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US 2014/0274078 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 a first location estimate describing a first location of a first mobile device;
- a second transistor-based circuit configured to obtain first provenance data indicating a protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate;
- a third transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to update a wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate;
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- a fourth transistor-based circuit configured to cause a second mobile device to indicate some of the wireless connectivity map audibly or visibly after the decision whether or not to update the wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate, the second mobile device comprising at least one of a handheld device or a wearable assembly.
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A communication management system comprising:
- one or more articles of manufacture including
- a first transistor-based circuit configured to obtain a first location estimate describing a first location of a first mobile device;
- a second transistor-based circuit configured to obtain first provenance data indicating a protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate;
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- a third transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to update a wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate.
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A communication management system comprising:
- one or more articles of manufacture including
- means for obtaining a first location estimate describing a first location of a first mobile device;
- means for obtaining first provenance data indicating a protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate;
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- means for signaling a decision whether or not to update a wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate.
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A communication management method comprising:
- obtaining a first location estimate describing a first location of a first mobile device;
- obtaining first provenance data indicating a protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate;
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- invoking a transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether or not to update a wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate.
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An article of manufacture comprising:
- one or more physical media bearing a device-detectable output manifesting an occurrence of
- obtaining a first location estimate describing a first location of a first mobile device;
- obtaining first provenance data indicating a protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate;
- and
- signaling a decision whether or not to update a wireless connectivity map automatically and conditionally, partly based on the first location estimate describing the first location of the first mobile device and partly based on the first provenance data indicating the protocol by which the first mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.