COST-EFFECTIVE MOBILE CONNECTIVITY PROTOCOLS

• US 20140187145A1
• Filed: 12/31/2012
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Barnes, Philip Lionel, Chin, Hon Wah, Davidson, Howard L., Hallman, Kimberly D.A., Hyde, Roderick A., Ishikawa, Muriel Y., Kare, Jordin T., Lee, Brian, Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Mundie, Craig J., Myhrvold, Nathan P., Pasch, Nicholas F., Rudder, Eric D., Tegreene, Clarence T., Tremblay, Marc, Tuckerman, David B., Whitmer, Charles, Wood, Lowell L. Jr.
• Granted Patent: US 9,781,664 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/52 based on load

Abstract

Structures and protocols are presented for signaling a status or decision concerning a wireless service or device within a region to a network participant or other communication device (smartphone or motor vehicle, e.g.).

Claims

1. A communication management system comprising:

one or more articles of manufacture including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for establishing both a wireless communication channel via a first device and from a second device and a wireless communication channel from the second device and via a third device; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to an indication that a data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds a failure rate threshold.

2. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the one or more articles of manufacture being an integrated circuit (IC) chip having a first portion and a second portion and a third portion, the first portion of the IC chip being the event-sequencing structure configured for establishing both the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device and the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device, the second portion of the IC chip being the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold.

3. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the second device comprising one or more metamaterial elements configured for directional signal transmission.

4. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the second device comprising an antenna that transmits some of the user data via the first device and that transmits some of the user data via the third device after the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device.

5. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the second device comprising a smartphone or comprising a tablet computer.

6. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the second device comprising an integrated circuit chip or comprising a motor vehicle.

7. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the second device configured to signal a decision whether or not to indicate a wireless communication service provided within a region by a fourth device as a response to an indication from a fifth device of the wireless communication service being operative within the region.

12. The communication management system of claim 1, the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold comprising:

one or more electrical nodes, the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device being manifested as an arrangement of one or more voltage levels on the one or more electrical nodes.

13. The communication management system of claim 1, the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold comprising:

an electrical node, the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold being manifested as a voltage level on the electrical node.

18. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the one or more articles of manufacture not configured to express data indicating a geographic position of any of the one or more articles of manufacture.

19. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the second device including the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold.

20. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

an electrical node having a voltage level that indicates whether or not a fourth device is within a wireless local area network communication range of a fifth device.

21. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a data component of a wireless signal to be processed by a special-purpose module in a handheld device as an automatic and conditional response to a thermal state of a temperature sensor in the handheld device, the handheld device being the second device.

22. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a data component of a wireless signal to be processed by a special-purpose module in a portable device as an automatic and conditional response to a charging state of a battery in the portable device, the portable device being the second device.

23. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a data component of a wireless signal to be processed by a special-purpose module in a mobile device as an automatic and conditional response to a control component of the wireless signal, the mobile device being the second device.

24. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing first content of a wireless signal to pass either through a first memory of a particular device or through a second memory of the particular device selected as an automatic and conditional response to whether or not second content of the wireless signal satisfies a first criterion, the particular device being the second device.

25. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a first core to draw from a first data queue of a mobile device, the mobile device being the second device; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision whether or not to cause a second core to draw from the first data queue of the mobile device as an automatic and conditional response to an indication of a data volume of the first data queue crossing a backlog threshold.

26. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a mobile device that includes a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) to receive a configuration component of a first wireless signal, the configuration component causing the FPGA to implement a sorting module, the mobile device being the second device; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing the sorting module to process a data component of a second wireless signal after the configuration component of the first wireless signal causes the FPGA to implement the sorting module.

27. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a mobile device that includes a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) to receive a configuration component of a first wireless signal, the configuration component causing the FPGA to implement a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) module; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing the FFT module to process a data component of a second wireless signal after the configuration component of the first wireless signal causes the FPGA to implement the FFT module, the mobile device being the second device.

28. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a configurable core in a first core operating mode to draw from a first data queue of a particular device, the particular device being the second device; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision whether or not to cause the configurable core to draw from the first data queue of the particular device in a second core operating mode as an automatic and conditional response to an indication of a data volume of the first data queue crossing a volume threshold.

29. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a configurable core in a first core operating mode to draw from a first data queue of a particular device, the particular device being the second device; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision whether or not to cause the configurable core to draw from the first data queue of the particular device in a second core operating mode as an automatic and conditional response to a thermal state of a temperature sensor in the particular device.

30. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a configurable core in a first core operating mode to draw from a first data queue of a particular device, the particular device being the second device; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision whether or not to cause the configurable core to draw from the first data queue of the particular device in a second core operating mode as an automatic and conditional response to a charging state of a battery in the particular device.

31. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for detecting a series of service region departure events.

35. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for comparing the data block delivery failure rate against the failure rate threshold.

36. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for implementing a specific positional model to represent both an isotropic radiator and an anisotropic radiator.

38. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for transmitting user data via an ad hoc network that includes the first device.

39. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for displaying via a mobile device at least some of a map that depicts a cost-indicative service boundary relating to a prospective intercommunication, the mobile device being the second device.

120. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for transmitting user data via an ad hoc network that includes the first device;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a configurable core in a first core operating mode to draw from a first data queue of a particular device, the particular device being the second device;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision whether or not to cause the configurable core to draw from the first data queue of the particular device in a second core operating mode as an automatic and conditional response to an indication of a data volume of the first data queue crossing a volume threshold; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a data component of a wireless signal to be processed by a special-purpose module in the second device as an automatic and conditional response to a control component of the wireless signal.

121. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a mobile device that includes a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) to receive a configuration component of a first wireless signal, the configuration component causing the FPGA to implement a sorting module, the mobile device being the second device;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing the sorting module to process a data component of a second wireless signal after the configuration component of the first wireless signal causes the FPGA to implement the sorting module;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a configurable core in a first core operating mode to draw from a first data queue of the mobile device; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision whether or not to cause the configurable core to draw from the first data queue of the mobile device in a second core operating mode as an automatic and conditional response to a charging state of a battery in the mobile device.

122. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the second device comprising an antenna that transmits some of the user data via the first device and that transmits some of the user data via the third device after the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device; and

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for implementing a specific positional model to represent both an isotropic radiator and an anisotropic radiator;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a mobile device that includes a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) to receive a configuration component of a first wireless signal, the configuration component causing the FPGA to implement a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) module; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing the FFT module to process a data component of a second wireless signal after the configuration component of the first wireless signal causes the FPGA to implement the FFT module, the mobile device being the second device.

123. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the second device comprising one or more metamaterial elements configured for directional signal transmission; and

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing first content of a wireless signal to pass either through a first memory of a particular device or through a second memory of the particular device selected as an automatic and conditional response to whether or not second content of the wireless signal satisfies a first criterion, the particular device being the second device;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a configurable core in a first core operating mode to draw from a first data queue of the second device;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision whether or not to cause the configurable core to draw from the first data queue of the second device in a second core operating mode as an automatic and conditional response to a thermal state of a temperature sensor in the second device.

124. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a data component of a wireless signal to be processed by a special-purpose module in a handheld device as an automatic and conditional response to a thermal state of a temperature sensor in the handheld device, the handheld device being the second device;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for detecting a series of service region departure events;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure at the second device configured for signaling a decision whether or not to adjust a latency threshold for user data.

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40. A communication management system comprising:

one or more articles of manufacture including

means for establishing both a wireless communication channel via a first device and from a second device and a wireless communication channel from the second device and via a third device; and

means for signaling a decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to an indication that a data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds a failure rate threshold.

48. The communication management system of claim 40, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the means for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

means for causing a configurable core in a first core operating mode to draw from a first data queue of a particular device, the particular device being the second device, and for signaling a decision whether or not to cause the configurable core to draw from the first data queue of the particular device in a second core operating mode as an automatic and conditional response to an indication of a data volume of the first data queue crossing a volume threshold.

58. The communication management system of claim 40, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the means for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

means for transmitting user data via an ad hoc network that includes the first device.

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60. A communication management method comprising:

establishing both a wireless communication channel via a first device and from a second device and a wireless communication channel from the second device and via a third device; and

invoking transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to an indication that a data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds a failure rate threshold.

64. The communication management method of claim 60 further comprising:

the invoking transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to the indication that the data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds the failure rate threshold including

causing first content of a wireless signal to pass either through a first memory of a particular device or through a second memory of the particular device selected as an automatic and conditional response to whether or not second content of the wireless signal satisfies a first criterion, the particular device being the second device.

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100. An article of manufacture comprising:

one or more physical media bearing a device-detectable output manifesting an occurrence of

establishing both a wireless communication channel via a first device and from a second device and a wireless communication channel from the second device and via a third device; and

signaling a decision of how much user data to transmit via the wireless communication channel from the second device and via the third device responsive to an indication that a data block delivery failure rate of the wireless communication channel via the first device and from the second device exceeds a failure rate threshold.

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