LOCATION INTEGRATION IN SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO
First Claim
1. A computing device comprising a software defined radio, the computing device comprising:
- configurable radio hardware;
at least one processor programmed to;
generate a user interface identifying one or more types of services;
receive, through the user interface, a user selection of a selected service of the one or more types of services; and
present, through the user interface, available options for the selected service;
a network interface for obtaining from a remote data store a radio profile to configure the radio hardware for the selected service and to obtain the available options for the selected service, the radio profile and the available options being based on a current location of the computing device; and
a controller for configuring the radio hardware with the radio profile for use at the current location.
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Abstract
A computing device having a software defined radio (SDR) wireless network interface is automatically configured to support a wireless service in response to a request from the user to access the service. The computing device may determine the appropriate profile and obtain it by querying a remote database. The query may indicate the computing device'"'"'s current location, though location information may alternatively be determined by a server coupled to the database. The communication profile is downloaded from the remote database using an existing or available network connection. The software defined radio is configured with the communication profile and is used to access an available wireless service. Content obtained from the wireless service is presented through a user interface of the computing device.
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20 Claims
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1. A computing device comprising a software defined radio, the computing device comprising:
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configurable radio hardware; at least one processor programmed to; generate a user interface identifying one or more types of services; receive, through the user interface, a user selection of a selected service of the one or more types of services; and present, through the user interface, available options for the selected service; a network interface for obtaining from a remote data store a radio profile to configure the radio hardware for the selected service and to obtain the available options for the selected service, the radio profile and the available options being based on a current location of the computing device; and a controller for configuring the radio hardware with the radio profile for use at the current location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of presenting content on a computing device having a wireless network interface, the method comprising:
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providing a user interface on the computing device identifying one or more types of wireless services; receiving, through the user interface, a user selection of a selected service of the one or more types of wireless services; presenting, through the user interface, available content for the selected service; receiving, through the user interface, a user selection of a selected content from the available content; sending a request for a communication profile to a remote data store, the request indicating the current location of the computing device; receiving the requested communication profile from the remote data store; configuring the computing device with the communication profile to extract the selected content from a signal received through the wireless network interface; and presenting the content. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for configuring a software defined radio, the system comprising:
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a wireless client with the software defined radio, the wireless client further comprising; a radio controller for configuring the software defined radio; a location determining component for determining a current location of the wireless client; and a first network interface for transmitting the current location; and a remote server comprising; a second network interface for receiving the current location from the wireless client; a radio profile database; and a database controller for querying the radio profile database and obtaining from the database a radio profile corresponding to the current location; wherein; the second network interface is configured to send the radio profile to the wireless client, the first network interface of the wireless client receiving the radio profile, and the radio controller of the wireless client configures the software defined radio with the radio profile. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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