Proximity Based Wireless Docking

• US 20140036767A1
• Filed: 10/10/2012
• Published: 02/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ibrahim, Brima, Perugupalli, Prasanth
• Application Number:
  US13/648,586
• Publication Number:
  US 20140036767A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

The present application discloses various implementations of a wireless docking system. In one implementation, such a wireless docking system includes a docking surface and at least one wireless transceiver configured to establish a wireless connection with a portable device. The wireless connection results in interoperability of the portable device and another device connected to the wireless docking system.

Claims

1. A wireless docking system comprising;

a docking surface; and

at least one wireless transceiver configured to establish a wireless connection with a portable device based on a proximity of the portable device and the docking surface;

the wireless connection resulting in interoperability of the portable device and another device connected to the wireless docking system.

2. The wireless docking system of claim 1, wherein the another device is a workstation terminal.

3. The wireless docking system of claim 1, wherein the portable device is a mobile telephone.

4. The wireless docking system of claim 3, wherein the interoperability enables use of the mobile telephone as a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone.

5. The wireless docking system of claim 1, wherein the portable device is one of a laptop computer, a netbook, and a tablet computer.

6. The wireless docking system of claim 1, wherein the wireless connection is established using a millimeter wavelength frequency range.

7. The wireless docking system of claim 1, wherein the wireless transceiver is an integrated wireless transceiver including a baseband chip having an RF front-end module disposed thereon.

8. The wireless docking system of claim 1, wherein the wireless docking system is further configured to charge the portable device using the docking surface.

9. A wireless docking system comprising;

a docking surface; and

an integrated wireless transceiver configured to establish a wireless connection with a portable device based on a proximity of the portable device and the docking surface;

the integrated wireless transceiver including a baseband chip having an RF front-end module disposed thereon;

the wireless connection enabling use of the portable device as an input device for another device connected to the wireless docking system.

10. The wireless docking system of claim 9, wherein the another device is a workstation terminal.

11. The wireless docking system of claim 9, wherein the portable device is a mobile telephone.

12. The wireless docking system of claim 11, wherein use of the mobile telephone as an input device for a workstation terminal connected to the wireless docking system enables use of the mobile telephone as a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone.

13. The wireless docking system of claim 9, wherein the portable device is one of a laptop computer, a netbook, and a tablet computer.

14. The wireless docking system of claim 9, wherein the wireless connection is established using a millimeter wavelength frequency range.

15. The wireless docking system of claim 9, wherein the integrated wireless transceiver further includes at least one patch antenna.

16. The wireless docking system of claim 9, wherein the wireless docking system is further configured to charge the portable device using the docking surface.

17. A method for performing wireless docking, the method comprising:

detecting a portable device by a wireless docking system;

establishing a wireless connection between the wireless docking system and the portable device based on a proximity of the portable device and a docking surface of the wireless docking system;

the wireless connection enabling interoperability of the portable device and another device connected to the wireless docking system.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the portable device is one of a mobile telephone, a laptop computer, a netbook, and a tablet computer.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the interoperability enables use of a mobile telephone as a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising charging the portable device using the docking surface.