System and method for direct communication between wireless communication devices

• US 8,295,803 B2
• Filed: 06/17/2011
• Issued: 10/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IP Investment Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: E3, LLC
• Inventors: Jabara, Gary B., Karmis, Christos
• Primary Examiner(s): Dao, Minh D
• Application Number:
  US13/163,416
• Publication Number:
  US 20110246611A1
• Time in Patent Office: 494 Days
• Field of Search: 455/404.2, 455/414.2, 455/456.1, 455/457, 455/432.3, 455/41.2, 379/142.06, 370/338
• US Class Current: 455/404.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/205 Transfer to or from user equipment or user record carrier

Abstract

A wireless communication device includes conventional components to permit a network communication link to be established with a wireless communication network. In addition, the wireless communication device includes a non-network transceiver that detects the presence of a wireless access point. When two such equipped devices come within proximity of the access point, a non-network wireless communication link is established. The two devices exchange portions of profile data which is analyzed to determine if a match exists. If a match occurs, a contact notification is generated. This permits the wireless communication device to act as an auto-detecting social network device that detects the proximity of other devices whose owners have a profile that matches the stored user preference data. Subsequent communication may occur in a conventional manner using the wireless network communication channels and web applications may also be used to gain additional information.

Claims

1. A system for processing data from a wireless communication device, comprising:

means for storing user-related data in a storage location of a first wireless communication device;

means for establishing a wireless communication link between the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device wherein the means for establishing the wireless communication link comprises direct communication between the first and second wireless communication devices using a transceiver in each of the first and second wireless communication devices or by using the respective transceivers in the first and second wireless communication devices to communicate via a wireless access point with the first and second wireless communication devices both communicating directly with the wireless access point;

means for extracting the user-related data in the storage location of the first wireless communication device upon establishment of the wireless communication link;

means for transferring the extracted user-related data to a web page associated with a user of the second wireless communication device;

means for storing the transferred data in a storage location associated with the web page; and

means for accessing the web page to retrieve the stored transferred data.

2. A method for processing data from a wireless communication device, comprising:

storing user-related data in a storage location of a first wireless communication device;

establishing a wireless communication link between the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device wherein the wireless communication link between the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device is established by direct communication between transceivers in the first and second wireless communication devices, respectively;

upon establishment of the wireless communication link between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device, extracting the user-related data in the storage location of the first wireless communication device;

transferring the extracted user-related data to a web page associated with a user of the second wireless communication device; and

storing the transferred data in a storage location associated with the web page.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the transceivers are short-range transceivers.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the transceivers are non-network transceivers.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

upon establishment of the wireless communication link between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device, providing at least a portion of the user-related data from the storage location of the first wireless communication device to the second wireless communication device; and

analyzing the portion of the portion of the user-related data with respect to preference data specified by a user of the second wireless communication device to determine a match between the portion of the user-related data and the user-specified preference data.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein extracting the user-related data in the storage location of the first wireless communication device is permitted only upon determination of a match between the portion of the user-related data and the user-specified preference data.

7. The method of claim 2 wherein the second wireless communication device stores user-related data in a storage location of the second wireless communication device, the method further comprising:

upon establishment of the wireless communication link between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device, providing at least a portion of the user-related data from the storage location of the second wireless communication device to the first wireless communication device; and

analyzing the portion of the portion of the user-related data with respect to preference data specified by a user of the first wireless communication device to determine a match between the portion of the user-related data and the user-specified preference data.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein extracting the user-related data in the storage location of the second wireless communication device is permitted only upon determination of a match between the portion of the user-related data and the user-specified preference data.

9. The method of claim 2 wherein extracting the user-related data in the storage location of the first wireless communication device is performed by the first wireless communication device in response to a request for data received from the second wireless communication device and transmitted from the first wireless communication device to the second wireless communication device via the wireless communication link.

10. The method of claim 2 wherein extracting the user-related data in the storage location of the first wireless communication device is performed by the first wireless communication device in response to a request for data received from a wireless network access point and transmitted from the first wireless communication device to the wireless network access point via a wireless communication link between the first wireless communication device and the wireless network access point.

11. The method of claim 2 wherein transferring the extracted user-related data to the web page associated with a user of the second wireless communication device is performed using a wireless network access point.

12. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

storing user-related data in a storage location of a third wireless communication device;

establishing a wireless communication link between the second wireless communication device and the third wireless communication device;

upon establishment of the wireless communication link between the second wireless communication device and the third wireless communication device, extracting the user-related data in a storage location of the third wireless communication device;

transferring the extracted user-related data to the web page associated with the user of the second wireless communication device; and

storing the transferred data in the storage location associated with the web page.

13. The method of claim 2, further comprising accessing the web page to retrieve the stored transferred data.

14. The method of claim 2 wherein transferring the extracted user-related data to the web page associated with the user of the second wireless communication device is performed by establishing a network connection with a wireless service provider network using a wide-area network transceiver within the second wireless communication device.

15. A method for processing data from a wireless communication device, comprising:

storing user-related data in a storage location of a first wireless communication device;

establishing a wireless communication link between the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device wherein the wireless communication link between the first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device is established by a first communication link between a transceiver in the first wireless communication device and a wireless network access point and a second communication link between a transceiver in the second wireless communication device and the wireless network access point;

upon establishment of the wireless communication link between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device, extracting the user-related data in the storage location of the first wireless communication device;

transferring the extracted user-related data to a web page associated with a user of the second wireless communication device; and

storing the transferred data in a storage location associated with the web page.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein extracting the user-related data in the storage location of the first wireless communication device is performed by the first wireless communication device in response to a request for data received from the second wireless communication device and transmitted from the first wireless communication device to the second wireless communication device via the wireless communication link.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein extracting the user-related data in the storage location of the first wireless communication device is performed by the first wireless communication device in response to a request for data received from a wireless network access point and transmitted from the first wireless communication device to the a wireless network access point via a wireless communication link between the first wireless communication device and the wireless network access point.

