Mobile station telephony service applications for mobile station having integrated transponder readers

• US 20060094411A1
• Filed: 10/29/2004
• Published: 05/04/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Dupont, Pierre B.
• Application Number:
  US10/976,563
• Publication Number:
  US 20060094411A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/417
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4061 Push-to services, e.g. push-to-talk or push-to-video
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/006 Call diverting means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/00 Wireless network protocols or protocol adaptations to wireless operation

Abstract

In an embodiment of the present invention, a mobile station (301) interrogates an RFID tag (305) which may be located on a desk top phone (303), or an advertising billboard, and receives data. The mobile station (301) parses the data to obtain a telephone number, which may be an IP address for VoIP devices. Another portion of the data is interpreted to determine a telephony service to be initiated by the mobile station. The telephony services may be for example, calling a telephone number advertised by the billboard, forwarding future calls to the mobile device to the desk top phone (303), or setting up a three-way call using the desk top phone (303) as one of the participants.

Claims

1. A method of operating a mobile station comprising:

receiving data from a transponder;

parsing the data to obtain a service identifier and one of a telephone number and an Internet Protocol address; and

initiating a telephonic service corresponding to the service identifier using one of the telephone number and the Internet Protocol address.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the telephonic service is one of;

placing a telephone call to the telephone number, setting up call forwarding to the telephone number, and setting up a three-way call using the telephone number as one of the participants of the three-way call.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the step of receiving data from the transponder further comprises:

decoding at least one bit field of the data to determine at least one decoded bit field information; and

comparing the at least one decoded bit field information to at least one pre-defined service identifiers in a memory of the mobile station.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one pre-defined service identifiers corresponds to at least one of;

placing a telephone call to the telephone number, setting up call forwarding to the telephone number, and setting up a three-way call using the telephone number as one of the participants of the three-way call.

5. A mobile station comprising:

at least one wireless transceiver;

a transponder reader integrated with a data decoder;

at least one processor connected to the at least one wireless transceiver and to the transponder reader and configured to;

receive data from a transponder;

parse the data to obtain a service identifier and one of a telephone number and an Internet Protocol address; and

initiate a telephonic service corresponding to the service identifier using one of the telephone number and the Internet Protocol address.

6. The mobile station of claim 5, wherein the telephonic service is one of;

placing a telephone call to the telephone number, setting up call forwarding to the telephone number, and setting up a three-way call using the telephone number as one of the participants of the three-way call.

7. The mobile station of claim 6 wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

decode at least one bit field of the data to determine at least one decoded bit field information; and

compare the at least one decoded bit field information to at least one pre-defined service identifiers in a memory of the mobile station.

8. The mobile station of claim 7, wherein the at least one pre-defined service identifiers corresponds to at least one of;

placing a telephone call to the telephone number, setting up call forwarding to the telephone number, and setting up a three-way call using the telephone number as one of the participants of the three-way call.