Mobile wifi arrangement

• US 8,422,950 B1
• Filed: 08/28/2012
• Issued: 04/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Antennatech LLC
• Original Assignee: Chester Holdings LLC
• Inventors: Crowley, Robert J., Halgren, Donald N.
• Primary Examiner(s): TRINH, TAN H
• Application Number:
  US13/573,182
• Publication Number:
  US 20130078918A1
• Time in Patent Office: 231 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.1, 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/13.4, 455/69, 455/522, 455/9, 455/14, 455/67.11, 455/575.5, 455/575.6, 455/575.7, 455/569.1, 455/557, 455/90.3, 455/115.1, 455/556.1, 455/121, 455/177.1, 455/213, 455/245.1, 455/420, 455/405, 455/406, 455/456, 455/115.4, 455/341, 455/106, 343/702, 343/703
• US Class Current: 455/41.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/309 Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A system for enabling wireless near-field hot-spot communication between a wide variety of wireless ground-position-indicating personal communication devices being utilized within a zone and a further communication network outside of the zone.

Claims

1. A system for enabling wireless, near-field hot-spot communication between a wide variety of various manufacturers wireless ground-position-indicating personal communication devices utilized within a zone in a structure and a further communication network outside of the zone, wherein the wireless ground-position-indicating personal communication devices of the wide variety of communication devices utilized within the zone has an RF radiative antenna, the system comprising:

at least one first antenna arranged within the zone of the structure arranged to communicate wirelessly by RF energy with at least one of the wide variety of various manufactures different wireless ground-position-indicating personal communication devices being communicatively utilized within the zone;

at least one signal transmission line arranged to communicate outside of the zone in the structure with other communication devices located outside of the zone;

a control unit arranged in the structure in a communications link between the at least one first antenna within the zone in the structure and the at least one signal transmission line arranged to communicate outside of the zone, the control unit enabled to be ground-position-indicatingly responsive to and simultaneously monitor the use of various wireless ground-position-indicating personal communication devices utilized within the zone and other communication devices located outside of the zone.

2. The system as recited in claim 1, where the control unit is mobile and is arranged to control wireless RF signals of ground-position-indicating personal communication devices utilized to communicate from within the zone, with communication devices located outside of the zone.

3. The system as recited in claim 1, where the control unit operates to regulate and filter RF use of any various and different manufacturers ground-position-indicating wireless personal communication device utilized within the zone while communicating with communication devices outside of the zone.

4. The system as recited in claim 1, where the at least one outside transmission line comprises an antenna which is arranged to communicate wirelessly with communication devices outside of the zone.

5. The system as recited in claim 4, wherein a communication device outside of the zone comprises a satellite.

6. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the wide variety of ground-position-indicating personal communication devices are selected from the group consisting of:

a cellular telephone, a computer, a facsimile machine and a ground position indicator device.

7. The system as recited in claim 6, wherein the wide variety of communication devices are portable.

8. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the wide variety of communication devices are pocket carryable.

9. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the system is a mobile system.

10. The system as recited in claim 1, wherein the zone is selected from the group consisting of:

a vehicle, an automobile, a building, a work space, a rectilinear area, a volume of space and a signal pickup space where an RF signal needs to be transmitted to and from.

11. A system for enabling wireless near-field communication between a wide variety of various manufacturers wireless ground-position-indicating personal communication devices within a zone and a further communication network, wherein each of the wireless ground-position-indicating personal communication devices in the wide variety of communication devices has a radiative antenna, the system comprising:

at least two first interconnected antennae arranged within the zone arranged to communicate wirelessly by RF energy with at least one of a wide variety of various manufacturers different wireless ground-position-indicating personal communication devices being communicatively utilized within the zone;

at least one signal transmission line arranged to communicate outside of the zone with other communication devices located outside of the zone;

a control unit arranged in a communications link between the at least two first antennae within the zone and the at least one signal transmission line arranged to communicate outside of the zone, the control unit enabled to be ground-position-indicatingly responsive to and simultaneously monitor the use of various manufacturers different wireless ground-position-indicating personal communication devices utilized within the zone and other communication devices located outside of the zone.

12. A method of using a mobile WiFi hotspot system in a zone by a plurality of different ground-position-indicating personal communication devices made by a variety of different personal communication device manufacturers, the method comprising:

connecting a mobile control unit between a first antenna arrangement located within the zone and a transmission line utilized to communicate RF signals to and from the zone with respect to communication devices outside of the zone, the mobile control unit enabled to monitor and regulate RF signals sent to and from any of the different ground-position-indicating personal communication devices made by a variety of personal communication device manufacturers utilized within the zone;

enabling transmission of RF signals wirelessly to and from any of the wide variety of ground-position-indicating personal communication devices utilized within the zone to at least one first antenna arranged within the zone for communication through the transmission line, with other communication devices outside of the zone.

13. The method of using a mobile WiFi hotspot system as recited in claim 12, wherein the transmission line is connected to at least one second antenna for communication with other communication devices outside of the zone.

14. The method of using a mobile WiFi hotspot system as recited in claim 13, wherein the other communication devices comprises a satellite.

15. The method of using a mobile WiFi hotspot system as recited in claim 12, wherein the first antenna arrangement comprises a plurality of antennae arranged within the zone.

16. The method of using a mobile WiFi hotspot system as recited in claim 12, wherein at least a portion of the zone is RF shielded.

17. The method of using a mobile WiFi hotspot system as recited in claim 12, wherein the mobile control unit is enabled to control amplification, filter and modulate RF signals sent to and from the wide variety of ground position-indicating personal communication devices being communicatively utilized within the zone.

18. The method of using a mobile WiFi hotspot system as recited in claim 12, wherein the zone selected from the group consisting of:

a vehicle, an automobile, an airplane, a building, a work space, a rectilinear area, a volume of space and a signal pickup space where an RF signal needs to be transmitted to and from.