System and method for providing alternate wireless and network service in a bandwidth constrained environment
AssigneeTionesta, LLC
InventorsPaul Posner, Tim Clark, Aaron Hamstra, Ivan Knezevic
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Abstract
Methods and systems for providing alternate wireless and network service on a cruise ship or in other remote or isolated “captive” environments where available wireless communication options tend to be limited and/or bandwidth constrained. Aspects of the disclosed systems and methods allow existing wireless customers to continue using their normal wireless phone and phone number in the captive environments while still easily avoiding large roaming and bandwidth charges, all while nearly transparently maintaining the full range of normal wireless voice, text, and MMS services.
Claims12
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A system for providing alternate wireless and network service in a bandwidth constrained environment, the system comprising:
- a wireless telecommunications device of a user in the bandwidth constrained environment, the wireless telecommunications device comprising an application installed on the wireless telecommunications device,
- wherein the application is programmed to interface thorough a wireless access network to an application server;
- the application server connected to a home service provider network via a roaming connection, wherein the application server sets the wireless telecommunications device to roaming;
- wherein when the user initiates a communication to a recipient user from within the bandwidth constrained environment, the system is configured to automatically prioritize and select the form of wireless access network the wireless telecommunications device operates on, based on a recipient user location within or outside of the bandwidth constrained environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.