Wireless communications gateway
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1. A method for facilitating communications between monitoring and monitored devices, the method comprising the acts of:
- establishing, by a mobile station, a voice communication link with a monitoring device via a wide area network;
receiving, by the mobile station, a request for a data communication link with a monitored device;
establishing, by the mobile station, the data communication link with the monitored device, the data communication link being a short-range wireless communication link; and
forwarding, by the mobile station, data between the monitoring and monitored devices;
wherein the monitoring and monitored devices communicate with each other via the mobile station,wherein the mobile station acts as a gateway between the monitoring device and the monitored device, andwherein data received from the monitored device is forwarded to the monitoring device via a wireless control channel.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for facilitating communications between a monitoring and monitored device using a mobile station are provided. The mobile station includes a wide area network interface for communicating with a monitoring device via a wide area network. The mobile station also includes a short-range wireless network interface for communicating over a short-range wireless communication link with the monitored device. Using these communication links the mobile station can forward data between the monitoring and monitored devices.
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1. A method for facilitating communications between monitoring and monitored devices, the method comprising the acts of:
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establishing, by a mobile station, a voice communication link with a monitoring device via a wide area network; receiving, by the mobile station, a request for a data communication link with a monitored device; establishing, by the mobile station, the data communication link with the monitored device, the data communication link being a short-range wireless communication link; and forwarding, by the mobile station, data between the monitoring and monitored devices; wherein the monitoring and monitored devices communicate with each other via the mobile station, wherein the mobile station acts as a gateway between the monitoring device and the monitored device, and wherein data received from the monitored device is forwarded to the monitoring device via a wireless control channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A mobile station comprising:
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a processor; a wireless wide area network interface coupled to the processor; and a short-range wireless communication interface coupled to the processor, wherein the processor includes logic for establishing a voice communication link with a monitoring device via the wide area network interface; logic for receiving a request for a data communication link with a monitored device; logic for establishing the data communication link with the monitored device, the data communication link being a short-range wireless communication link; and logic for forwarding data between the monitoring and monitored devices; wherein the monitoring and monitored devices communicate with each other via the mobile station, wherein the mobile station acts as a gateway between the monitoring device and the monitored device, and wherein data forwarded from the monitored devices towards the monitoring device is transmitted towards the monitoring device via a wireless control channel. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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