METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING AND REWARDING WIRELESS RESOURCE SHARING
First Claim
1. A method for communicating information for a wireless apparatus in communication with a first wireless communication system and also in communication with a second wireless communication system comprising:
- determining whether the wireless apparatus will allow shared use of its wireless resources with proximal wireless units; and
providing a reward for allowing the shared use of the wireless apparatus shared resources.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus determines whether a wireless apparatus (106a) that is operative to communicate over both a wireless wide area network (104) and a wireless local area network (102), will allow shared use of its short range wireless resources, such as LAN radio frequency bandwidth, optical bandwidth or other local area wireless resources, with other proximal wireless units (106b-106n) in the wireless local area network (102). In addition, the method and apparatus generated reward data (116) to provide a reward, such as free telephone calls, account credits, price reductions, or other rewards, so that a billing system is updated when a wireless apparatus (106a-106n) has been designated as allowing shared use of its wireless resources by other proximal wireless units.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for communicating information for a wireless apparatus in communication with a first wireless communication system and also in communication with a second wireless communication system comprising:
- determining whether the wireless apparatus will allow shared use of its wireless resources with proximal wireless units; and
providing a reward for allowing the shared use of the wireless apparatus shared resources. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
- determining whether the wireless apparatus will allow shared use of its wireless resources with proximal wireless units; and
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11. A method for communicating information comprising:
receiving data representing whether a user desires to participate in allowing a wireless apparatus to share its wireless resources with proximal wireless units;
determining whether the wireless apparatus will allow shared use of its wireless resources with proximal wireless units that are in a wireless local area network; and
enabling the wireless apparatus to share its wireless resources in response to the data representing whether a user desires to participate in allowing the wireless apparatus to share its wireless resources.- View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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21. A method for communicating information via a wireless apparatus comprising:
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providing selectable enabling by a user of whether the wireless apparatus will allow shared use of its wireless resources on a first communication system with proximal wireless units communicating with the wireless apparatus on a second communication system; and
allowing shared use of wireless resources on the first communication system, by the wireless apparatus in response to a selected enablement of shared use. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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