Method and mobile station for determining a communication channel for a communication session

• US 20040203824A1
• Filed: 07/26/2002
• Published: 10/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Mock, Von A., Eaton, Eric T.
• Application Number:
  US10/206,468
• Publication Number:
  US 20040203824A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/452.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/06 Selective distribution of broadcast services, e.g. multimedia broadcast multicast service [MBMS]; Services to user groups; One-way selective calling services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/14 using user query or user detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A method (500) and a mobile station (160) for determining a communication channel for a communication session are described herein. In a wireless communication system, the mobile station (160) may generate a channel list request having characteristic information associated with the mobile station (160). The characteristic information may include, but is not limited to, information associated with a device identifier, geographical location, application requirement, and capability of the mobile station (160). The mobile station (160) may transmit the channel list request to a server (330) associated with a wireless service provider via the Internet. Based on the characteristic information, the mobile station (160) may receive a channel list from the server (330). The channel list may include at least one channel operable by the mobile station for the communication session.

Claims

1. In a wireless communication system, a method for determining a channel for a communication session by a mobile station, the method comprising:

generating a channel list request having characteristic information associated with the mobile station;

transmitting the channel list request to a server associated with a wireless service provider via the Internet; and

receiving a channel list from the server based on the characteristic information, the channel list having at least one channel operable by the mobile station for the communication session.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of generating a channel list request having characteristic information associated with the mobile station comprises generating a channel list request having information associated with one of a device identifier, geographical location, application requirement, and capability of the mobile station.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of generating a channel list request having characteristic information associated with the mobile station comprises generating a channel list request including information associated with geographical location of the mobile station, the information associated with geographical location of the mobile station being received from one of a global positioning system (GPS) and a forward link trilateration (FLT) system.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the channel list request to a server associated with a wireless service provider via the Internet comprises:

accessing an Internet link associated with the server, the Internet link being one of an Internet Protocol (IP) address and a uniform resource locator (URL) stored within a memory of the mobile station; and

uploading the characteristic information to the Internet link.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the channel list request to a server associated with a wireless service provider via the Internet comprises:

receiving control channel information, the control channel information including information an Internet link associated with the server;

accessing the Internet link; and

uploading the characteristic information to the Internet link.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of receiving a channel list from the server based on the characteristic information comprises receiving a channel list having at least one channel operable by the mobile station for one of a voice call session, a conference call session, a voicemail session, an e-mail session, a short messaging service (SMS) session, a multimedia messaging service (MMS) session, an instant messaging (IM) session, and a wireless application protocol (WAP) session.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of selecting one of a plurality of communication channels within the channel list based on one of the characteristic information and information associated with the plurality of communication channels, wherein the channel list includes the plurality of communication channels.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication system operates in accordance with one of a code division multiple access (CDMA) based communication protocol, a time division multiple access (TDMA) based communication protocol, a general packet radio services (GPRS) based communication protocol, a global service for mobile communications (GSM) based communication protocol, an Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE) based communication protocol, a Bluetooth based communication protocol, and an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (IEEE) 802.11 based communication protocol.

9. In a wireless communication system, a method for determining a communication channel, the method comprising:

determining geographical location of the mobile device;

accessing an Internet link associated with a wireless service provider;

providing the wireless service provider with the geographical location of the mobile device via the Internet link; and

retrieving a channel list from the Internet link based on the geographical location of the mobile device, the channel list having at least one communication channel for the mobile device to operate in accordance with a wireless communication protocol.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of determining geographical location of a mobile station comprises receiving location information associated with the mobile station from one of a global positioning system (GPS) and a forward link trilateration (FLT) system.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of accessing an Internet link associated with a wireless service provider comprises accessing one of an Internet Protocol (IP) address and an uniform resource locator (URL) associated with a wireless service provider.

12. The method of claim 9 further comprising the step of selecting one of a plurality of communication channels within the channel list based on the geographical location of the mobile device, wherein the channel list includes the plurality of communication channels.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the wireless communication protocol is one of a code division multiple access (CDMA) based communication protocol, a time division multiple access (TDMA) based communication protocol, a general packet radio services (GPRS) based communication protocol, a global service for mobile communications (GSM) based communication protocol, an Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE) based communication protocol, a Bluetooth based communication protocol, and an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (IEEE) 802.11 based communication protocol.

