Switching between connectivity types to maintain connectivity
First Claim
1. A method of switching between connectivity types for enabling communications between a mobile user device and a host, the method comprising:
- establishing a first communications session between the mobile user device and the host over a wireless broadband connection, the first communications session enabling an application of the mobile user device to render Internet content received over the wireless broadband connection;
detecting a communication failure in the wireless broadband connection;
automatically establishing, in response to detecting the communication failure in the wireless broadband connection, a second communications session between the mobile user device and the host over a wireless mobile network connection, which is different in connectivity type from the wireless broadband connection; and
leveraging the second communications session over the wireless mobile network connection to enable the application of the mobile user device to continue rendering Internet content despite the communication failure, using Internet content received over the wireless mobile network connection.
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for leveraging narrowband connectivity (such as dial-up communications or other types of low bandwidth communications) to provision or configure broadband connectivity between a broadband access provider and a broadband device, such as a DSL modem or a cable modem. Specifically, because narrowband connectivity does not require advance configuration or provisioning by the host system of connectivity parameters for an access-seeking device, a modem at an access-seeking device may be leveraged to establish a narrowband connection between that device and a host system and to enable an exchange or negotiation of connectivity parameters necessary to enable future broadband connectivity. Thus, once established, the narrowband connection may be used as a conduit for communicating required provisioning information between the broadband-enabling host and the access-seeking device to enable broadband connectivity by the device in the future.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of switching between connectivity types for enabling communications between a mobile user device and a host, the method comprising:
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establishing a first communications session between the mobile user device and the host over a wireless broadband connection, the first communications session enabling an application of the mobile user device to render Internet content received over the wireless broadband connection; detecting a communication failure in the wireless broadband connection; automatically establishing, in response to detecting the communication failure in the wireless broadband connection, a second communications session between the mobile user device and the host over a wireless mobile network connection, which is different in connectivity type from the wireless broadband connection; and leveraging the second communications session over the wireless mobile network connection to enable the application of the mobile user device to continue rendering Internet content despite the communication failure, using Internet content received over the wireless mobile network connection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A tangible computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a computer program configured to enable communications between a mobile user device and a host, the computer program comprising one or more code segments that, when executed, cause a mobile user device processor to:
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establish a first communications session between the mobile user device and the host over a wireless broadband connection, the first communications session enabling an application of the mobile user device to render Internet content received over the wireless broadband connection; detect a communication failure in the wireless broadband connection; automatically establish, in response to detecting the communication failure in the wireless broadband connection, a second communications session between the mobile user device and the host over a wireless mobile network connection, which is different in connectivity type from the wireless broadband connection; and leverage the second communications session over the wireless mobile network connection to enable the application of the mobile user device to continue rendering Internet content despite the communication failure, using Internet content received over the wireless mobile network connection.
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20. A mobile user device configured to switch between connectivity types for enabling communications with a host, the mobile device comprising a processor connected to a storage device and one or more input/output devices, wherein the processor is configured to:
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establish a first communications session between the mobile user device and the host over a wireless broadband connection, the first communications session enabling an application of the mobile user device to render Internet content received over the wireless broadband connection; detect a communication failure in the wireless broadband connection; automatically establish, in response to detecting the communication failure in the wireless broadband connection, a second communications session between the mobile user device and the host over a wireless mobile network connection, which is different in connectivity type from the wireless broadband connection; and leverage the second communications session over the wireless telephone network connection to enable the application of the mobile user device to continue rendering Internet content despite the communication failure, using Internet content received over the wireless mobile network connection.
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