Enhanced information services using devices in short-range wireless networks

• US 8,532,031 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2012
• Issued: 09/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Jayapalan, Vijay, Chopra, Manvinder, Padmanabhan, Sundar
• Primary Examiner(s): RENNER, BRANDON M
• Application Number:
  US13/485,758
• Publication Number:
  US 20120236839A1
• Time in Patent Office: 467 Days
• Field of Search: 370331-338
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/40 for selective distribution or broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/10 Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/10 adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points

Abstract

A method is implemented by an access terminal associated with a wireless network. The method includes identifying content stored within a paired device in a short-range wireless network, initiating a voice session, over a wireless carrier network, with an information services provider, and initiating a data session, over the wireless carrier network, with a mobile user content server associated with the information services provider. The method also includes uploading a portion of the content stored within the paired device to the mobile user content server based on the initiated voice connection.

Claims

1. A mobile device comprising:

one or more processors to;

establish a voice connection with a first device associated with an information service provider,

establish a data connection with a server associated with the information service provider,

identify data, to be retrieved and sent via the data connection established by the one or more processors, based on a telephone number entered into the mobile device to establish the voice connection with the first device,

retrieve the data from a second device that is connected to the mobile device, and

send the data to the server via the data connection.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, where, when identifying the data, the one or more processors are to:

identify a type of service associated with the telephone number, and

identify the data, to be retrieved, based on the type of service.

3. The mobile device of claim 1, where the one or more processors are further to:

identify the second device within a short-range wireless network, and

establish a connection with the second device before establishing at least one of the voice connection or the data connection.

4. The mobile device of claim 1, where the establishing of the data connection is based on the establishing of the voice connection.

5. The mobile device of claim 1, where, when establishing the data connection, the one or more processors are to:

identify the server based on the telephone number, and

initiate the data connection, via a data network, with the server.

6. The mobile device of claim 1, where the one or more processors are further to:

transmit, via the voice connection, a request to the first device associated with the information service provider; and

receive, from the server and via the data connection, a response to the request.

7. The mobile device of claim 6, where the one or more processors are further to:

provide the response to the second device.

8. The mobile device of claim 1, where the mobile device is connected to the second device via a short-range wireless network.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a mobile device, cause the at least one processor to;

identify data, to be retrieved and transmitted, based on a telephone number entered into the mobile device to establish a connection with an information service provider;

retrieve the data from a device via a short-range wireless network; and

transmit, via a data network of a wireless carrier network, the data to a server associated with the information service provider.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

establish, before identifying the data, a voice connection, via a voice network of the wireless carrier network, with the information service provider by using the telephone number,

the connection being the voice connection.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

identify, based on the voice connection, the device, and

establish, based on the voice connection and via the data network of the wireless carrier network, a data connection to the server,

the data being transmitted to the server via the data connection.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10, where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

transmit, via the voice connection, a request to the information service provider;

receive, from the server and via the data network, a response to the request; and

transmit the response to the device.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, where the one or more instructions to identify the data include:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

identify a type of service associated with the telephone number, and

identify the data based on the type of service.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, where the instructions further comprise:

one or more instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

receive, from the server, a request that originates from the information service provider,

transmit the request to the device,

receive a response to the request from the device, and

transmit the response to the server.

15. A method comprising:

identifying, by a first device and based on a telephone number entered into the first device to establish a voice connection, data to be retrieved by the first device and sent via a data connection established by the first device;

retrieving, by the first device, the data from the second device; and

sending, by the first device, the data to a third device via the data connection.

16. The method of claim 15, where identifying the data includes:

identifying a service associated with the telephone number, and

identifying the data based on the service.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

identifying the second device within a short-range wireless network, and

establishing a short-range wireless connection with the second device before retrieving the data via the short-range wireless connection.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

establishing the voice connection, and

establishing the data connection based on the voice connection.

19. The method of claim 15,

where the data is retrieved via a short-range wireless network, and

where the data connection is established via a data network of a wireless carrier network.

20. The method of claim 15, where the voice connection is established via a voice network of the wireless carrier network.