Automatic discovery of wireless communication settings
First Claim
1. A method of discovering connection specific settings of a mobile unit for a telecommunications connection at a navigation device, the method comprising:
- establishing a wireless connection between the mobile unit and the navigation device to retrieve preliminary information from the mobile unit;
querying a plurality of entries in a database within the navigation device based on the preliminary information;
attempting to establish the telecommunications connection using the queried entries; and
storing the one of the plurality of entries resulting in a successful establishment of the telecommunications connection as the connection specific settings for the mobile unit.
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Abstract
A method of discovering connection specific settings from a mobile unit for a telecommunications connection at a navigation device is disclosed herein. In one example embodiment, the method may include establishing a wireless connection between the mobile unit and the navigation device to retrieve preliminary information from the mobile device, querying of a plurality of entries in a database within the navigation device based on the preliminary information, attempting to establish the telecommunications connection using the queried entries, and storing the entry resulting in a successful establishment of the telecommunications connection as the connection specific settings for the mobile unit.
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33 Claims
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1. A method of discovering connection specific settings of a mobile unit for a telecommunications connection at a navigation device, the method comprising:
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establishing a wireless connection between the mobile unit and the navigation device to retrieve preliminary information from the mobile unit;
querying a plurality of entries in a database within the navigation device based on the preliminary information;
attempting to establish the telecommunications connection using the queried entries; and
storing the one of the plurality of entries resulting in a successful establishment of the telecommunications connection as the connection specific settings for the mobile unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 26, 27)
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19. A method of discovering connection specific settings from a mobile unit for a telecommunications connection at a navigation device, the method comprising:
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sending preliminary information from the mobile unit to the navigation device on a wireless connection, the preliminary information to be used to query a database in the navigation device containing connection specific settings for a plurality of mobile unit;
receiving connection specific settings for the mobile unit from the navigation device; and
establishing the telecommunications connection using the received connection specific settings. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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28. A navigation device, comprising:
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a database to store a plurality of entries including connection specific settings for a plurality of mobile units, the connection specific settings enabling a telecommunications connection for the navigation device through a mobile unit;
a memory to store connection specific settings for at least one mobile unit of the plurality of mobile units; and
a processor to query a plurality of entries of the database to retrieve the connection specific settings for the at least one mobile unit based on preliminary information received from the mobile unit. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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