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US 9,866,706 B2Granted
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, 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 at least:
- a first transistor-based circuit configured to obtain an identification of a first unsubscribed mobile device;
- a second transistor-based circuit configured to obtain an indication of an account associated with a first currently-subscribed mobile device;
- and
- a third transistor-based circuit configured to signal a decision whether to post a cost component to the account associated with the first currently-subscribed mobile device conditionally, partly based on whether the first unsubscribed mobile device had access to wireless local area network (WLAN) service and partly based on a communication between the first unsubscribed mobile device and one or more communication devices that include the first currently-subscribed mobile device, including at least
- transistor-based circuitry configured to cause first content of a wireless signal to pass either through a first memory of the first currently-subscribed mobile device or through a second memory of the first currently-subscribed mobile device selected as an automatic and conditional response to whether second content of the wireless signal satisfies a first criterion.
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A communication management system comprising:
- one or more articles of manufacture including at least:
- means for obtaining an identification of a first unsubscribed mobile device;
- means for obtaining an indication of an account associated with a first currently-subscribed mobile device;
- and
- means for signaling a decision whether to post a cost component to the account associated with the first currently-subscribed mobile device conditionally, partly based on whether the first unsubscribed mobile device had access to wireless local area network (WLAN) service and partly based on a communication between the first unsubscribed mobile device and one or more communication devices that include the first currently-subscribed mobile device, including at least:
- means for causing a data component of a wireless signal to be processed by a special-purpose module in the first currently-subscribed mobile device as an automatic and conditional response to a charging state of a battery in the first currently-subscribed mobile device;
- means for causing a configurable core in a first core operating mode to draw from a first data queue of the first currently-subscribed mobile device;
- and
- means for signaling a decision whether to cause the configurable core to draw from the first data queue of the first currently-subscribed mobile device in a second core operating mode as an automatic and conditional response to an indication of a data volume of the first data queue crossing a volume threshold.
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A communication management method comprising:
- obtaining an identification of a first unsubscribed mobile device;
- obtaining an indication of an account associated with a first currently-subscribed mobile device;
- and
- invoking transistor-based circuitry configured to signal a decision whether to post a cost component to the account associated with the first currently-subscribed mobile device conditionally, partly based on whether the first unsubscribed mobile device had access to wireless local area network (WLAN) service and partly based on a communication between the first unsubscribed mobile device and one or more communication devices that include the first currently-subscribed mobile device, including at least
- causing a data component of a wireless signal to be processed by a special-purpose module in a handheld device as an automatic and conditional response to a thermal state of a temperature sensor in the handheld device, the handheld device being the first currently-subscribed 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 an identification of a first unsubscribed mobile device;
- obtaining an indication of an account associated with a first currently-subscribed mobile device;
- signaling a decision whether to post a cost component to the account associated with the first currently-subscribed mobile device conditionally, partly based on whether the first unsubscribed mobile device had access to wireless local area network (WLAN) service and partly based on a communication between the first unsubscribed mobile device and one or more communication devices that include the first currently-subscribed mobile device;
- obtaining a first location estimate describing a first location of a second unsubscribed mobile device by receiving the first location estimate from the second unsubscribed mobile device;
- and
- obtaining first provenance data indicating a protocol by which the second unsubscribed mobile device apparently obtained the first location estimate by receiving the first provenance data from the second unsubscribed mobile device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.