Content distribution & communication system for enhancing service distribution in short range radio environment
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsOuti Markki, Jan-Erik Ekberg, Heikki Kokkinenh, Mika Kuoppala
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Abstract
A system for propagating information among wireless communication devices in an efficient manner. More specifically, the invention involves regulating the behavior of a wireless communication device (WCD) between a primarily passive mode where client or slave availability is maximized and a primarily active mode where information propagation or master behavior is maximized. The regulation of the WCD is controlled based on the environment surrounding the WCD, including the devices in effective transmission range of the device, and the current condition of the WCD.
Claims37
A method, comprising:
- detecting the presence of an access point by a wireless communication device;
- establishing a connection with the access point via wireless short-range communication in order to receive service information;
- storing the service information in the wireless communication device prior to disconnecting from the access point;
- transmitting at least part of the service information from the wireless communication device to other discovered wireless communication devices via wireless short-range communication;
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- changing the operation mode of the wireless communication device to an intermediate mode upon determining that a threshold condition is exceeded.
A wireless communication device comprising:
- detecting logic for detecting the presence of an access point by the wireless communication device;
- receiving logic coupled to the detecting logic for establishing a connection with the access point via wireless short-range communication in order to receive service information;
- a memory coupled to the receiving logic for storing the service information in the wireless communication device prior to disconnecting from the access point;
- transmitting logic coupled to the memory for transmitting at least part of the service information from the wireless communication device to other discovered wireless communication devices via wireless short-range communication;
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- control logic coupled to the memory for changing the operation mode of the wireless communication device to an intermediate mode upon determining that a threshold condition is exceeded.
A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium, comprising:
- computer readable program code in said medium for detecting the presence of an access point by a wireless communication device;
- computer readable program code in said medium for establishing a connection with the access point via wireless short-range communication in order to receive service information;
- computer readable program code in said medium for storing the service information in the wireless communication device prior to disconnecting from the access point;
- computer readable program code in said medium for transmitting at least part of the service information from the wireless communication device to other discovered wireless communication devices via wireless short-range communication;
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- computer readable program code in said medium for changing the operation mode of the wireless communication device to an intermediate mode upon determining that a threshold condition is exceeded.
A system comprising:
- at least one wireless communication device;
- an access point capable of communicating via short-range wireless communication;
- detecting logic for detecting the presence of an access point by the wireless communication device;
- receiving logic coupled to the detecting logic for establishing a connection with the access point via wireless short-range communication in order to receive service information;
- a memory coupled to the receiving logic for storing the service information in the wireless communication device prior to disconnecting from the access point;
- transmitting logic coupled to the memory for transmitting at least part of the service information from the wireless communication device to other discovered wireless communication devices via wireless short-range communication;
- and
- control logic coupled to the memory for changing the operation mode of the wireless communication device to an intermediate mode upon determining that a threshold condition is exceeded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.