SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING CONNECTION POINT AND COMMUNICATION PROFILE MANAGEMENT

• US 20070123194A1
• Filed: 06/08/2006
• Published: 05/31/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Bennett, James, Karaoguz, Jeyhan
• Application Number:
  US11/423,072
• Publication Number:
  US 20070123194A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/403
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information

Abstract

A system and method providing connection point and communication profile management in a communication system. Various aspects of the present invention may provide a communication device (e.g., a multimode wireless communication device) comprising a display. One or more connection points (e.g., wireless access points or devices) may be determined, and visual indications of the determined connection points may be presented on the display. A user interface of the communication device may, for example, be adapted to receive a user input associated with a selection of a presented connection point, and the communication device may perform an action based on the connection point selection. For example and without limitation, the communication device may establish a communication link with the selected connection point or present additional information related to the selected connection point.

Claims

1. A multimode communication device comprising:

a display;

at least one module adapted to;

determine available connection points; and

present a visual indication of the determined connection points on the display; and

a user interface adapted to receive a user input associated with a selection of a presented connection point.

2. The multimode communication device of claim 1, wherein the at least one module is further adapted to:

re-determine available connection points in response to an event; and

present an updated visual indication of the re-determined connection points.

3. The multimode communication device of claim 1, wherein the visual indication of the determined connection points indicates one or more connection point characteristics.

4. The multimode communication device of claim 1, wherein the visual indication of the determined connection points indicates whether the multimode communication device is at least one of:

presently communicatively coupled to the determined connection points; and

presently attempting to establish a communication link (with the determined connection points.

5. The multimode communication device of claim 1, wherein the visual indication of the determined connection points indicates whether the multimode communication device is presently capable of communicating with the determined connection points.

6. The multimode communication device of claim 1, wherein the visual indication of the determined connection points indicates communication link quality associated with the determined connection points.

7. The multimode communication device of claim 1, wherein the visual indication of the determined connection points indicates data rate associated with the determined connection points.

8. The multimode communication device of claim 3, wherein the visual indication of the determined connection points comprises color-coding to indicate one or more connection point characteristics.

9. The multimode communication device of claim 3, wherein the visual indication of the determined connection points comprises an ordered listing of the determined connection points, wherein the order is indicative of one or more connection point characteristics.

10. The multimode communication device of claim 3, wherein the visual indication of the determined connection points comprises a graphical indicium to indicate one or more connection point characteristics.

11. The multimode communication device of claim 1, wherein the at least one module is further adapted to, in response to the received user input, attempt to establish a communication link between the multimode communication device and the selected connection point.

12. The multimode communication device of claim 1, wherein the at least one module is further adapted to, in response to the received user input, present information associated with the selected connection point on the display.

13. The multimode communication device of claim 12, wherein the presented information comprises a list of communication protocols associated with the selected connection point.

14. The multimode communication device of claim 12, wherein the presented information comprises a level of communication link quality associated with the selected connection point.

15. The multimode communication device of claim 12, wherein the presented information comprises one or more actions associated with the selected connection point.

16. The multimode communication device of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one module is further adapted to;

determine communication protocols associated with a connection point; and

present a visual indication of the determined communication protocols on the display; and

the user interface is further adapted to receive a user input associated with a selection of a presented communication protocol.

17. The multimode communication device of claim 1, wherein the at least one module is further adapted to, in response to the received user input, present a visual indication of communication protocols associated with the selected connection point on the display.

18. The multimode communication device of claim 16, wherein a visual indication of a determined communication protocol indicates one or more characteristics of the determined communication protocol.

19. The multimode communication device of claim 16, wherein the visual indication of a determined communication protocol indicates data rate associated with the determined communication protocol.

20. The multimode communication device of claim 16, wherein the visual indication of the determined communication protocols comprises an ordered listing of the determined communication protocols, wherein the order is indicative of one or more communication protocol characteristics.

21. The multimode communication device of claim 16, wherein the at least one module is further adapted to, in response to the received user input associated with a selection of a presented communication protocol, attempt to establish a communication link utilizing the selected communication protocol.

22. The multimode communication device of claim 16, wherein the at least one module is further adapted to, in response to the received user input associated with a selection of a presented communication protocol, present information associated with the selected communication protocol on the display.

23. The multimode communication device of claim 22, wherein the presented information comprises one or more actions associated with the selected communication protocol.

24. A method for managing communication of a multimode communication device, the method comprising:

determining connection points available for communication with the multimode communication device;

presenting a visual indication of the determined connection points on a display; and

receiving user input associated with a selection of a presented connection point.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the visual indication of a determined connection point indicates one or more connection point characteristics.

26. The method of claim 24, further comprising, in response to the received user input, attempting to establish a communication link between the multimode communication device and the selected connection point.

27. The method of claim 24, further comprising, in response to the received user input, presenting information associated with the selected connection point on the display.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the presented information comprises a list of communication protocols associated with the selected connection point.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the presented information comprises an indication of communication link quality associated with the selected connection point.

30. The method of claim 27, wherein the presented information comprises an indication of an action for the multimode communication device to perform with regard to the selected connection point.

31. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

determining communication protocols associated with a connection point;

presenting a visual indication of the determined communication protocols on the display; and

receiving user input associated with a selection of a presented communication protocol.

32. The method of claim 24, further comprising, in response to the received user input associated with a selection of a presented connection point, presenting a visual indication of communication protocols associated with the selected connection point on the display.

33. The method of claim 31, further comprising, in response to the received input associated with a selection of a presented communication protocol, attempting to establish a communication link utilizing the selected communication protocol.

34. The method of claim 31, further comprising, in response to the received input associated with a selection of a presented communication protocol, presenting information associated with the selected communication protocol on the display.