Multiple network connection method and communication device thereof

• US 10,015,831 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2014
• Issued: 07/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Ra, Mi-Seon, Song, Jae-Seung, Yoon, Kyung-Ae
• Primary Examiner(s): Kang, Suk Jin
• Application Number:
  US14/312,392
• Publication Number:
  US 20140302848A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,471 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/22 Manipulation of transport tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/20 Master-slave selection or change arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

A multiple network connection method that includes: receiving, by a first device from a second device, capability information of the second device; transmitting, by the first device to the second device, a registration complete message indicating that the second device is registered to a network; and performing, by the first device, a service control for providing a service for the second device. A first connection path and a second connection path are established using the capability information. The first connection path is established between the network and the second device through the first device, and is used for conveying control information for the service. The second connection path is established between the network and the second device not through the first device, and is used for conveying user data for the service.

Claims

1. A method for a first device having multiple connection paths for performing services, the method comprising:

receiving, by the first device from a second device, an activation request message according to an access system inside a personal area network, when the first device has received information associated with a recognition completion for the personal area network, wherein the second device is a user equipment including a subscriber identification module;

receiving, by the first device from the second device via a first connection path, control information for a media service being provided by a service provider entity of an access network, when the first device is converted into a ready state to perform the media service;

receiving, by the first device from the service provider entity via a second connection path, data of the media service, based on capability information of the first device, according to the control information which is received via the first connection path; and

performing, by the first device, a service procedure corresponding to the data of the media service, according to a command message of the second device,

wherein the first connection path includes a connection path between the first device and the second device within the personal area network,

wherein the personal area network is established by a recognition process between the first device and the second device, and the personal area network provides direct wireless communication between the first device and the second device within the personal area network, and

wherein the second connection path is a connection path between the first device and the access network without passing through the second device.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second connection path is based on an Internet Protocol.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first connection path includes the connection path between the first device and the second device and a connection path between the second device and the access network such that the first connection path is established between the first device and the access network through the second device, and wherein the first device receives the control information through the second device from the access network.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second device is wirelessly connected to an access network using a first wireless communication technology, and the personal area network provides the direct wireless communication between the first device and the second device using a second wireless communication technology different from the first wireless communication technology.

5. A first device having multiple connection paths for performing services, the first device comprising:

a first communication module;

a second communication module; and

a processor configured to;

control the first communication module to receive, from a second device, an activation request message according to an access system inside a personal area network, when the first device has received information associated with a recognition completion for the personal area network, wherein the second device is a user equipment including a subscriber identification module,

control the first communication module to receive, from the second device via a first connection path, control information for a media service being provided by a service provider entity of an access network, when the first device is converted into a ready state to perform the media service,

control the second communication module to receive, from the service provider entity via a second connection path, data of the media service, based on capability information of the first device according to the control information which is received via the first connection path, and

perform a service procedure corresponding to the data of the media service, according to a command message of the second device,

wherein the first connection path includes a connection path between the first device and the second device within the personal area network,

wherein the personal area network is established by a recognition process between the first device and the second device, and personal area network provides direct wireless communication between the first device and the second device within the personal area network, and

wherein the second connection path is a connection path between the first device and the access network without passing through the second device.

6. The first device according to claim 5, wherein the second connection path is based on an Internet Protocol.

7. The first device according to claim 5, wherein the first connection path includes the connection path between the first device and the second device and a connection path between the second device and the access network such that the first connection path is established between the first device and the access network through the second device, and wherein the first device receives the control information through the second device from the access network.

8. The first device according to claim 5, wherein the second device is wirelessly connected to an access network using a first wireless communication technology, and the personal area network provides the direct wireless communication between the first device and the second device using a second wireless communication technology different from the first wireless communication technology.