14. In a wireless communication system, wherein a mobile station is operable to determine a communication channel, the mobile station comprising:

a receiving unit;

a transmitting unit;

a controller operatively coupled to the receiving unit and the transmitting unit, the controller comprising a processor and a memory operatively coupled to the processor,

the controller being programmed to generate a channel list request having characteristic information associated with the mobile station;

the controller being programmed to transmit a channel list request to a server associated with a wireless service provider via the Internet; and

the controller being programmed to receive a channel list from the server based on the characteristic information, the channel list having at least one communication channel.

15. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the controller is a controller programmed to receive information associated with geographical location of the mobile station from one of a global positioning system (GPS) and a forward link trilateration (FLT) system via the receiving unit to generate the channel list request.

16. The mobile station of claim 14, wherein the channel list request includes information associated with one of a device identifier, geographical location, application requirement, and capability of the mobile station.

17. The mobile station of claim 14, wherein the memory is operable to store an Internet link associated with the server, the Internet link being one of an Internet Protocol (IP) address and a uniform resource locator (URL), and wherein the controller is programmed to access the Internet link to transmit the channel list request to the server.

18. The mobile station of claim 14, wherein the channel list includes a plurality of communication channels, and wherein the controller is programmed to select one of a plurality of communication channels based on the characteristic information.

19. The mobile station of claim 14 is operable in accordance with one of a code division multiple access (CDMA) based communication protocol, a time division multiple access (TDMA) based communication protocol, a general packet radio services (GPRS) based communication protocol, a global service for mobile communications (GSM) based communication protocol, an Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE) based communication protocol, a Bluetooth based communication protocol, and an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (IEEE) 802.11 based communication protocol.

20. In a wireless communication system, wherein a processor operates in accordance with a computer program embodied on a computer-readable medium for determining a channel for a communication session, the computer program comprising:

a first routine that directs the processor to generate a channel list request having characteristic information associated with the mobile station;

a second routine that directs the processor to transmit the channel list request to a server associated with a wireless service provider via the Internet; and

a third routine that directs the processor to receive a channel list from the server based on the characteristic information, the channel list having at least one channel operable by the mobile station for the communication session.

21. The computer program of claim 20, wherein the second routine comprises a routine that directs the processor to transmit a channel list request including information associated with one of a device identifier, geographical location, application requirement, and capability of the mobile station to a server associated with a wireless service provider via the Internet.

22. The computer program of claim 20, wherein the first routine comprises a routine that directs the processor to generate a channel list request including information associated with geographical location of the mobile station, the information associated with geographical location of the mobile station being received from one of a global positioning system (GPS) and a forward link trilateration (FLT) system.

23. The computer program of claim 20, wherein the second routine comprises a routine that directs the processor to access an Internet link associated with the server, the Internet link being one of an Internet Protocol (IP) address and a uniform resource locator (URL) stored within a memory of the mobile station, and a routine that directs the processor to upload the characteristic information to the Internet link.

24. The computer program of claim 20, wherein the second routine comprises a routine that directs the processor to receive control channel information, the control channel information including information of an Internet link associated with the server, a routine that directs the processor to access the Internet link, and a routine that directs the processor to upload the characteristic information to the Internet link.

25. The computer program of claim 20, wherein the third routine comprises a routine that directs the processor to receive a channel list having at least one channel operable by the mobile station for one of a voice call session, a conference call session, a voicemail session, an e-mail session, a short messaging service (SMS) session, a multimedia messaging service (MMS) session, an instant messaging (IM) session, and a wireless application protocol (WAP) session.

26. The computer program of claim 20 further comprising a routine that directs the processor to select one of a plurality of communication channels within the channel list based on the characteristic information, wherein the channel list includes the plurality of communication channels.

27. The computer program of claim 20 operates in accordance with one of a code division multiple access (CDMA) based communication protocol, a time division multiple access (TDMA) based communication protocol, a general packet radio services (GPRS) based communication protocol, a global service for mobile communications (GSM) based communication protocol, an Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE) based communication protocol, a Bluetooth based communication protocol, and an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (IEEE) 802.11 based communication protocol.

28. The computer program of claim 20, wherein the medium is one of paper, a programmable gate array, application specific integrated circuit, erasable programmable read only memory, read only memory, random access memory, magnetic media, and optical media.