System and method for integrating local-area and wide-area wireless networks
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1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
- circuitry for connecting to a wide-area wireless network system and communicating with a first device on the wide-area wireless network system, wherein the mobile terminal is a trusted device on the wide-area wireless network;
circuitry for connecting to a local-area wireless network system and communicating with a second device on the local-area wireless network system; and
means for allowing the first device to communicate with the second device, using the mobile terminal as a gateway between the wire-area wireless system and the local-area wireless system.
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Abstract
A system and method for allowing a mobile telephone or mobile terminal to interact with its wireless telephone/data service, including conventional 2G and 3G systems (hereinafter the “wireless network”), and also to interact with local-area services such as WLAN, BlueTooth, and personal area networks, and to communicate with and use systems and peripherals available on those networks. Since the mobile terminal is a trusted device on the wireless network, it also then acts as a gateway to allow other local-area services and devices to connect and communicate with the wireless network.
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20 Claims
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1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
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circuitry for connecting to a wide-area wireless network system and communicating with a first device on the wide-area wireless network system, wherein the mobile terminal is a trusted device on the wide-area wireless network;
circuitry for connecting to a local-area wireless network system and communicating with a second device on the local-area wireless network system; and
means for allowing the first device to communicate with the second device, using the mobile terminal as a gateway between the wire-area wireless system and the local-area wireless system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for data communications, comprising:
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communicating, in a wide-area wireless network, with a mobile terminal;
receiving, from the mobile terminal, data identifying at least one local-area wireless device that is communicating with the mobile terminal;
storing a profile corresponding to the local-area wireless device; and
authorizing the local-area wireless device to communicate with the wide-area wireless network via the mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal acts as a gateway between the local-area wireless device and the wide-area wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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