18. The method of claim 15 wherein transferring the extracted user-related data to the web page associated with the user of the second wireless communication device is performed using the wireless network access point.

19. The method of claim 15 wherein transferring the extracted user-related data to the web page associated with the user of the second wireless communication device is performed by establishing a network connection with a wireless service provider network using a wide-area network transceiver within the second wireless communication device.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

storing user-related data in a storage location of a third wireless communication device;

establishing a wireless communication link between the second wireless communication device and the third wireless communication device;

upon establishment of the wireless communication link between the second wireless communication device and the third wireless communication device, extracting the user-related data in a storage location of the third wireless communication device;

transferring the extracted user-related data to the web page associated with the user of the second wireless communication device; and

storing the transferred data in the storage location associated with the web page.

21. The method of claim 15, further comprising accessing the web page to retrieve the stored transferred data.

22. A system for processing data from a wireless communication device, comprising:

a first wireless communication device having;

a transceiver;

a storage area configured to store user-related data related to a user of the first wireless communication device; and

a controller configured to control operation of the first wireless communication device;

a second wireless communication device having;

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to control operation of the second wireless communication device;

wherein the respective controllers in the first and second wireless communication devices are configured to establish a wireless communication link directly between the first and second wireless communication devices using the respective transceivers;

upon establishment of the wireless communication link between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device, extracting the user-related data from the storage location of the first wireless communication device; and

transferring the extracted user-related data to a web page associated with a user of the second wireless communication device.

23. The system of claim 22 wherein the transceivers in the first and second wireless communication devices are short-range transceivers.

24. The system of claim 22 wherein the transceivers in the first and second wireless communication devices are non-network transceivers.

25. The system of claim 22 wherein the controller in the first wireless communication device is configured to provide at least a portion of the user-related data from the storage location of the first wireless communication device to the second wireless communication device via the communication link;

and wherein the controller in the second wireless communication device is configured to analyze the portion of the user-related data with respect to preference data specified by a user of the second wireless communication device to determine a match between the portion of the user-related data and the user-specified preference data.

26. The system of claim 25 wherein extracting the user-related data in the storage location of the first wireless communication device is permitted only upon determination of a match between the portion of the user-related data and the user-specified preference data.

27. The system of claim 22, further comprising:

a storage area in the second wireless communication device configured to store user-related data related to a user of the first wireless communication device;

wherein the controller in the second wireless communication device is configured to provide at least a portion of the user-related data from the storage location of the second wireless communication device to the first wireless communication device via the communication link; and

wherein the controller in the first wireless communication device is configured to analyze the portion of the user-related data with respect to preference data specified by a user of the first wireless communication device to determine a match between the portion of the user-related data and the user- specified preference data.

28. The system of claim 27 wherein extracting the user-related data in the storage location of the second wireless communication device is permitted only upon determination of a match between the portion of the user-related data and the user-specified preference data.

29. The system of claim 22 wherein the controller in the second wireless communication device is further configured to establish a communication link with a wireless access point using the transceiver in the second wireless communication device and to transfer the extracted user-related data to the web page associated with the user of the second wireless communication device using the wireless network access point.

30. The system of claim 22, further comprising a wide-area network transceiver within the second wireless communication device wherein the controller in the second wireless communication device is further configured to establish a communication link with a wireless service provider network using the wide-area network transceiver within the second wireless communication device and to transfer the extracted user-related data to the web page associated with the user of the second wireless communication device using the network connection with the wireless service provider network.

31. A system for processing data from a wireless communication device, comprising:

a wireless access point;

a first wireless communication device having;

a transceiver;

a storage area configured to store user-related data related to a user of the first wireless communication device; and

a controller configured to control operation of the first wireless communication device;

a second wireless communication device having;

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to control operation of the second wireless communication device;

wherein the respective controllers in the first and second wireless communication devices are configured to establish a wireless communication link between the first and second wireless communication devices with the controller in the first wireless communication device configured to establish a first communication link between the first wireless communication device and the wireless access point using the transceiver in the first wireless communication device and the controller in the second wireless communication device configured to establish a second communication link between the second wireless communication device and the wireless access point using the transceiver in the second wireless communication device;

upon establishment of the wireless communication link between the first wireless communication device and the second wireless communication device, extracting the user-related data from the storage location of the first wireless communication device; and

transferring the extracted user-related data to a web page associated with a user of the second wireless communication device.

32. The system of claim 31 wherein the controller in the second wireless communication device is further configured to establish a communication link with the wireless access point using the transceiver in the second wireless communication device and to transfer the extracted user-related data to the web page associated with the user of the second wireless communication device using the wireless network access point.

33. The system of claim 31, further comprising a wide-area network transceiver within the second wireless communication device wherein the controller in the second wireless communication device is further configured to establish a communication link with a wireless service provider network using the wide-area network transceiver within the second wireless communication device and to transfer the extracted user-related data to the web page associated with the user of the second wireless communication device using the network connection with the wireless service provider network.