Using a bluetooth capable mobile phone to access a remote network

• US 8,195,093 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2011
• Issued: 06/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Karma Automotive LLC (Wanxiang Group Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Darrin Garrett, Leon L. Hong
• Inventors: Garrett, Darrin, Hong, Leon L.
• Primary Examiner(s): WEST, LEWIS G
• Application Number:
  US13/220,477
• Publication Number:
  US 20110312322A1
• Time in Patent Office: 281 Days
• Field of Search: 455/441.2, 455/41.3, 455/39, 455/41.2, 455/466, 370/328
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/52 using AGC [Automatic Gain Control] circuits or amplifiers

Abstract

In one example, a Bluetooth enabled mobile device discovers the Bluetooth profile capability of a plurality of mobile phones and stores the profile information in a database. Thereafter, when access to a remote network such as an Internet Protocol (IP) network is necessitated by an event, the Bluetooth enabled mobile device can establish a Bluetooth connection with an available mobile phone according to a comparison of the event to the stored profile information for that mobile phone. The Bluetooth enabled mobile device can then establish a transport layer connection that extends over the established Bluetooth connection and a wireless telecommunications network associated with the available phone and exchange data with a remote network using the established transport layer connection.

Claims

1. A Bluetooth capable device encoded with instructions that, if executed, result in:

pairing with a mobile phone and discovering which Bluetooth profiles are supported by the mobile phone;

mapping an identifier for the mobile phone to the supported Bluetooth profiles in a memory of the Bluetooth capable device;

establishing a Bluetooth connection with the mobile phone utilizing one of the Bluetooth profiles from the mapping;

establishing a transport layer connection that extends over the Bluetooth connection and a wireless network corresponding to the mobile phone; and

receiving or transmitting communications from the Bluetooth capable device to a remote network over the established transport layer connection.

2. The Bluetooth capable device of claim 1, wherein the instructions, if executed, result in:

establishing the Bluetooth connection using a Bluetooth profile for voice data according to whether the mobile phone is capable of establishing a packet data type transport connection over the wireless network.

3. The Bluetooth capable device of claim 1, wherein the instructions, if executed, result in:

whenever the Bluetooth capable device is paired with a new mobile phone, discovering which Bluetooth profiles are supported by the new mobile phone; and

adding a new entry in the Bluetooth capable device memory for the new mobile phone, the new entry mapping an identifier for the new mobile phone with the discovered Bluetooth profiles associated with the new mobile phone.

4. The Bluetooth capable device of claim 3, wherein the instructions, if executed, result in:

establishing a Bluetooth connection with a currently available one of the mobile phones, the Bluetooth connection established by selecting from Bluetooth profiles associated with the currently available mobile phone in the Bluetooth capable device memory;

establishing the Bluetooth connection according to the selected Bluetooth profile; and

uploading or downloading information to or from a remote server using the established Bluetooth connection.

5. The Bluetooth capable device of claim 2, wherein the instructions, if executed, result in:

determining whether the mobile phone supports a packet data service connection over the wireless network; and

filtering the Bluetooth profiles that are mapped in the Bluetooth capable device memory according to the determination.

6. A method, comprising:

pairing a Bluetooth capable device with a mobile phone and discovering which Bluetooth profiles are supported by the mobile phone;

mapping an identifier for the mobile phone to the supported Bluetooth profiles in a memory of the Bluetooth capable device;

establishing a Bluetooth connection with the mobile phone utilizing one of the Bluetooth profiles from the mapping;

establishing a transport layer connection that extends over the Bluetooth connection and a wireless network corresponding to the mobile phone; and

receiving or transmitting communications from the Bluetooth capable device to a remote network over the established transport layer connection.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

establishing the Bluetooth connection using a Bluetooth profile for voice data according to whether the mobile phone is capable of establishing a packet data type transport connection over the wireless network.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

whenever the Bluetooth capable device is paired with a new mobile phone, discovering which Bluetooth profiles are supported by the new mobile phone; and

adding a new entry in the Bluetooth capable device memory for the new mobile phone, the new entry mapping an identifier for the new mobile phone with the discovered Bluetooth profiles associated with the new mobile phone.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

establishing a Bluetooth connection with a currently available one of the mobile phones, the Bluetooth connection established by selecting from Bluetooth profiles associated with the currently available mobile phone in the Bluetooth capable device memory;

establishing the Bluetooth connection according to the selected Bluetooth profile; and

uploading or downloading information to or from a remote server using the established Bluetooth connection.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

determining whether the mobile phone supports a packet data service connection over the wireless network; and

filtering the Bluetooth profiles that are mapped in the Bluetooth capable device memory according to the determination.