Provision of wireless telephone, television and positioning services

• US 20080025245A1
• Filed: 07/27/2006
• Published: 01/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: N.E. Ware Communications Inc.
• Original Assignee: N.E. Ware Communications Inc.
• Inventors: Koperwas, John S., Sweeney, Justin P.
• Application Number:
  US11/493,795
• Publication Number:
  US 20080025245A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/317
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0066 Details of access arrangements to the networks where the access arrangement is a PSTN/ISDN access H04M7/122
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

An apparatus for providing wireless telephone, television and positioning services to an allocated space at a venue having alterable space allocations is provided. The apparatus includes a wireless communication sub-system configured to couple the apparatus to a wireless network to receive the services via respective sub-systems. A telephone connection sub-system is configured to wirelessly couple a telephone communication device such as a POTS telephone or point of sale (POS) device to receive the telephone services. A television connection sub-system is configured to wirelessly couple a television to receive the television services. A positioning sub-system is configured to wirelessly couple the apparatus to receive the positioning services. The positioning sub-system comprises a positioning device (e.g. GPS chipset/radio) to obtain positioning data for the apparatus to provide to the positioning services. The apparatus may also comprise an independent power supply for providing power to the apparatus and any telephone communication device.

Claims

1. An apparatus for providing wireless telephone, television and positioning services to an allocated space at a venue having alterable space allocations, the apparatus comprising:

a wireless communication sub-system configured to couple the apparatus to a wireless network to receive telephone services, television services and positioning services;

a telephone connection sub-system configured to wirelessly couple a telephone communication device to receive the telephone services;

a television connection sub-system configured to wirelessly couple a television to receive the television services; and

a positioning sub-system configured to wirelessly couple the apparatus to receive the positioning services.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the telephone services comprise public switched telephone network (PSTN) services.

3. An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the telephone services are configured in accordance with Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) services and wherein the telephone connection sub-system is configured to provide SIP services to the apparatus.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the telephone communication device is a POTS telephone or a point of sale (POS) device and the telephone connection sub-system is configured to facilitate analog telephonic communications with the telephone communication device and digital telephonic communications via the wireless network.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the telephone communication sub-system comprises a server configured to provide real-time content streaming services.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the positioning sub-system comprises a radio to communicate with a positioning services provider remote from the venue to determine current positional coordinate data for the apparatus and wherein said positioning sub-system communicates the current positional coordinate data via the wireless communication sub-system for the positioning services.

7. The apparatus of according to claim 6 wherein the positioning services determine the position of the apparatus at the venue using the current positional coordinate data.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the positioning service provider provides Global Positioning System (GPS) services.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the television connection sub-system decodes a television signal received via the wireless communication sub-system to provide as a conventional television signal to the television.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1, comprises an independent power supply.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10 wherein the independent power supply comprises at least one of a battery cell and a photovoltaic energy cell.

12. The apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a network connection sub-system for coupling a device for communication to the wireless network.

13. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the wireless network is configured to communicate using TCP/IP protocols and the wireless communication sub-system is configured to communicate in accordance with at least one of Wi-Fi and Wi-MAX communication protocols.

14. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the wireless communication sub-system comprises redundant wireless communication capabilities to optionally communicate wirelessly with a local area network and a wide area network.

15. A system for providing wireless telephone, television and positioning services to a plurality of allocated spaces at a venue having alterable space allocations, the system comprising:

a local area network providing telephone, television and positioning services, said local area network configured to communicate wirelessly via at least one access point accessible at the venue; and

a plurality of apparatus as defined in claim 1 for use at respective allocated spaces.

16. A method of providing telephone, television and positioning services to an allocated space at a venue having alterable space allocations, the method comprising:

establishing a local area network providing telephone, television and positioning services, said local area network configured to communicate wirelessly via at least one access point distributed at the venue;

allocating spaces at the venue to respective users; and

distributing to each user desiring said services an apparatus as defined in claim 1 for use at the user'"'"'s allocated space.