Method and system for communicating using position information

• US 8,045,998 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2005
• Issued: 10/25/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: Talukder, Shah, Nagesh, Kittur V., Zanone, Dean M., Kalley, Yogesh, Shaffer, Shmuel
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel; Ajit
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, KHAI MINH
• Application Number:
  US11/149,041
• Publication Number:
  US 20060281471A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,330 Days
• Field of Search: 455/456.1, 455/456.5, 455/456.2, 455/456.3, 455/456.6, 455/452.1, 455/452.2, 455/553.1, 340/988, 340/996
• US Class Current: 455/456.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service

Abstract

A method for communicating using position information includes communicating on a first communication network at a first location using one or more first communication parameters of the first communication network and, upon moving from the first location to a second location, receiving position information identifying the second location. The method includes adjusting the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters based on the second location and communicating on a second communication network at the second location using the one or more second communication parameters.

Claims

1. A method for communicating using position information, comprising:

communicating on a first communication network at a first location using one or more first communication parameters of the first communication network, the one or more first communication parameters of the first communication network comprising a first encryption key of the first communication network;

upon moving from the first location to a second location, receiving position information identifying the second location;

automatically adjusting the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters of a second communication network based on the move to the second location based on the received position information, the one or more second communication parameters of the second communication network comprising a second encryption key of the second communication network; and

communicating on the second communication network at the second location using the encryption key of the second communication network.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the one or more first communication parameters of the first communication network comprise a first frequency of the first communication network; and

the one or more second communication parameters of the second communication network comprise a second frequency of the second communication network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the one or more first communication parameters of the first communication network comprise a first modulation method of the first communication network; and

the one or more second communication parameters of the second communication network comprise a second modulation method of the second communication network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the first communication network comprises a safety and security agency network of the first location; and

the second communication network comprises a safety and security agency network of the second location.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters based on the second location comprises automatically adjusting the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters based on the move to the second location.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein adjusting the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters based on the second location comprises adjusting the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters based on predefined user instructions.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

notifying a user of the move from the first location to the second location;

prompting the user with an option to adjust the one or more first communication parameters in response to the move; and

wherein adjusting the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters based on the second location comprises adjusting the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters in response to a user command.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the user command comprises pressing a button specific to the second communication network.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the user command comprises pressing a button associated with a local network of the second location.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the one or more first communication parameters of the first communication network comprise a first encryption key of the first communication network; and

the one or more second communication parameters of the second communication network comprise a second encryption key of the second communication network.

11. A system for communicating using position information, comprising:

a processor operable to communicate on a first communication network at a first location using one or more first communication parameters of the first communication network, the one or more first communication parameters of the first communication network comprising a first encryption key of the first communication network;

a receiver coupled to the processor, the receiver operable to, upon moving from the first location to a second location, receive position information identifying the second location;

the processor operable to;

automatically adjust the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters of a second communication network based on the move to the second location based on the received position information, the one or more second communication parameters of the second communication network comprising a second encryption key of the second communication network; and

communicate on the second communication network at the second location using the encryption key of the second communication network.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein:

the one or more first communication parameters of the first communication network comprise a first frequency of the first communication network; and

the one or more second communication parameters of the second communication network comprise a second frequency of the second communication network.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein:

the one or more first communication parameters of the first communication network comprise a first modulation method of the first communication network; and

the one or more second communication parameters of the second communication network comprise a second modulation method of the second communication network.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein:

the first communication network comprises a safety and security agency network of the first location; and

the second communication network comprises a safety and security agency network of the second location.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein a processor operable to adjust the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters based on the second location comprises a processor operable to automatically adjust the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters based on the move to the second location.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein a processor operable to adjust the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters based on the second location comprises a processor operable to adjust the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters based on predefined user instructions.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor is further operable to:

notify a user of the move from the first location to the second location;

prompt the user with an option to adjust the one or more first communication parameters in response to the move; and

wherein a processor operable to adjust the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters based on the second location comprises a processor operable to adjust the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters in response to a user command.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the user command comprises pressing a button specific to the second communication network.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the user command comprises pressing a button associated with a local network of the second location.

20. A system for communicating using position information, comprising:

means for communicating on a first communication network at a first location using one or more first communication parameters of the first communication network, the one or more first communication parameters of the first communication network comprising a first encryption key of the first communication network;

means for, upon moving from the first location to a second location, receiving position information identifying the second location;

means for automatically adjusting the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters of a second communication network based on the move to the second location based on the received position information, the one or more second communication parameters of the second communication network comprising a second encryption key of the second communication network; and

means for communicating on the second communication network at the second location using the encryption key of the second communication network.

21. Non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code that, when executed by a processor, is operable to:

communicate on a first communication network at a first location using one or more first communication parameters of the first communication network, the one or more first communication parameters of the first communication network comprising a first encryption key of the first communication network;

upon moving from the first location to a second location, receive position information identifying the second location;

automatically adjust the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters of a second communication network based on the move to the second location based on the received position information, the one or more second communication parameters of the second communication network comprising a second encryption key of the second communication network; and

communicate on the second communication network at the second location using the encryption key of the second communication network.

22. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein:

the one or more first communication parameters of the first communication network comprise a first frequency of the first communication network; and

the one or more second communication parameters of the second communication network comprise a second frequency of the second communication network.

23. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein

the one or more first communication parameters of the first communication network comprise a first modulation method of the first communication network;

and

the one or more second communication parameters of the second communication network comprise a second modulation method of the second communication network.

24. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein:

the first communication network comprises a safety and security agency network of the first location; and

the second communication network comprises a safety and security agency network of the second location.

25. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein code operable to adjust the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters based on the second location comprises code operable to automatically adjust the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters based on the move to the second location.

26. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21, wherein code operable to adjust the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters based on the second location comprises code operable to adjust the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters based on predefined user instructions.

27. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21, further comprising code operable to:

notify a user of the move from the first location to the second location;

prompt the user with an option to adjust the one or more first communication parameters in response to the move; and

wherein code operable to adjust the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters based on the second location comprises code operable to adjust the one or more first communication parameters to one or more second communication parameters in response to a user command.

28. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 27, wherein the user command comprises pressing a button specific to the second communication network.

29. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 27, wherein the user command comprises pressing a button associated with a local network of the second location.