System and method providing location based wireless resource identification

• US 20070115951A1
• Filed: 06/08/2006
• Published: 05/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Karaoguz, Jeyhan, Bennett, James
• Application Number:
  US11/449,274
• Publication Number:
  US 20070115951A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/356
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• 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 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A system and method providing location based wireless resource identification in a communication system. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise determining a location of a communication system (e.g., a multimode communication device). One or more wireless resources may then, for example, be identified based, at least in part, on the determined location. Additionally for example, respective manners of communicating with identified wireless resources may be determined and utilized for communication between the communication system and the identified wireless resources. A communication system may, for example, comprise a location determination module adapted to determine a location of the communication device. A wireless resource identification module may, for example, be adapted to identify one or more wireless resources based, at least in part, on the determined location. Also for example, a communication manager module may be adapted to determine respective manners of communicating with the identified wireless resources.

Claims

1. In a multimode communication device, a method for identifying wireless resources, the method comprising:

determining a location of the multimode communication device; and

identifying one or more wireless resources based, at least in part, on the determined location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining location of the multimode communication device comprises receiving location-related information from a source external to the multimode communication device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining location of the multimode communication device comprises ascertaining location of the multimode communication device from one or more detected communication networks.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining location of the multimode communication device comprises ascertaining location of the multimode communication device from one or more detected devices.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying respective manner(s) of communicating with the identified wireless resource(s).

6. The method of claim 5, wherein identifying respective manner(s) of communicating with the identified wireless resource(s) comprises identifying respective radio(s) of the multimode communication device for communicating with the identified wireless resource(s).

7. The method of claim 5, wherein identifying respective manner(s) of communicating with the identified wireless resource(s) comprises identifying respective radio configuration profile(s) with which to configure a programmable radio of the multimode communication device for communicating with the identified wireless resource(s).

8. The method of claim 5, wherein identifying respective manner(s) of communicating with the identified wireless resource(s) comprises identifying respective communication protocol(s) to utilize for communicating with the identified wireless resource(s).

9. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying one or more wireless resources comprises identifying a list of wireless networks associated with the determined location.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying one or more wireless resources comprises identifying a list of wireless devices associated with the determined location.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying one or more wireless resources comprises identifying a set of wireless resources of a plurality of predetermined sets of wireless resources, each of which are associated with one or more particular locations.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying one or more wireless resources comprises searching for unknown wireless resources.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying one or more wireless resources comprises identifying wireless resource information stored in memory on-board the multimode communication device.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising maintaining a database of wireless resources associated with particular locations.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein identifying one or more wireless resources based, at least in part, on the determined location comprises analyzing the database to determine information of wireless resources associated with the determined location.

16. A multimode communication device, comprising at least one module adapted to:

determine a location of the multimode communication device; and

identify one or more wireless resources based, at least in part, on the determined location.

17. The multimode communication device of claim 16, wherein the at least one module is adapted to determine location of the multimode communication device by, at least in part, receiving location-related information from a source external to the multimode communication device.

18. The multimode communication device of claim 16, wherein the at least one module is adapted to determine location of the multimode communication device by, at least in part, ascertaining location of the multimode communication device from one or more detected communication networks.

19. The multimode communication device of claim 16, wherein the at least one module is adapted to determine location of the multimode communication device by, at least in part, ascertaining location of the multimode communication device from one or more detected devices.

20. The multimode communication device of claim 16, wherein the at least one module is further adapted to identify respective manner(s) of communicating with the identified wireless resource(s).

21. The multimode communication device of claim 20, wherein the at least one module is adapted to identify respective manner(s) of communicating with the identified wireless resources(s) by, at least in part, identifying respective radio(s) of the multimode communication device for communicating with the identified wireless resource(s).

22. The multimode communication device of claim 20, wherein the at least one module is adapted to identify respective manner(s) of communicating with the identified wireless resource(s) by, at least in part, identifying respective radio configuration profile(s) with which to configure a programmable radio of the multimode communication device for communicating with the identified wireless resource(s).

23. The multimode communication device of claim 20, wherein the at least one module is adapted to identify respective manner(s) of communicating with the identified wireless resource(s) by, at least in part, identifying respective communication protocol(s) associated with the identified wireless resource(s).

24. The multimode communication device of claim 16, wherein the at least one module is adapted to identify one or more wireless resources by, at least in part, identifying a list of wireless networks associated with the determined location.

25. The multimode communication device of claim 16, wherein the at least one module is adapted to identify one or more wireless resources by, at least in part, identifying a list of wireless devices associated with the determined location.

26. The multimode communication device of claim 16, wherein the at least one module is adapted to identify one or more wireless resources by, at least in part, identifying a set of wireless resources of a plurality of predetermined sets of wireless resources, each of which are associated with one or more particular locations.

27. The multimode communication device of claim 16, wherein the at least one module is adapted to identify one or more wireless resources by, at least in part, searching for unknown wireless resources.

28. The multimode communication device of claim 16, wherein the at least one module is adapted to identify one or more wireless resources by, at least in part, identifying wireless resource information stored in memory on-board the multimode communication device.

29. The multimode communication device of claim 16, wherein the at least one module is further adapted to maintain a database of wireless resources associated with particular locations.

30. The multimode communication device of claim 29, wherein the at least one module is adapted to identify one or more wireless resources by, at least in part, analyzing the database to determine information of wireless resources associated with the determined location.

31. In a mobile electronic device having wireless communication capability, a method for identifying wireless resources, the method comprising:

determining a location of the mobile electronic device; and

identifying a wireless resource based, at least in part, on the determined location of the mobile electronic device.

32. The method of claim 31, wherein the mobile electronic device is adapted to communicate in any of a plurality of communication modes, and further comprising identifying a communication mode compatible with the identified wireless resource.