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US 2014/0273947 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.).
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A communication management system comprising:
- one or more articles of manufacture including
- a first transistor-based circuit configured to obtain from a user of a first mobile device a network access authorization temporarily associating a second mobile device with an account associated with the first mobile device;
- the first mobile device, in which the first transistor-based circuit configured to obtain from the user of the first mobile device the network access authorization temporarily associating the second mobile device with the account associated with the first mobile device comprises firmware of the first device, the first transistor-based circuit including a first electrical node set upon which a first voltage configuration manifests the network access authorization temporarily associating the second mobile device with the account associated with the first mobile device;
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- a second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to an interpersonal communication via the second mobile device by authorizing a communication service charge automatically and conditionally, partly based on a hotspot network access being inadequate in a vicinity of the second mobile device and partly based on the network access authorization temporarily associating the second mobile device with the account associated with the first mobile device from the user of the first mobile device, the second transistor-based circuit including a second electrical node set upon which a second voltage configuration manifests the communication service charge.
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A communication management system comprising:
- one or more articles of manufacture including
- a first transistor-based circuit configured to obtain from a user of a first mobile device a network access authorization temporarily associating a second mobile device with an account associated with the first mobile device;
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- a second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to an interpersonal communication via the second mobile device by authorizing a communication service charge automatically and conditionally, partly based on a hotspot network access being inadequate in a vicinity of the second mobile device and partly based on the network access authorization temporarily associating the second mobile device with the account associated with the first mobile device from the user of the first mobile device.
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A communication management system comprising:
- one or more articles of manufacture including
- means for obtaining from a user of a first mobile device a network access authorization temporarily associating a second mobile device with an account associated with the first mobile device;
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- means for responding to an interpersonal communication via the second mobile device by authorizing a communication service charge automatically and conditionally, partly based on a hotspot network access being inadequate in a vicinity of the second mobile device and partly based on the network access authorization temporarily associating the second mobile device with the account associated with the first mobile device from the user of the first mobile device.
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A communication management method comprising:
- obtaining from a user of a first mobile device a network access authorization temporarily associating a second mobile device with an account associated with the first mobile device;
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- invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to respond to an interpersonal communication via the second mobile device by authorizing a communication service charge automatically and conditionally, partly based on a hotspot network access being inadequate in a vicinity of the second mobile device and partly based on the network access authorization temporarily associating the second mobile device with the account associated with the first mobile device from the user of 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 from a user of a first mobile device a network access authorization temporarily associating a second mobile device with an account associated with the first mobile device;
- and
- responding to an interpersonal communication via the second mobile device by authorizing a communication service charge automatically and conditionally, partly based on a hotspot network access being inadequate in a vicinity of the second mobile device and partly based on the network access authorization temporarily associating the second mobile device with the account associated with the first mobile device from the user of the first mobile device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.