WIDE AREA NETWORK HANDSET ASSISTED CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING SAME

• US 20070105577A1
• Filed: 09/13/2006
• Published: 05/10/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kotzin, Michael, Bonta, Jeffrey
• Application Number:
  US11/531,549
• Publication Number:
  US 20070105577A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/517
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A wide area network assisted multimedia content delivery system (200) includes a first wide area network handset (205) and a second wide area network handset (207) having one or more transceivers (208) for exchanging information over the wide band network as well as multimedia content via an ad hoc communication. A wide area base unit (201) is used for communicating with the first wide area network handset (205) and second wide area network handset (207) where a content distribution broker (203) associated with the wide area base unit (201) is used for brokering multimedia content (audio, video and text data) between the first wide area network handset (205) and the second wide area network handset (207). The transceiver (208) operates to exchange content in an ad hoc communication directly between the first wide area network handset (205) and second wide area network handset (207) when within a predetermined proximity.

Claims

1. A method for establishing an ad hoc network using a cellular telephone handset comprising the steps of:

determining that a first cellular telephone handset has content to share with other users in a wide area network;

informing a content distribution broker of content availability using a first transceiver; and

waiting for an opportunity to share content with at least one second telephone handset.

2. A method for using a cellular telephone handset as in claim 1, further comprising the step of:

receiving a message at the content distribution broker from the at least one second telephone handset that content is needed.

3. A method for using a cellular telephone handset as in claim 2, further comprising the steps of:

transmitting from the content distribution broker to the fist cellular telephone handset information regarding the at least one second telephone handset; and

establishing an ad hoc communication between the first radio handset and the at least one second radio handset using a second transceiver; and

transferring the content from the first cellular telephone handset to the at least one second radio transceiver.

4. A method for using a cellular telephone handset as in claim 1, wherein the content includes at least one from the group of audio data, video data or text data.

5. A method for using a cellular telephone handset as in claim 3, wherein the first transceiver and second transceiver are software defined radios (SDRs).

6. A method for using a cellular telephone handset in an assisted content delivery wide area network comprising the steps of:

establishing communication with at least one cellular telephone site using a first cellular telephone handset; and

informing a content distribution broker with the at least one cellular telephone site that the cellular telephone handset has multimedia content availability to share with others.

7. A method for using a cellular telephone handset as in claim 6, further comprising the step of:

establishing contact with the at least one cellular telephone site using a second cellular telephone handset; and

informing the content distribution broker with the at least one cellular telephone site that the second cellular telephone handset is in need of content.

8. A method for using a cellular telephone handset as in claim 7, further comprising the steps of:

informing the first cellular telephone handset that the second cellular telephone handset is desirous of receiving content;

establishing an ad hoc communication between the first cellular telephone handset and the second cellular telephone handset;

transferring content from the first cellular telephone handset to the second cellular telephone handset via the ad hoc communication; and

informing the content distribution broker that the content has been transferred from the first cellular telephone handset to the second cellular telephone handset.

9. A method for using a cellular telephone handset as in claim 8, wherein communication with the at least one cellular telephone site utilizes a first radio transceiver and the ad hoc communication utilizes a second radio transceiver.

10. A method for using a cellular telephone handset as in claim 8, wherein the ad hoc communication uses a Bluetooth standard.

11. A method for using a cellular telephone handset as in claim 8, wherein the ad hoc communication uses a WiFi standard.

12. A method for using a cellular telephone handset as in claim 9, wherein the first radio transceiver and second radio transceiver are software defined radios (SDRs).

13. A method for using a cellular telephone handset as in claim 6, wherein the multimedia content includes at least one from the group of audio data, video data or text data.

14. A method for using a cellular telephone handset as in claim 6, further comprising the step of:

exchanging multimedia content when the first cellular telephone handset and the second cellular telephone handset are within a predetermined proximity of one another.

15. A cellular subscriber method for use in exchanging data multimedia content over a wide area network communications system comprising the steps of:

establishing communication between a first subscriber and a central station;

indicating to a content delivery broker associated with the central station that the first subscriber has multimedia content to share;

establishing communication between a second subscriber and the central station;

indicating to the content delivery broker associated with the central station that the second subscriber is in need of multimedia content;

sending a communication from the content delivery broker and the first subscriber that the second subscriber is in need of content from the first subscriber;

notifying the first subscriber and second subscriber when they are within a predetermined proximity;

establishing an ad hoc communication between the first subscriber and the second subscriber; and

distributing the multimedia content from the first subscriber to the second subscriber via the ad hoc communication.

16. A cellular subscriber method for use in exchanging multimedia content as in claim 15, further comprising the step of:

communicating to the content delivery broker that the multimedia content has been exchanged.

17. A cellular subscriber method for use in exchanging multimedia content as in claim 15, further comprising the step of:

informing the content delivery broker the number of bytes of multimedia content that have been transferred.

18. A cellular subscriber method for use in exchanging multimedia content as in claim 15, wherein the multimedia content is at least one from the group of audio data, video data or text data.

19. A cellular subscriber method for use in exchanging multimedia content as in claim 15, wherein the first subscriber and second subscriber utilize a first transceiver to communicate with the central station and a second transceiver to establish the ad hoc communication.

20. A cellular subscriber method for use in exchanging multimedia content as in claim 15, wherein the ad hoc communication uses a Bluetooth standard.

21. A cellular subscriber method for use in exchanging multimedia content as in claim 15, wherein the ad hoc communication uses a WiFi standard.