Arrangements and methods for remote configuration of personal equipment via wireless detection of user-id

• US 7,184,704 B2
• Filed: 10/26/2001
• Issued: 02/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Kliland, Kevin, Kvistad, Arne Ivar
• Primary Examiner(s): Orgad; Edan
• Application Number:
  US09/984,014
• Publication Number:
  US 20020065905A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,950 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2, 455/418, 455/419, 455/557, 455/558, 713/1, 713/100, 713/184, 713/185
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/33 Remote control using macros, scripts
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/42 Transmitting or receiving remote control signals via a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/103 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/104 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1104 Session initiation protocol [SIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1106 Call signalling protocols; H.323 and related
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/04 Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

An arrangement and method for equipment remote control according to a predetermined user profile. Controllable equipment is provided with a first wireless communication device. A user identity badge is provided with a second wireless communication device for communication, when in-range, with the first wireless communication device. A mobile communication terminal in communication with an Internet Protocol (IP) network, and provided with a third wireless communication device, communicates, when in-range, with the second wireless communication device. User and equipment identities are communicated to a user profile server connected to the IP network, and a user profile is returned to the equipment which is configured accordingly.

Claims

1. An arrangement for automatic equipment remote control according to a predetermined user profile, comprising:

a user identity badge provided with a first wireless communication device having a first identifier,

controllable equipment automatically responsive to a user profile and connected to a second wireless communication device having a second identifier,

a mobile communication terminal adapted to communicate by an Internet Protocol (IP) network and connected to a third wireless communication device having a third identifier, and

a user profile server connected to said IP network and holding the predetermined user profile,

wherein,

said first, second, and third wireless communication devices are adapted to communicate wirelessly with one another,

said first wireless communication device is adapted to communicate to said second wireless communication device the first identifier,

said second wireless communication device is adapted to communicate to said third wireless communication device the first and second identifiers,

the mobile equipment is adapted to communicate to the user profile server the first, second and third identifiers, and

the user profile server is adapted to communicate to the controllable equipment, via the mobile terminal, the third wireless device and second wireless device, on basis of the second and third identifiers, the predetermined user profile in response to receiving the first and second identifiers.

2. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein said mobile communication terminal is enabled to communicate to said user profile server, via said IP network, a user identifier received from said user identity badge, and an equipment identifier received, optionally via said user identity badge, from said equipment.

3. The arrangement of claim 2, wherein said user profile server is enabled to communicate, via said IP network and said mobile communication terminal and, optionally, via said user identity badge, the predetermined user profile to the identified equipment in response to receiving said user identifier and equipment identifier.

4. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein said predetermined user profile is stored in a memory of said user profile server.

5. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein said IP network is a multimedia network, a H.323 network, or a SIP network.

6. The arrangement of claim 1, wherein the first and second wireless communication devices are short range wireless digital communication devices.

7. An arrangement for automatic equipment remote control according to a predetermined user profile, comprising:

a user identity badge provided with a first wireless communication device having a first identifier,

controllable equipment automatically responsive to a user profile and connected to a second wireless communication device having a second identifier and connected to an Internet Protocol (IP) network, and

a user profile server connected to said IP network and holding the predetermined user profile, wherein;

said first and second wireless communication devices are adapted to communicate wirelessly with one another,

said first wireless communication device is adapted to communicate to said second wireless communication device the first identifier,

said controllable equipment is adapted to communicate to the user profile server, via the Internet Protocol (IP) network, the first and second identifiers, and

the user profile server is adapted to communicate to the controllable equipment, via the Internet Protocol (IP) network, on basis of the second identifier, the predetermined user profile in response to receiving the first and second identifiers.

8. The arrangement of claim 7, wherein said equipment is enabled to communicate an equipment identifier and a user identifier received from the user identity badge to said user profile server.

9. The arrangement of claim 8, wherein said user profile server is enabled to communicate the predetermined user profile to said equipment in response to receiving said user identifier and equipment identifier.

10. The arrangement of claim 9, wherein said predetermined user profile is stored in a memory of said user profile server.

11. A method for equipment remote control according to a predetermined user profile, comprising:

wirelessly communicating a user identifier from a user identity badge to a mobile communication terminal,

wirelessly communicating an equipment identifier from an equipment to be controlled to the mobile communication terminal,

forwarding from said mobile communication terminal, via a gateway to an IP network, a first information set including said user identifier and equipment identifier to a User Agent (UA) in an Internet Protocol network,

forwarding from said UA said first information set, via a Call Control API (CC-API), to a Service Agent (SA),

returning from said SA a second information set including said predetermined user profile, via said Call Control API (CC-API), to said UA,

forwarding from said UA said second information set, via a gateway to a mobile communication network, to said mobile communication terminal,

wirelessly communicating from said mobile communication terminal said second information set to said equipment, and

configuring said equipment according to said predetermined user profile.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said mobile terminal is a mobile telephone, and said mobile terminal identifier includes a telephone number of said mobile telephone.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein said IP network is a multimedia network, a H.323 network or a SIP network.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein wirelessly communicating is performed by of a short range wireless digital communications device.

15. Apparatus for automatic equipment remote control according to a predetermined user profile, comprising:

means for wirelessly communicating a user identifier from a user identity badge to a mobile communication terminal,

means for wirelessly communicating an equipment identifier from an equipment to be controlled to the mobile communication terminal,

means for forwarding from said mobile communication terminal, via a gateway to an IP network, a first information set including said user identifier and equipment identifier to a User Agent (UA) in a Internet Protocol network,

means for forwarding from said UA said first information set, via a Call Control API (CC-API), to a Service Agent (SA),

means for returning from said SA a second information set including said predetermined user profile, via said Call Control API (CC-API), to said UA,

means for forwarding from said UA said second information set, via a gateway to a mobile communication network, to said mobile communication terminal,

means for wirelessly communicating from said mobile communication terminal said second information set to said equipment, and

means for configuring said equipment according to said predetermined user profile.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein said mobile terminal is a mobile telephone, and said mobile terminal identifier includes a telephone number of said mobile telephone.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein said IP network is a multimedia network, a H.323 network or a SIP network.