Cost-effective mobile connectivity protocols

• US 8,965,288 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2012
• Issued: 02/24/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Barnes, Philip Lionel, Chin, Hon Wah, Davidson, Howard L., Hyde, Roderick A., Ishikawa, Muriel Y., Kare, Jordin T., Lee, Brian, Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Mundie, Craig J., Myhrvold, Nathan P., Pasch, Nicholas F., Rudder, Eric D., Tegreene, Clarence T., Tremblay, Marc, Tuckerman, David B., Whitmer, Charles, Wood, Lowell L. Jr., Hallman, Kimberly D. A.
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, THANH C
• Application Number:
  US13/731,952
• Publication Number:
  US 20140187161A1
• Time in Patent Office: 785 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.1, 455/41.2, 455/421, 455/422.1, 455/434, 455/456.1, 455/456.2, 455/457, 455/461, 455/550.1, 455/575.1
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 at least one of which is mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/033 of the user plane, e.g. user's traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

Structures and protocols are presented for signaling a status or decision concerning a wireless service or device within a region to a network participant or other communication device (smartphone or motor vehicle, e.g.).

Claims

1. A communication management system comprising:

one or more articles of manufacture including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for obtaining a Boolean indication of whether or not a first device exceeded a wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within a recent time interval, the recent time interval being less than an hour; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling an availability to participate in a bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on a Boolean indication of the first device being within a wireless communication range of a second device.

2. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the first device comprising an antenna that transmits the Boolean indication of whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval.

3. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the first device comprising a smartphone or comprising a tablet computer.

4. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the first device comprising an integrated circuit chip or comprising a motor vehicle.

5. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the first device configured to signal a decision whether or not to indicate a wireless communication service provided within a region by a third device as a response to an indication from a fourth device of the wireless communication service being operative within the region, the region not intersecting the wireless communication range of the second device.

6. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the first device configured to display at least some of a map that includes a cost-indicative service boundary relating to a prospective interpersonal communication between the first device and a third device.

7. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the first device including a microphone configured to generate the user data from a vocalization.

8. The communication management system of claim 1, the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device, comprising:

one or more electrical nodes, the Boolean indication of whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval being manifested as an arrangement of one or more voltage levels on the one or more electrical nodes.

9. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the second device comprising a subsystem of a mesh network.

10. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the first device including a speaker configured to generate an audible indication of whether or not a third device is available to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication at least partly based on an indication of the third device being within a wireless communication range of a fourth device.

11. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the one or more articles of manufacture being configured not to express data indicating a geographic position of any of the one or more articles of manufacture.

12. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the first device including the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device.

13. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a data component of a wireless signal to be processed by a special-purpose module in a handheld device as an automatic and conditional response to a thermal state of a temperature sensor in the handheld device, the handheld device being the first device.

14. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a data component of a wireless signal to be processed by a special-purpose module in a mobile device as an automatic and conditional response to a control component of the wireless signal, the mobile device being the first device.

15. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing first content of a wireless signal to pass either through a first memory of a particular device or through a second memory of the particular device selected as an automatic and conditional response to whether or not second content of the wireless signal satisfies a first criterion, the particular device being the first device.

16. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a mobile device that includes a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) to receive a configuration component of a first wireless signal, the configuration component causing the FPGA to implement a sorting module, the mobile device being the first device; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing the sorting module to process a data component of a second wireless signal after the configuration component of the first wireless signal causes the FPGA to implement the sorting module.

17. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a mobile device that includes a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) to receive a configuration component of a first wireless signal, the configuration component causing the FPGA to implement a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) module; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing the FFT module to process a data component of a second wireless signal after the configuration component of the first wireless signal causes the FPGA to implement the FFT module, the mobile device being the first device.

18. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a configurable core in a first core operating mode to draw from a first data queue of a particular device, the particular device being the first device; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision whether or not to cause the configurable core to draw from the first data queue of the particular device in a second core operating mode as an automatic and conditional response to an indication of a data volume of the first data queue crossing a volume threshold.

19. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a configurable core in a first core operating mode to draw from a first data queue of a particular device, the particular device being the first device; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision whether or not to cause the configurable core to draw from the first data queue of the particular device in a second core operating mode as an automatic and conditional response to a thermal state of a temperature sensor in the particular device.

20. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a configurable core in a first core operating mode to draw from a first data queue of a particular device, the particular device being the first device; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision whether or not to cause the configurable core to draw from the first data queue of the particular device in a second core operating mode as an automatic and conditional response to a charging state of a battery in the particular device.

21. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision of how much user data to transmit via a first communication channel from the first device while a remainder of the user data is transmitted via a second communication channel from the first device.

22. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision whether or not to adjust a latency threshold for user data from the first device.

23. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for comparing a data block delivery failure rate associated with the bidirectional interpersonal communication against a failure rate threshold.

24. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a result to a user via a third device, the result being the Boolean indication of whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval.

25. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for transmitting user data from the first device via an ad hoc network that includes the second device.

26. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for displaying via a mobile device at least some of a map that depicts a cost-indicative service boundary relating to a prospective intercommunication, the mobile device being the first device.

29. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device, including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision whether or not to adjust a latency threshold for user data from the first device;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a first core to draw from a first data queue of a mobile device, the mobile device being the first device;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision whether or not to cause a second core to draw from the first data queue of the mobile device as an automatic and conditional response to an indication of a data volume of the first data queue crossing a backlog threshold; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for implementing a specific positional model to represent both an isotropic radiator and an anisotropic radiator.

30. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device, including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a mobile device that includes a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) to receive a configuration component of a first wireless signal, the configuration component causing the FPGA to implement a sorting module, the mobile device being the first device, the first device having a first data queue and a second data queue;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing the sorting module to process a data component of a second wireless signal after the configuration component of the first wireless signal causes the FPGA to implement the sorting module;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a data component of the second wireless signal to be processed by a special-purpose module in the mobile device as an automatic and conditional response to a control component of the second wireless signal;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a configurable core in a first core operating mode to draw from the first data queue of the first device; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision whether or not to cause the configurable core to draw from the first data queue of the first device in a second core operating mode as an automatic and conditional response to a charging state of a battery in the first device.

34. The communication management system of claim 1, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the transistor-based circuitry having the event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device, including

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for incrementally decreasing a dataflow through a wireless communication channel;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a mobile device that includes a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) to receive a configuration component of a first wireless signal, the configuration component causing the FPGA to implement a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) module;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing the FFT module to process a data component of a second wireless signal after the configuration component of the first wireless signal causes the FPGA to implement the FFT module, the mobile device being the first device;

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for causing a data component of the second wireless signal to be processed by a special-purpose module in the first device as an automatic and conditional response to a charging state of a battery in the first device; and

transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling a decision of how much user data to transmit via a first communication channel from the first device while a remainder of the user data is transmitted via a second communication channel from the first device.

27. A communication management system comprising:

one or more articles of manufacture including

means for obtaining a Boolean indication of whether or not a first device exceeded a wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within a recent time interval, the recent time interval being less than an hour; and

means for signaling an availability to participate in a bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on a Boolean indication of the first device being within a wireless communication range of a second device.

28. The communication management system of claim 27, the one or more articles of manufacture comprising:

the means for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device including

means for causing a configurable core in a first core operating mode to draw from a first data queue of a particular device, the particular device being the first device, and for signaling a decision whether or not to cause the configurable core to draw from the first data queue of the particular device in a second core operating mode as an automatic and conditional response to an indication of a data volume of the first data queue crossing a volume threshold.

31. A communication management method comprising:

obtaining a Boolean indication of whether or not a first device exceeded a wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within a recent time interval, the recent time interval being less than an hour; and

invoking transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling an availability to participate in a bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on a Boolean indication of the first device being within a wireless communication range of a second device.

32. The communication management method of claim 31 further comprising:

the invoking transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device including

causing a data component of a wireless signal to be processed by a special-purpose module in a handheld device as an automatic and conditional response to a thermal state of a temperature sensor in the handheld device, the handheld device being the first device.

33. The communication management method of claim 31 further comprising:

the invoking transistor-based circuitry having an event-sequencing structure configured for signaling the availability to participate in the bidirectional interpersonal communication conditionally, partly based on the Boolean indication whether or not the first device exceeded the wireless service boundary crossing rate threshold within the recent time interval and partly based on the Boolean indication of the first device being within the wireless communication range of the second device including

causing a mobile device that includes a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) to receive a configuration component of a first wireless signal, the configuration component causing the FPGA to implement a sorting module, the mobile device being the first device; and

causing the sorting module to process a data component of a second wireless signal after the configuration component of the first wireless signal causes the FPGA to implement the sorting module.