METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING STANDARDIZED INTERFACE IN A WIRELESS DEVICE TO DISCOVER AND USE LOCAL AND REMOTE RESOURCES

• US 20090022091A1
• Filed: 09/28/2007
• Published: 01/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Behzad, Arya, MacInnis, Alexander G., Walley, John, Karaoguz, Jeyhan, Buer, Mark, Quigley, Thomas
• Granted Patent: US 8,553,623 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/5691 Access to open networks; Ingress point selection, e.g. ISP selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/824 Applicable to portable or mobile terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/246 Connectivity information discovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

A wireless mobile communication (WMC) device may discover available networks, and available local and/or remote resources. The WMC device may configure routes utilizing one or more of discovered resources and one or more available networks. The routes may be utilized to performed operations requested via the WMC device. A standardized language and/or protocol may be utilized in discovering and/or communicating with available resources and/or networks. The standardized language and/or protocol may enable commonality among the discovered networks and/or resources, and encryption of data communicated through the established routes. The standardized language and/or protocol may be updated and/or modified to incorporate new resources either by direct interactions between said new resources and the WMC device, or via existing available resources and/or networks. The discovery of resources and/or establishment of routes may be user-triggered, or it may be based on user preference information.

Claims

1. A method for wireless communication, the method comprising:

in a wireless mobile communication device,

discovering available networks and resources available via said available networks;

establishing one or more routes between said wireless mobile communication device and a selected one or more of said available resources via a selected one or more of said available networks based on user preference information associated with a user of said wireless mobile communication device; and

utilizing a standardized language and/or protocol to communicate with said selected one or more of said available resources and/or said selected one or more of said available networks.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said standardized language and/or protocol comprise look-up tables that enable identifying any of said available resources and/or available networks.

3. The method according to claim 1, comprising modifying said standardized language and/or protocol to enable communication with resources and/or networks that are not supported in said standardized language and/or protocol prior to said modifications.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said modification of said standardized language and/or protocol is based on self-learned information associated with said discovery of said available networks and/or resources available.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein said modification of said standardized language and/or protocol is based on information received from one or more of said available resources and/or available networks.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of said user preference information is stored external to said wireless mobile communication device.

7. The method according to claim 1, comprising retrieving at least a portion of said user preference information from an input by said particular user of wireless mobile transmitting/receiving device.

8. The method according to claim 1, comprising configuring at least one or more of available networks and/or resources to enable utilizing said standardized language and/or protocol.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein said resources are local to said wireless mobile communication device.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein said resources are remote to said wireless mobile communication device.

11. The method according to claim 1, comprising communicating via said selected one or more of said available resources via said established route data that is generated and/or maintained in said wireless mobile communication device.

12. The method according to claim 11, comprising receiving at least a portion of said data from one or more resources.

13. The method according to claim 11, comprising transcoding or re-encoding said communicated data to enable utilizing said standardized language and/or protocol.

14. The method according to claim 11, comprising encrypting at least a portion of said communicated data.

15. A system for wireless communication, the system comprising:

one or more processors within a wireless mobile communication device that discovers available networks and resources available via said available networks;

said one or more processors establishes one or more routes between said wireless mobile communication device and a selected one or more of said available resources via a selected one or more of said available networks based on user preference information associated with a user of said wireless mobile communication device; and

said one or more processors utilizes a standardized language and/or protocol to communicate with said selected one or more of said available resources and/or said selected one or more of said available networks.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein said standardized language and/or protocol comprise look-up tables that enable identifying any of said available resources and/or available networks.

17. The system according to claim 15, wherein said one or more processors modifies said standardized language and/or protocol to enable communication with resources and/or networks that are not supported in said standardized language and/or protocol prior to said modifications.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein said modification of said standardized language and/or protocol is based on self-learned information associated with said discovery of said available networks and/or resources available.

19. The system according to claim 16, wherein said modification of said standardized language and/or protocol is based on information received from one or more of said available resources and/or available networks.

20. The system according to claim 15, wherein at least a portion of said user preference information is stored external to said wireless mobile communication device.

21. The system according to claim 15, wherein said one or more processors retrieves at least a portion of said user preference information from an input by said particular user of wireless mobile transmitting/receiving device.

22. The system according to claim 15, wherein said one or more processors configures at least one or more of available networks and/or resources to enable utilizing said standardized language and/or protocol.

23. The system according to claim 15, wherein said resources are local to said wireless mobile communication device.

24. The system according to claim 15, wherein said resources are remote to said wireless mobile communication device.

25. The system according to claim 15, wherein said one or more processors enables communication via said selected one or more of said available resources via said established route data that is generated and/or maintained in said wireless mobile communication device.

26. The system according to claim 25, wherein said one or more processors receives at least a portion of said data from one or more resources.

27. The system according to claim 25, wherein said one or more processors transcodes or re-encoded said communicated data to enable utilizing said standardized language and/or protocol.

28. The system according to claim 25, wherein said one or more processors enables encryption of at least a portion of said communicated data.