Sharing account information and a phone number between personal mobile phone and an in-vehicle embedded phone

• US 6,748,244 B2
• Filed: 02/12/2002
• Issued: 06/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Intellisist, Inc. dba Spoken Communications (Avaya Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Intellisist, Inc. dba Spoken Communications (Avaya Incorporated)
• Inventors: Odinak, Gilad
• Primary Examiner(s): Gelin, Jean
• Application Number:
  US10/076,027
• Publication Number:
  US 20030096641A1
• Time in Patent Office: 847 Days
• Field of Search: 455/13.1, 455/16, 455/41, 455/406, 455/410, 455/411, 455/414, 455/417, 455/11.1, 455/433, 455/435, 455/456, 455/557, 455/568, 455/569, 455/569.2, 455/569.1, 455/575.6, 455/575.9, 455/41.2, 455/421, 455/422.1, 455/66.1, 340/975
• US Class Current: 455/569.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6075 adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle H04M1/6058 takes precedence; arrangements for holding telephones in a vehicle B60R11/0241
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/43 using shared identity modules, e.g. SIM sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A phone embedded within a vehicle for automatically using a service plan of a proximate personal mobile phone. The embedded phone includes an internal communication component that detects the presence of the personal mobile phone, and receives a mobile subscriber identification number from the detected phone. The embedded phone also includes an external communication component that sends the received mobile subscriber identification number to a wireless network authority, and receives an authentication request to the personal mobile phone via the embedded phone. The internal communication component sends the authentication request to the personal mobile phone. The personal mobile phone generates an authentication signal, and the external communication component sends the authentication signal to the wireless network authority.

Claims

1. A method for automatically using a service plan of a personal mobile phone over a phone embedded within a vehicle, the method comprising:

detecting the presence of the personal mobile phone;

sending the mobile subscriber identification number from the detected phone to the embedded phone;

sending the mobile subscriber identification number from the embedded phone to an authority of a wireless network;

sending an authentication request to the personal mobile phone via the embedded phone;

authenticating communication;

sending a confirmation of the authentication to the wireless network authority via the embedded phone;

ending communication between the personal mobile phone and the embedded phone; and

opening a communication session between the embedded phone and the wireless network based on the sent confirmation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the presence of the personal mobile phone is performed based on at least one of a Bluetooth link, an infrared wireless (IR) link, an 802.11 wireless network link, or a physical electrical wire link.

3. A phone embedded within a vehicle for automatically using a service plan of a personal mobile phone, the embedded phone comprising:

an internal communication component for detecting the presence of the personal mobile phone, and receiving a mobile subscriber identification number from the detected phone; and

an external communication component in communication with the internal communication component for sending the received mobile subscriber identification number to a wireless network authority, and receiving an authentication request for the personal mobile phone,

wherein the internal communication component sends the authentication request to the personal mobile phone that generates an authentication signal in response to the authentication request, the generated authentication signal is sent to the external communication component via the internal communication component, the internal communication component then ends communication with the personal mobile phone, and the external communication component sends the authentication signal to the wireless network authority.

4. The embedded phone of claim 3, wherein the internal communication component performs interaction with the personal mobile phone based on at least one of a Bluetooth link, an infrared wireless (IR) link, an 802.11 wireless network link, or a physical electrical wire link.