ENHANCED INFORMATION SERVICES USING DEVICES IN SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS NETWORKS

• US 20120236839A1
• Filed: 05/31/2012
• Published: 09/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: JAYAPALAN, Vijay, CHOPRA, Manvinder, PADMANABHAN, Sundar
• Granted Patent: US 8,532,031 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/40 for selective distribution or broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/10 Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/10 adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points

Abstract

A method is implemented by an access terminal associated with a wireless network. The method includes identifying content stored within a paired device in a short-range wireless network, initiating a voice session, over a wireless carrier network, with an information services provider, and initiating a data session, over the wireless carrier network, with a mobile user content server associated with the information services provider. The method also includes uploading a portion of the content stored within the paired device to the mobile user content server based on the initiated voice connection.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A method comprising:

receiving, by a server and from a mobile device, predicted data that is predicted by the mobile device to be required by a computing device;

receiving, by the server and from the computing device, a request for particular data from a device connected to the mobile device via a short-range wireless network;

determining, by the server, whether the predicted data includes the particular data;

generating, by the server, a reply based on the predicted data and when the predicted data includes the particular data; and

transmitting, by the server, the reply to the computing device.

22. The method of claim 21,

where receiving the request includes:

receiving the request via a first network,

where transmitting the reply includes;

transmitting the reply via a second network, and

where the first network is different from the second network.

23. The method of claim 21, where the predicted data includes at least one of:

location information, destination information, route information, or a particular period of time associated with the device connected to the mobile device.

24. The method of claim 21, where, when the predicted data does not include the particular data, the method further comprises:

transmitting the request to the mobile device;

receiving, based on the request, the particular data from the mobile device, and

generating the reply based on the particular data received from the mobile device.

25. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

receiving, from the computing device, a data response to a data request from the mobile device,

the data response including information for the device connected to the mobile device; and

transmitting the data response to the mobile device.

26. The method of claim 21, further comprising:

establishing a data connection with the mobile device after the mobile device establishes a voice connection with an entity associated with the computing device.

27. A mobile device comprising:

one or more processors to;

establish a voice connection with a first device associated with an information service provider,

establish a data connection with a server associated with the information service provider,

identify data, to be retrieved, based on a telephone number associated with the voice connection,

retrieve the data from a second device that is connected to the mobile device, and

send the data to the server via the data connection.

28. The mobile device of claim 27, where, when identifying the data, the one or more processors are to:

identify a type of service associated with the telephone number, and

identify the data, to be retrieved, based on the type of service.

29. The mobile device of claim 27, where the one or more processors are further to:

identify the different device within a short-range wireless network, and

establish a connection with the first device before establishing at least one of the voice connection or the data connection.

30. The mobile device of claim 27, where the establishing of the data connection is based on the establishing of the voice connection.

31. The mobile device of claim 27, where, when establishing the data connection, the one or more processors are to:

identify the server based on the telephone number, and

initiate the data connection, via a data network, with the server.

32. The mobile device of claim 27, where the one or more processors are further to:

transmit, via the voice connection, a request to the first device associated with the information service provider; and

receive, from the server and via the data connection, a response to the request.

33. The mobile device of claim 27, where the one or more processors are further to:

provide the response to the second device.

34. The mobile device of claim 27, where the mobile device is connected to the different device via a short-range wireless network.

35. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

identify data, to be retrieved, based on a telephone number associated with an information service provider;

retrieve the data from a device via a short-range wireless network; and

transmit, via a data network of a wireless carrier network, the data to a server associated with the information service provider.

36. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 35, further comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

establish, before identifying the data, a voice connection, via a voice network of the wireless carrier network, with the information service provider by using the telephone number.

37. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 36, further comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

identify, based on the voice connection, the device, and

establish, based on the voice connection and via the data network of the wireless carrier network, a data connection to the server,

the data being transmitted to the server via the data connection.

38. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 36, further comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

transmit, via the voice connection, a request to the information service provider;

receive, from the server and via the data network, a response to the request; and

transmit the response to the device.

39. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 35, where the one or more instructions to identify the data include:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

identify a type of service associated with the telephone number, and

identify the data based on the type of service.

40. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 35, further comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

receive, from the server, a request that originates from the information service provider,

transmit the request to the device,

receive a response to the request from the device, and

transmit the response to the server.