System and method for matching capabilities of access points with those required by an application
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1. A method of responding to a request to access a network, the method comprising:
- receiving data from a global positioning system (GPS) device from a moving vehicle based on substantially current conditions of the vehicle, the data including at least one characteristic;
identifying at least one characteristic of the moving vehicle, the at least one characteristic including a predicted road segment;
identifying a correspondence between the predicted road segment and at least one entry in a database, the at least one entry in the database comprising a plurality of types of wireless network access previously identified by a plurality of moving vehicles; and
selecting at least one of the plurality of types of wireless network access to attempt to access responsive to the entry having the correspondence identified.
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Abstract
A system and method uses a communication request and/or historical data collected by one or more devices to identify whether to fulfill the request using ad hoc networking or access points. If an access point is determined to be used, the system and method attempts to identify those access points that can best fulfill the request and then attempts to use such access points to fulfill the request.
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1. A method of responding to a request to access a network, the method comprising:
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receiving data from a global positioning system (GPS) device from a moving vehicle based on substantially current conditions of the vehicle, the data including at least one characteristic; identifying at least one characteristic of the moving vehicle, the at least one characteristic including a predicted road segment; identifying a correspondence between the predicted road segment and at least one entry in a database, the at least one entry in the database comprising a plurality of types of wireless network access previously identified by a plurality of moving vehicles; and selecting at least one of the plurality of types of wireless network access to attempt to access responsive to the entry having the correspondence identified. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for responding to a request to access a network, the system comprising:
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a current identifier receiving data from a global positioning system (GPS) device from a moving vehicle based on substantially current conditions of the vehicle, the data including at least one characteristic, the current identifier having an input coupled to at least one sensor, the current identifier for identifying at least one characteristic, the at least one characteristic including a predicted road segment and providing at an output the at least one current characteristic identified; a database comprising, for various values of the at least one characteristic, a plurality of entries about a plurality of types of wireless network access identified by a plurality of moving vehicles, the database having an input/output; and a mode identifier having an input/output coupled to the database input/output and an input coupled to the current identifier output for receiving the at least one current characteristic identified, the mode identifier for identifying a correspondence between the predicted road segment and at least one of the plurality of entries in the database, the mode identifier for identifying at least one of the plurality of types of wireless network access to attempt to access responsive to the entry having the correspondence identified, and for providing at an output at least one of the at least one plurality of types identified. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory_computer useable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for responding to a request to access a network, the computer program product comprising computer readable program code devices configured to cause a computer system to:
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receiving data from a global positioning system (GPS) device from a moving vehicle based on substantially current conditions of the vehicle, the data including at least one characteristic; identify at least one characteristic of a the moving vehicle, the at least one characteristic including a predicted road segment; identify a correspondence between the predicted road segment and at least one entry in a database, the at least one entry in the database comprising a plurality of types of wireless network access previously identified by a plurality of moving vehicles; and select at least one of the plurality of types of wireless network access to attempt to access responsive to the entry having the correspondence identified. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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