COST-EFFECTIVE MOBILE CONNECTIVITY PROTOCOLS

• US 20140187279A1
• 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 9,451,394 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/517
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/50 Queue scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/85 characterised by the type of condition triggering a notification
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/88 Provision for limiting connection, or expenditure
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/93 using near field or similar technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information

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:

an article of manufacture including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for obtaining an indication of a first wireless communication service having been provided within a first service region by a first device at an earlier time; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as an automatic and conditional response to an indication from a second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at a later time.

2. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the article of manufacture comprising 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 obtaining the indication of the first wireless communication service having been provided within the first service region by the first device at the earlier time, the second portion of the IC chip being the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time.

3. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the article of manufacture further comprising one or more metamaterial elements configured for directional signal transmission.

4. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the article of manufacture further comprising an antenna that transmits a Boolean indication of whether or not the second device exceeded a wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within a recent time interval, the later time being or not being within the recent time interval.

5. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the article of manufacture comprising a smartphone or comprising a tablet computer.

6. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the article of manufacture comprising an integrated circuit chip or comprising a motor vehicle.

8. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the article of manufacture configured to display at least some of a map that includes a cost-indicative service boundary relating to a prospective interpersonal communication via the article of manufacture.

9. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the article of manufacture further comprising a field-programmable gate array configured to implement a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) module.

10. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the article of manufacture further comprising a microphone configured to generate user data from a vocalization.

11. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time comprising

one or more electrical nodes, the indication of the first wireless communication service having been provided within the first service region by the first device at the earlier time being manifested as an arrangement of one or more voltage levels on the one or more electrical nodes.

12. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time comprising

one or more electrical nodes, the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region being manifested as an arrangement of one or more voltage levels on the one or more electrical nodes.

18. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time 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 comprising the article of manufacture.

19. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time 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 comprising the article of manufacture.

20. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time 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 comprising the article of manufacture.

21. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time 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 comprising the article of manufacture.

22. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time 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 comprising the article of manufacture; 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.

23. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time 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 comprising the article of manufacture; 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.

24. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time 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 comprising the article of manufacture.

25. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time 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 comprising the article of manufacture; 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.

26. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time 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 comprising the article of manufacture; 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.

27. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time 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 comprising the article of manufacture; 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.

28. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time including

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

29. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for incrementally decreasing a dataflow through a wireless communication channel at the article of manufacture.

30. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision whether or not to transmit any user data via a first communication channel at the article of manufacture while the article of manufacture uses the first communication channel and a second communication channel in parallel.

31. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time including

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

32. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time including

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

33. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time 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 at the article of manufacture.

34. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a result to a user of the article of manufacture, the result being the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region.

35. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time including

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

117. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the article of manufacture further comprising a speaker configured to generate an audible indication of whether or not a third device is available to participate in a bidirectional interpersonal communication at least partly based on an indication of the third device being within a wireless communication range of a fourth device; and

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time 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 comprising the article of manufacture;

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 article of manufacture as an automatic and conditional response to a thermal state of a temperature sensor in the article of manufacture.

118. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time 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 comprising the article of manufacture;

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 particular device in a second core operating mode as an automatic and conditional response to a thermal state of a temperature sensor in the mobile device.

119. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the article of manufacture further comprising an antenna that transmits a Boolean indication of whether or not the second device exceeded a wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within a recent time interval, the later time being or not being within the recent time interval; and

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time 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;

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 comprising the article of manufacture; and

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

120. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the article of manufacture further 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 whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for incrementally decreasing a dataflow through a wireless communication channel at the article of manufacture;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a first core to draw from a first data queue of the article of manufacture; 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 article of manufacture as an automatic and conditional response to an indication of a data volume of the first data queue crossing a backlog threshold.

121. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the article of manufacture configured to display at least some of a map that includes a cost-indicative service boundary relating to a prospective interpersonal communication via the article of manufacture; and

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time 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 comprising the article of manufacture;

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 at the article of manufacture; and

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

122. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

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

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time 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 comprising the article of manufacture;

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 article of manufacture; 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 article of manufacture in a second core operating mode as an automatic and conditional response to a charging state of a battery in the article of manufacture.

123. The communication management system of claim 1, further comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for comparing a data block delivery failure rate against a failure rate threshold at the article of manufacture;

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

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 comprising the article of manufacture; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a result to a user of the article of manufacture, the result being the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region.

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37. A communication management system comprising:

an article of manufacture including

means for obtaining an indication of a first wireless communication service having been provided within a first service region by a first device at an earlier time; and

means for signaling a decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as an automatic and conditional response to an indication from a second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at a later time.

46. The communication management system of claim 37, further comprising:

the means for signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time 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 comprising the article of manufacture 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 a thermal state of a temperature sensor in the particular device.

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57. A communication management method comprising:

invoking transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for obtaining an indication of a first wireless communication service having been provided within a first service region by a first device at an earlier time; and

signaling a decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as an automatic and conditional response to an indication from a second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at a later time.

73. The communication management method of claim 57 further comprising:

the signaling the decision whether or not to indicate the first wireless communication service being operative within the first service region as the automatic and conditional response to the indication from the second device of the first wireless communication service having been operative within the first service region or not at the later time by a third device and including

implementing a specific positional model to represent both an isotropic radiator and an anisotropic radiator at the third device.

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