Mobile handset extension to a device

• US 10,212,595 B2
• Filed: 04/18/2018
• Issued: 02/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Flynn, Judson, Haughn, Erick John, Lewis, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Mahendra
• Application Number:
  US15/956,065
• Publication Number:
  US 20180242150A1
• Time in Patent Office: 307 Days
• Field of Search: 455410, 455445, 455429, 709245, 709202, 370401, 370402
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/673 the user being required to key in a code
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/007 with remote control systems remote control in general G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42178 by downloading data to substation equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/00 Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/12 Detection or prevention of fraud
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/43 using shared identity modules, e.g. SIM sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/30 Connection release
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

Mobile operation is extended to a device. An extension interface comprises a client component within a mobile that is linked to a client component within the device. Extension of mobile operation is secured via delivery of credentials associated with the mobile to the device. Delivery of credentials is temporary and typically spans the period during which mobile operation is extended to the device. Application(s) and content(s) can be conveyed to the device for utilization therein. An emulation component that can reside at least in part on the client component within the device can emulate mobile operation. Client component within the mobile can include at least in part (i) a component that downloads drivers for communication with, and utilization of, the device to which mobile operation is extended, and (ii) a component that can scan for wireless-capable devices to extend mobile service thereto.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

in response to an indication from a receiving device that the receiving device is attached to and is in communication with, via an extension interface established based on an exchange of biometric locking data representing iris recognition data and voice recognition data, a device comprising a processor, transmitting, by the device, code assembly data to the receiving device;

facilitating, by the device, compilation of the code assembly data to form an executable application; and

facilitating, by the device, an execution of the executable application on the receiving device as a function of a product code associated with the device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the code assembly data is formatted using a modular object-oriented coding scheme.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the code assembly data comprises metadata.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the code assembly data comprises an intermediate language that describes a source code that facilitates a functionality associated with the executable application.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein compilation of the code assembly data is performed in a just-in-time manner.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the execution is a first execution, and wherein the method further comprises facilitating, by the device, a second execution of the executable application on a virtual machine executing on the receiving device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the execution is a first execution, and wherein the method further comprises facilitating, by the device, a second execution of the executable application within a runtime environment established on the receiving device.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising, facilitating, by the device, prior to the compilation of the code assembly data, an adaptation of the code assembly data with a code module from a grouping of code modules accessible by the receiving device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the code module facilitates modification of the executable application for the execution on the receiving device.

10. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

in response to receiving an indication from a receiving device that the receiving device is in communication, via an extension interface, with the system, sending code assembly data and a product code to the receiving device, wherein the extension interface is established based on an exchange of biometric locking data representing iris recognition data and voice recognition data;

facilitating compiling of the code assembly data to comprise an executable application; and

facilitating execution of the executable application on the receiving device as a function of the product code.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the product code is associated with the system.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the extension interface comprises a first component executing on the system and a second component executing on the receiving device.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise facilitating establishing of a virtual machine environment on the receiving device.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise facilitating a different execution of the executable application within the virtual machine environment.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the product code is received from a network device of a grouping of network devices and the product code is determined based on credential data associated with the system.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise disabling the extension interface in response to the receiving device being determined to have detached from the system.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the operations further comprise disabling the extension interface in response to the system being determined to have detached from the receiving device.

18. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

compiling code assembly data to comprise an executable application;

establishing a runtime environment in which to execute the executable application;

executing the executable application in the runtime environment based on product code data, wherein the code assembly data and the product code data is downloaded via an extension interface established to a downloading device, and wherein the product code data is associated with the downloading device;

facilitating initiation of powering of the downloading device, via the extension interface; and

establishing the extension interface to the downloading device based on an exchange of biometric locking data representing iris recognition data and voice recognition data.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the downloading device is connected to a supplemental source of energy other than a battery source of energy.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise disabling the extension interface in response to the downloading device being determined to have been detached from communication with the processor.