Wireless communication method

• US 7,783,304 B2
• Filed: 08/24/2009
• Issued: 08/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fleet Connect Solutions LLC (Empire IP LLC)
• Original Assignee: Richard B. Himmelstein
• Inventors: Himmelstein, Richard B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Afshar, Kamran
• Application Number:
  US12/546,645
• Publication Number:
  US 20090311994A1
• Time in Patent Office: 365 Days
• Field of Search: 455/402.2, 4554561-457, 455/9, 455/550.1, 455/569.1, 455/569.2, 455/521, 455/345, 455/517, 455/524, 455/557, 455/566, 455/403, 455410-411, 455/445, 455/3.01, 455/3.06, 4554141-4143, 340 761- 762, 340/7.55, 340/534, 340/539.1, 340/425.15, 340/426.19, 340/426.2, 340/426.22, 701/211, 701/29, 701/213, 701/200, 701/207, 342/357.01, 342/352, 342/357.02, 342/357.06, 342/357.09, 342/357.12
• US Class Current: 455/456.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0265 Vehicular advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G07B 15/063 using wireless information transmission between the vehicle and a fixed station identification of vehicles G08G
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3805 with built-in auxiliary receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/03 Protecting confidentiality, e.g. by encryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/46 for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V]
• 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 4/90 : Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 : Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 : adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

Methods of communicating with a mobile unit are described. In one embodiment, a method of communicating with a mobile unit comprises identifying a mobile unit with an identifier; determining a status of the mobile unit; constructing a communication comprising at least one communication packet, the at least one communication packet comprising a plurality of information fields, the information fields comprising an address, and the identifier; and transmitting the communication comprising the at least one communication packet to the mobile unit.

Claims

1. A method of wireless sly communicating with a mobile unit, the method comprising:

establishing a communication link between a first mobile unit and a website;

searching a list of users via a log comprising an address of a second mobile unit;

outputting a match comprising the address of the second mobile unit via a display;

constructing a communication comprising a plurality of information fields, the plurality of information fields comprising an address of the first mobile unit and the address of the second mobile unit;

transmitting the communication from the first mobile unit, through the website, to the second mobile unit; and

storing information related to the communication in a communication log.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the communication comprises a text file.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first mobile unit and/or the second mobile comprises a cellular phone.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of information fields further comprises the position of the first mobile unit.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of information fields further comprises an advertisement.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of information fields further comprises a traffic update.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of information fields further comprises weather information.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of information fields further comprises a security field.

9. A method of wirelessly communicating with a mobile unit, the method comprising:

establishing a communication link between a first mobile unit and a website;

receiving a first communication by a user of the first mobile unit, through the website, from a second mobile unit;

displaying the first communication via an audio-visual interface of the first mobile unit;

inputting, from the user, a second communication via the audio-visual interface of the first mobile unit;

sending the second communication, through the website, to the second mobile unit; and

storing information related to the second communication in a communication log.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first communication and/or the second communication comprises a text file.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the first mobile unit and/or the second mobile unit comprises a cellular phone.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the second communication comprises the position of the first mobile unit.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the first communication comprises an advertisement.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the first communication comprises a traffic update.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the first communication comprises weather information.

16. A method of wirelessly communicating with a first mobile unit, the method comprising:

storing information at a website, the information associated with the first mobile unit comprising a microprocessor;

establishing a communication link between the first mobile unit and the website;

establishing a communication link between a second mobile unit and the website;

receiving, by the website, a first communication from the second mobile unit;

forwarding, by the website, information related to the first communication to the first mobile unit;

receiving, by the website, a second communication from the first mobile unit;

forwarding, by the website, information related to the second communication to the second mobile unit; and

storing information related to the first communication in a communication log.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the first communication and/or the second communication comprises a text file.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the first mobile unit and/or the second mobile unit comprises a cellular phone.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the first communication comprises the position of the second mobile unit.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the second communication comprises an advertisement.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein the second communication comprises a traffic update.

22. The method of claim 16, wherein the second communication comprises weather information.