Wifi hotspot arrangement

• US 8,571,610 B2
• Filed: 12/14/2011
• Issued: 10/29/2013
• 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): SHARMA, SUJATHA R
• Application Number:
  US13/374,176
• Publication Number:
  US 20120164973A1
• Time in Patent Office: 685 Days
• Field of Search: 455/90.3, 455/575.1, 455/575.5, 455/575.7, 455/106, 455/405, 455/406, 455/569.1, 455/569.2, 455/117, 455/128, 455/129, 455/347, 455/351, 455/7, 455/9, 343/702, 343/703, 343/720, 343 84- 1
• US Class Current: 455/575.1
• 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 zone effective ground-position-responsive wifi hotspot system comprising a first antenna arranged within a zone, responsive to any of a wide variety of various manufacturers different wireless ground-position-indicative RF communication devices, a transmission line for transmitting RF signals to and from the wide variety of various manufacturers different ground-position-indicative RF communication devices utilized within the zone, and a control unit arranged in a link between the first antenna arranged within the zone, and the transmission line, the control unit enabled to be responsive to a variety of different wireless ground-position-indicative RF communication devices, to enable controlled wireless RF communication to and from the zone.

Claims

1. An electronic communication control system for interacting with and enabling the billing for the use of any of a wide variety of different manufacturers ground position indicative personal communication devices within a zone of a vehicle, wherein the wide variety of personal communication devices each have a radiative antenna, the system comprising:

at least one first antenna arranged within the zone, the first antenna arranged to transmit RF signals to and receive RF signals from the radiative antenna of any of a wide-variety-of-different-manufacturers-ground-position-indicative personal communication device utilized within the zone;

a wide-variety-of-different-manufacturers-ground-position-indicative-personal-communication-devices responsive control computer arranged in signal monitoring and control communication with the at least one first antenna arranged within the zone, the wide-variety-of-different-manufacturers-ground-position-indicative-personal-communication-devices responsive control computer arranged to monitor, control and enable billing for communicative use of any of the wide variety of different manufacturers ground position indicative personal communication devices utilized within the zone; and

a signal transmission line arranged in signal communication with the wide-variety-of-different-manufacturers-personal-communication-devices control computer, which transmission line is arranged to enable and transmit signal communication through the wide-variety-of-different-manufacturers-personal-communication-devices control computer to and from any of the any of a wide variety of personal communication devices utilized within the zone and with a communications network outside of the zone.

2. The electronic control system as recited in claim 1, wherein the electronic control system is mobile.

3. The electronic communication control system as recited in claim 1, wherein the signal transmission line is connected to a second antenna.

4. The electronic communication control system as recited in claim 1, wherein the signal transmission is a radio frequency electromagnetic signal.

5. The electronic communication control system as recited in claim 1, wherein the zone is selected from a group a room in a building, a desk, a vehicle, a cab, a volume, an automobile, a desk, an elevator, an airplane, a public facility, a mat, an RF restricted environment, and wherever signal transmission to and from any of a wide variety of personal communication devices is needed.

6. The electronic communication control system as recited in claim 1, wherein the electronic control system is portable.

7. The electronic communication control system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the zone is RF shielded.

8. The electronic communication control system as recited in claim 1, wherein any of the wide-variety-of-personal-communication-devices utilized within the zone is selected from the group comprised of a cellular phone, a computer, a facsimile machine and a ground position indicating device.

9. The electronic communication control system as recited in claim 1, wherein the wide-variety-of-personal-communication-devices control computer is arranged to filter signals sent to and received from any wide-variety-of-personal-communication-device utilized within the zone.

10. A mobile electronic communication control system for interacting with, filtering signals sent to and from, and enabling the billing for the use of any of a wide variety of ground-position-indicative personal communication devices within a zone, the wide variety of personal communication devices each having a radiative antenna, the system comprising:

at least one first antenna arranged within the zone, the first antenna arranged to transmit RF signals to and receive RF signals from the radiative antenna of a ground position indicative personal communication device utilized within the zone;

a wide-variety-of-ground-position-indicative-personal-communication-devices responsive control computer arranged in signal monitoring and control communication with the at least one first antenna arranged within the zone, the wide-variety-of-ground-position-indicative-personal-communication-devices responsive control computer arranged to monitor;

control, filter signals to and from, and enable billing for any communicative use of any of the wide variety of ground-position-indicative personal communication devices utilized within the zone; and

a signal transmission line arranged in signal communication with the wide-variety-of-personal-communication-devices control computer, which transmission line is arranged to transmit signals through the wide-variety-of-personal-communication-devices control computer to and from any of the any of a wide variety of personal communication devices utilized within the zone.

11. A mobile zone effective ground-position-responsive wifi hotspot system comprising:

a first antenna arranged within a zone, responsive to any of a wide variety of various manufacturers different wireless pocket-carryable ground-position-indicative RF communication devices;

a transmission line for transmitting RF signals to and from the wide variety of various manufacturers different ground-position-indicative RF communication devices utilized within the zone;

a control unit arranged in a link between the first antenna arranged within the zone, and the transmission line, the control unit enabled to be responsive to a variety of different wireless pocket-carryable ground-position-indicative RF communication devices, to enable controlled wireless RF communication to and from the zone.

12. The zone effective ground-position-responsive wifi hotspot system as recited in claim 11, wherein the zone is at least partially shielded.

13. The zone effective ground-position-responsive wifi hotspot system as recited in claim 11, wherein the system is portable.

14. The zone effective ground-position-responsive wifi hotspot system as recited in claim 11, wherein the control unit is arranged to simultaneously handle a plurality of a wide variety of different wireless communication devices utilized within the zone.

15. The zone effective ground-position-responsive wifi hotspot system as recited in claim 11, wherein the zone is selected from a group consisting of:

a building, an automobile vehicle, a vehicle, an airplane, a desk, and a volume where an RF signal needs to be transmitted to and from.

16. The zone effective ground-position-responsive wifi hotspot system as recited in claim 11, wherein the control unit is arranged to control the amplification of signals transmitted to and from any of a wide variety of different personal communication device utilized within the zone and the transmission line.

17. The zone effective ground-position-responsive wifi hotspot system as recited in claim 11, wherein the control unit includes a multi-ground position location indication device-responsive arrangement therewith.

18. The zone effective ground-position-responsive wifi hotspot system as recited in claim 11, wherein the WiFi hotspot is adaptable to an automobile, a plane, a building, rooms, a desk, a mat, elevator, rectilinear area, volume, or anywhere an rf signal is needed by one or more multiple users of personal RF communication devices.

19. The zone effective ground-position-responsive WiFi hotspot system as recited in claim 11, wherein the transmission line comprises an antenna.