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US 2014/0274056 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:
- a first event-sequencing circuit configured to receive a first wireless signal indicative of a wireless local area network (WLAN) service boundary via a first antenna of a wearable assembly, the first event-sequencing circuit including the first antenna;
- a second event-sequencing circuit configured to extract WLAN-service-boundary-indicative data from first wireless signal via a signal processor of the wearable assembly, the second event-sequencing circuit including the signal processor;
- a third event-sequencing circuit configured to transmit the WLAN-service-boundary-indicative data as a second wireless signal via an output component of the wearable assembly, the third event-sequencing circuit including the output component of the wearable assembly, the output component including at least one of an earphone or a display or a second antenna, the third event-sequencing circuit including one or more electrical nodes, the WLAN-service-boundary-indicative data manifested as an arrangement of one or more voltage levels on the one or more electrical nodes;
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- a wearable article configured to support the first event-sequencing circuit configured to receive the first wireless signal indicative of the WLAN service boundary via the first antenna of the wearable assembly and to support the second event-sequencing circuit configured to extract WLAN-service-boundary-indicative data from the first wireless signal via the signal processor of the wearable assembly and to support the third event-sequencing circuit configured to transmit the WLAN-service-boundary-indicative data as the second wireless signal via the output component all in the wearable assembly, the wearable article being eyewear or being wristwear or being a clip unit.
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A communication management system comprising:
- a first event-sequencing circuit configured to receive a first wireless signal indicative of a wireless local area network (WLAN) service boundary via a first antenna of a wearable assembly, the first event-sequencing circuit including the first antenna;
- a second event-sequencing circuit configured to extract WLAN-service-boundary-indicative data from first wireless signal via a signal processor of the wearable assembly, the second event-sequencing circuit including the signal processor;
- a third event-sequencing circuit configured to transmit the WLAN-service-boundary-indicative data as a second wireless signal via an output component of the wearable assembly, the third event-sequencing circuit including the output component of the wearable assembly;
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- a wearable article configured to support the first event-sequencing circuit configured to receive the first wireless signal indicative of the WLAN service boundary via the first antenna of the wearable assembly and to support the second event-sequencing circuit configured to extract WLAN-service-boundary-indicative data from the first wireless signal via the signal processor of the wearable assembly and to support the third event-sequencing circuit configured to transmit the WLAN-service-boundary-indicative data as the second wireless signal via the output component all in the wearable assembly.
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A communication management system comprising:
- means for receiving a first wireless signal indicative of a wireless local area network (WLAN) service boundary;
- means for extracting WLAN-service-boundary-indicative data from first wireless signal;
- means for transmitting the WLAN-service-boundary-indicative data as a second wireless signal;
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- means for supporting the means for receiving the first wireless signal indicative of the WLAN service boundary and for supporting the means for extracting the WLAN-service-boundary-indicative data from the first wireless signal and for supporting the means for transmitting the WLAN-service-boundary-indicative data as the second wireless signal all in a wearable assembly.
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A communication management method comprising:
- receiving a first wireless signal indicative of a wireless local area network (WLAN) service boundary via a first antenna of a wearable assembly;
- extracting WLAN-service-boundary-indicative data from first wireless signal via a signal processor of the wearable assembly;
- transmitting the WLAN-service-boundary-indicative data as a second wireless signal via an output component of the wearable assembly;
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- supporting (at least) the first antenna and the signal processor and the output component all in the wearable assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.