System and method for establishing and maintaining a connection between devices

• US 9,326,228 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2013
• Issued: 04/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Hukkanen, Vesa Juhani
• Primary Examiner(s): Renner, Brandon
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ahmed, Abdullahi
• Application Number:
  US14/013,547
• Publication Number:
  US 20140003382A1
• Time in Patent Office: 971 Days
• Field of Search: 370/329, 709/227
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1063 Application servers providing network services systems providing special services to telephonic subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42229 Personal communication services, i.e. services related to one subscriber independent of his terminal and/or location diverting calls from one subscriber to another subscriber, i.e. two different subscriptions H04M3/54; selecting arrangements in intelligent networks H04Q3/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0057 Services where the data services network provides a telephone service in addition or as an alternative, e.g. for backup purposes, to the telephone service provided by the telephone services network
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/006 Networks other than PSTN/ISDN providing telephone service, e.g. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) , including next generation networks with a packet-switched transport layer H04L65/00 takes precedence; aspects not specific to the type of network H04M3/00; special services in those networks H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/30 by measured or perceived connection quality data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/304 due to measured or perceived resources with higher communication quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• 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 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

A system and method to establish and maintain a connection between devices, which in one example embodiment of a method, may comprise sending a request to establish a connection between a first communication device and a second communication device. A first connection between the first communication device and the second communication device is caused to be established via a data network. Based on the determination that quality of the first connection over the data network is low, causing a second connection to be established between the first communication device and the second communication device. Communication is shifted from the first connection to the second connection.

Claims

1. A tangible machine-readable storage device comprising instructions that, when executed by a hardware processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

sending a request, from a first communication device, to establish a first connection with a second communication device during a session;

causing the first connection to be established over a data network based on the request;

in response to a quality of the first connection over the data network being low, causing a second connection to be established;

shifting communication from the first connection to the second connection based on the quality of the first connection over the data network being low; and

dividing transmission of information during the session, the dividing comprising transmitting high capacity data via the first connection over the data network and transmitting low capacity data over a telecommunications network.

2. The tangible machine-readable storage device of claim 1, wherein the data network comprises a network for transporting packets.

3. The tangible machine-readable storage device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise monitoring the quality of the first connection over the data network.

4. The tangible machine-readable storage device of claim 1, wherein the causing the second connection to be established comprises causing the second connection to be established over the telecommunications network.

5. The tangible machine-readable storage device of claim 4, wherein the telecommunications network comprises a mobile network.

6. The tangible machine-readable storage device of claim 4, wherein the telecommunications network comprises a public switched telephone network.

7. The tangible machine-readable storage device of claim 1, wherein the causing the second connection to be established comprises causing the second connection to be established over a second data network.

8. The tangible machine-readable storage device of claim 1, wherein the

high capacity data comprises at least one of a picture, a large data file, or a file requiring high data integrity;

and

the low capacity data comprises a speech signal.

9. A method comprising:

sending a request, from a first communication device, to establish a first connection with a second communication device during a session;

causing the first connection to be established over a data network based on the request;

in response to a quality of the first connection over the data network being low, causing a second connection to be established;

shifting communication, using a hardware processor, from the first connection to the second connection based on the quality of the first connection over the data network being low; and

dividing transmission of information during the session, the dividing comprising transmitting high capacity data via the first connection over the data network and transmitting low capacity data over a telecommunications network.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the data network comprises a network for transporting packets.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise monitoring the quality of the first connection over the data network.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the causing the second connection to be established comprises causing the second connection to be established over the telecommunications network.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the telecommunications network comprises a mobile network.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the telecommunications network comprises a public switched telephone network.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the causing the second connection to be established comprises causing the second connection to be established over a second data network.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the

high capacity data comprises at least one of a picture, a large data file, or a file requiring high data integrity;

and

the low capacity data comprises a speech signal.

17. A system comprising:

a device having a hardware processor, the device to;

send a request, from a first communication device, to establish a first connection with a second communication device during the session;

cause the first connection to be established over a data network based on the request;

in response to a quality of the first connection over the data network being low, cause a second connection to be established;

shift communication, using the hardware processor, from the first connection to the second connection based on the quality of the first connection over the data network being low; and

divide transmission of information during the session by transmitting high capacity data via the first connection over the data network and transmitting low capacity data over a telecommunications network.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the device is further to monitor the quality of the first connection over the data network.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the second connection to be established is over the telecommunications network.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the second connection to be established is over a second data network.