USING A BLUETOOTH CAPABLE MOBILE PHONE TO ACCESS A REMOTE NETWORK
First Claim
1. A Bluetooth capable device encoded with instructions that, if executed, result in:
- pairing with a mobile phone and discovering which Bluetooth profiles are supported by the mobile phone;
mapping an identifier for the mobile phone to the supported Bluetooth profiles in a memory of the Bluetooth capable device;
establishing a Bluetooth connection with the mobile phone utilizing one of the Bluetooth profiles from the mapping;
establishing a transport layer connection that extends over the Bluetooth connection and a wireless network corresponding to the mobile phone; and
receiving or transmitting communications from the Bluetooth capable device to a remote network over the established transport layer connection.
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Abstract
In one example, a Bluetooth enabled mobile device discovers the Bluetooth profile capability of a plurality of mobile phones and stores the profile information in a database. Thereafter, when access to a remote network such as an Internet Protocol (IP) network is necessitated by an event, the Bluetooth enabled mobile device can establish a Bluetooth connection with an available mobile phone according to a comparison of the event to the stored profile information for that mobile phone. The Bluetooth enabled mobile device can then establish a transport layer connection that extends over the established Bluetooth connection and a wireless telecommunications network associated with the available phone and exchange data with a remote network using the established transport layer connection.
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10 Claims
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1. A Bluetooth capable device encoded with instructions that, if executed, result in:
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pairing with a mobile phone and discovering which Bluetooth profiles are supported by the mobile phone; mapping an identifier for the mobile phone to the supported Bluetooth profiles in a memory of the Bluetooth capable device; establishing a Bluetooth connection with the mobile phone utilizing one of the Bluetooth profiles from the mapping; establishing a transport layer connection that extends over the Bluetooth connection and a wireless network corresponding to the mobile phone; and receiving or transmitting communications from the Bluetooth capable device to a remote network over the established transport layer connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method, comprising:
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pairing a Bluetooth capable device with a mobile phone and discovering which Bluetooth profiles are supported by the mobile phone; mapping an identifier for the mobile phone to the supported Bluetooth profiles in a memory of the Bluetooth capable device; establishing a Bluetooth connection with the mobile phone utilizing one of the Bluetooth profiles from the mapping; establishing a transport layer connection that extends over the Bluetooth connection and a wireless network corresponding to the mobile phone; and receiving or transmitting communications from the Bluetooth capable device to a remote network over the established transport layer connection. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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