Enhanced information services using devices in short-range wireless networks

• US 9,014,163 B2
• Filed: 08/07/2013
• Issued: 04/21/2015
• 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:
  US13/960,928
• Publication Number:
  US 20130324188A1
• Time in Patent Office: 622 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/338
• 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 method comprising:

receiving, by a server and from a mobile device, predicted data that is predicted by the mobile device to be required by a computing device;

receiving, by the server and from the computing device, a request for particular data from a device connected to the mobile device via a short-range wireless network;

determining, by the server, that the predicted data does not include the particular data;

transmitting, by the server, the request to the mobile device after determining that the predicted data does not include the particular data;

receiving, by the server and based on the request, the particular data from the mobile device;

generating, by the server, a reply based on the particular data; and

transmitting, by the server, the reply to the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1,

where receiving the request includes:

receiving the request via a first network,

where transmitting the reply includes;

transmitting the reply via a second network, and

where the first network is different from the second network.

3. The method of claim 1, where the predicted data includes at least one of:

location information,

destination information,

route information, or

a particular period of time associated with the device connected to the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the computing device, a data response to a data request from the mobile device,

the data response including information for the device connected to the mobile device; and

transmitting the data response to the mobile device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

establishing a data connection with the mobile device after the mobile device establishes a voice connection with an entity associated with the computing device.

6. The method of claim 1, where the predicted data is based on a telephone number of an entity associated with the computing device.

7. A server comprising:

one or more processors to;

receive, from a mobile device, predicted data that is predicted by the mobile device to be required by a computing device,

the predicted data being from a device connected to the mobile device via a short-range wireless network;

receive a request from the computing device;

generate, based on the request, a reply that includes at least a portion of the predicted data;

transmit the reply to the computing device;

receive, from the computing device, another request for particular data from the device connected to the mobile device via the short-range wireless network;

transmit the other request to the mobile device;

receive, from the mobile device, a response that includes the particular data; and

transmit the particular data to the computing device.

8. The server of claim 7,

where the request is for other data, and

where, when generating the reply, the one or more processors are to:

determine, based on the request, that the portion of the predicted data includes the other data, and

generate the reply after determining that the portion of the predicted data includes the other data.

9. The server of claim 7, where, when transmitting the other request to the mobile device, the one or more processors are to:

determine, based on the other request, that the predicted data does not include the particular data; and

transmit the other request to the mobile device after determining that the predicted data does not include the particular data.

10. The server of claim 7, where the one or more processors are further to:

establish a data connection with the mobile device,

a voice connection being established between the mobile device and an entity associated with the computing device.

11. The server of claim 7, where the predicted data is based on a telephone number of an entity associated with the computing device.

12. The server of claim 7, where the one or more processors are further to:

receive particular information requested by a user of the mobile device via a voice connection, and

transmit the particular information to the mobile device.

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

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

receive, from a mobile device and via a data connection, predicted data;

receive, from a computing device, a request for particular data;

determine that the predicted data does not include the particular data;

transmit the request to the mobile device based on determining that the predicted data does not include the particular data;

receive, from the mobile device, a response that includes the particular data after transmitting the request to the mobile device;

generate a reply based on the particular data; and

transmit the reply to the computing device.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, where the predicted data is from a device connected to the mobile device via a short-range wireless network.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, 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 computing device, particular information requested by a user of the mobile device via the voice connection, and

transmit the particular information to the mobile device.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, where the particular information is for a device connected to the mobile device via a short-range wireless network.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, 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 the data connection with the mobile device after the mobile device establishes a voice connection with an entity associated with the computing device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, where the predicted data is based on a voice connection between the mobile device and an entity associated with the computing device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, 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 computing device, another request for other data;

determine that the predicted data includes the other data;

generate another reply based on a portion of the predicted data that includes the other data; and

transmit the other reply to the computing device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13, where the particular data is from the device connected to the mobile device via the short-range wireless network.