Selecting an operation mode for a device connected to a network

• US 20040214581A1
• Filed: 04/23/2003
• Published: 10/28/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Gallagher, Mark W., Bytheway, Robert W., Davis, Gregory G.
• Application Number:
  US10/421,099
• Publication Number:
  US 20040214581A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/452.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/24 Negotiating SLA [Service Level Agreement]; Negotiating QoS [Quality of Service]

Abstract

In one embodiment of the present invention, a method includes connecting a wireless device to a network via a first connection and enabling a lower usage level for the wireless device if a throughput of the first connection is below a predetermined threshold.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

enabling a lower usage level for a wireless device coupled to a network via a first connection, if a throughput of the first connection is below a predetermined threshold.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a manual override of the lower usage level.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first connection comprises a wireless wide area connection.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the lower usage level comprises a terminal services usage level.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein enabling the terminal services usage level comprises executing script to establish the terminal services usage level.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising manually switching from the terminal services usage level to a normal mode of operation for data transfer with the network.

7. A method comprising:

selecting a usage level for a client device coupled to a remote device via a network connection based at least in part on a throughput level of the network connection.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein selecting the usage level comprises selecting between a normal mode and a terminal services mode of the client device.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising automatically switching the client device to the usage level after selecting the usage level.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising manually overriding the usage level via the client device.

11. The method of claim 7, further comprising selecting the usage level based at least in part on user profile information.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising selecting the usage level based at least in part on a desired application.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the remote device comprises a server and the network connection comprises a wireless wide area connection.

14. The method of claim 7, further comprising permitting a user of the client device to switch to the usage level.

15. A system comprising:

at least one storage device to store code to select a usage level for a client device coupled to a remote device via a network connection based at least in part on a throughput level of the network connection; and

a dipole antenna coupled to the at least one storage device.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one storage device comprises a flash memory.

17. The system of claim 16, further comprising a wireless interface coupled to the dipole antenna, the wireless interface to communicate with a wireless access point.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the network connection comprises a wireless wide area network connection.

19. An article comprising a machine-readable storage medium containing instructions that if executed enable a system to:

select a lower usage level for a wireless device connected to a network via a first connection if a throughput of the first connection is below a predetermined threshold.

20. The article of claim 19, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to provide for a manual override of the lower usage level.

21. The article of claim 19, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to select the lower usage level based at least in part on user profile information.

22. The article of claim 19, further comprising instructions that if executed enable the system to select the lower usage level based at least in part on a desired application.

23. An apparatus comprising:

at least one storage device to store code to cause a remote device coupled to a client device via a network connection to execute an application for the client device if a lower usage level is selected for the client device based at least in part on a throughput level of the network connection.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the remote device comprises a server.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the server is coupled to the client device via a private enterprise network.

26. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the at least one storage device comprises a dynamic random access memory.