Protocols for facilitating broader access in wireless communications by conditionally authorizing a charge to an account of a third party
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 for facilitating an affiliation-dependent mobile device of a first party communicating via equipment of a second party, the communication management system comprising:
- one or more articles of manufacture including
- a first transistor-based circuit configured to obtain an association between a third party and a third party communication device, the first transistor-based circuit including an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests an identification of the third party communication device;
- a second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to a communication from an affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing a charge to an account of the third party automatically and conditionally, partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using a wireless linkage and partly based on an evaluation protocol accepting a credential relating to the communication, the affiliation-dependent mobile device being at least one of an unsubscribed mobile device or a formerly-subscribed mobile device or a formerly-charged mobile device;
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- a third transistor-based circuit configured to implement the evaluation protocol and to determine whether or not the credential relating to the communication is acceptable.
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A communication management system for facilitating an affiliation-dependent mobile device of a first party communicating via equipment of a second party, the communication management system comprising:
- one or more articles of manufacture including
- a first transistor-based circuit configured to obtain an association between a third party and a third party communication device;
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- a second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to a communication from an affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing a charge to an account of the third party automatically and conditionally, partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using a wireless linkage and partly based on an evaluation protocol accepting a credential relating to the communication, the affiliation-dependent mobile device being at least one of an unsubscribed mobile device or a formerly-subscribed mobile device or a formerly-charged mobile device.
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A communication management system for facilitating an affiliation-dependent mobile device of a first party communicating via equipment of a second party, the communication management system comprising:
- one or more articles of manufacture including
- means for obtaining an association between a third party and a third party communication device;
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- means for responding to a communication from an affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing a charge to an account of the third party automatically and conditionally, partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using a wireless linkage and partly based on an evaluation protocol accepting a credential relating to the communication, the affiliation-dependent mobile device being at least one of an unsubscribed mobile device or a formerly-subscribed mobile device or a formerly-charged 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 association between a third party and a third party communication device;
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- responding to a communication from an affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing a charge to an account of the third party automatically and conditionally, partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using a wireless linkage and partly based on an evaluation protocol accepting a credential relating to the communication, the affiliation-dependent mobile device being at least one of an unsubscribed mobile device or a formerly-subscribed mobile device or a formerly-charged mobile device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.