Virtual linking using a wireless device
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1. A system for providing a virtual link, the system including a geographically distributed communications network coupled to at least first and second network resources, the system comprising:
- a user device including a wireless transceiver for communicating using a short-range wireless protocol;
a service device including a wireless transceiver to accept communication signals under the short-range wireless protocol, wherein the service device is associated with the first network resource, and wherein the second network resource is not configured to accept communication signals under the short-range wireless protocol; and
a virtual linking system in communication with the network, wherein the virtual linking system includes;
a controller having a virtual device table and a permissions filter, andfirst and second geographically distributed transceivers coupled to the controller, wherein the first and second transceivers are configured to communicate wirelessly under the short-range wireless protocol with the user device and service device, respectively, and wherein the user device can not communicate directly under the short-range wireless protocol with the service device because of wireless range limitations under the short-range wireless protocol,wherein the virtual linking system is configured to establish the virtual link between the user device and either the service device or the second network resource, wherein the permissions filter is configured to check for a match between the user device and either the service device or the second network resource during a service discovery request and a connection request before establishing the virtual link.
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Abstract
A system and method for virtual linking a wireless device to another device is disclosed herein. The system includes an access point and a controller configured to mediate transmissions between the wireless device and the another device. The system further includes a virtual device table and a permissions filter to ensure virtual linking between devices that have matching access right and requested services. The wireless device and the another device may have the same or dissimilar protocols.
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1. A system for providing a virtual link, the system including a geographically distributed communications network coupled to at least first and second network resources, the system comprising:
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a user device including a wireless transceiver for communicating using a short-range wireless protocol; a service device including a wireless transceiver to accept communication signals under the short-range wireless protocol, wherein the service device is associated with the first network resource, and wherein the second network resource is not configured to accept communication signals under the short-range wireless protocol; and a virtual linking system in communication with the network, wherein the virtual linking system includes; a controller having a virtual device table and a permissions filter, and first and second geographically distributed transceivers coupled to the controller, wherein the first and second transceivers are configured to communicate wirelessly under the short-range wireless protocol with the user device and service device, respectively, and wherein the user device can not communicate directly under the short-range wireless protocol with the service device because of wireless range limitations under the short-range wireless protocol, wherein the virtual linking system is configured to establish the virtual link between the user device and either the service device or the second network resource, wherein the permissions filter is configured to check for a match between the user device and either the service device or the second network resource during a service discovery request and a connection request before establishing the virtual link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An apparatus for providing a communication link between a first device and a second device, each having a similar communications protocol, the apparatus comprising:
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a first base station wirelessly linked to the first device under a short range wireless protocol; a second base station; and a controller coupled to the first and second base stations, wherein the second device is linked to the controller, wherein the controller is configured to provide a communication link between the first and second devices under the short range wireless protocol and via at least the first base station, and in response to a request by the first device, the controller is configured to provide a service provided by the second device to the first device, where such service provided by the second device is not otherwise available to the first device under the similar communications protocol; wherein the controller includes filter rules applied a first time during a service discovery request and a second time during a connection request before the first and second devices are permitted to connect with each other. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for virtually linking a first device and a second device, the apparatus comprising:
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wireless transceiver means for wirelessly linking to the first device in a wireless piconet and to at least one of wirelessly linking and coupling to the second device; and means for virtually linking including at least portions of a first communications protocol and a second communications protocol that are dissimilar to each other, wherein the first device includes the first communications protocol, the second device includes the second communications protocol, and the second device has been identified as a device that provide a service requested by the first device and is a device permitted to be virtually linked with the first device; means for providing permissions filtering included in the means for virtually linking compares a user identification or a group identification associated with the user with a virtual service permissions data for the second device, and compares a device type requested by the user with an advertise data for the second device to determine if the second device is permitted to be virtually linked with the first device. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for virtual linking between a user device and a service device, the method comprising:
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establishing a wireless link between the user device and an access point; receiving a user identification or a group identification and a requesting device type from the user device; determining access right to the service device using at least the user identification, the group identification, a filter, and a device table; determining available services of the service device using at least the request device type, the filter, and the device table; and establishing a link between the service device and the access point when a match with the access right and available services of the service device occurs; another determining of access right to the service device using at least one of the user identification, the group identification, the filter, and the device table; and another determining of available services of the service device using at least one of the requesting device type, the filter, and the device table, wherein establishing a link between the service device and the access point includes the match occurring for the determining and the another determining. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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