account associated with the first currently-subscribed mobile device conditionally, partly based on whether the first formerly-subscribed mobile device had access to wireless local area network (WLAN) service and partly based on a communication between the first formerly-subscribed mobile device and one or more communication devices that include the first currently-subscribed 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 an identification of a first formerly-subscribed mobile device;
- obtaining an indication of an account associated with a first currently-subscribed mobile device;
- and
- signaling a decision whether or not to post a cost component to the account associated with the first currently-subscribed mobile device conditionally, partly based on whether the first formerly-subscribed mobile device had access to wireless local area network (WLAN) service and partly based on a communication between the first formerly-subscribed mobile device and one or more communication devices that include the first currently-subscribed mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.