Device, system and method of wirelessly delivering content

• US 9,384,331 B2
• Filed: 04/28/2011
• Issued: 07/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Shirron, Etan, Weisblum, Yossi
• Primary Examiner(s): Qayyum, Zeshan
• Application Number:
  US13/096,190
• Publication Number:
  US 20120278192A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,895 Days
• Field of Search: 705/56
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/10 Protecting distributed programs or content, e.g. vending or licensing of copyrighted material protection in video systems or pay television H04N7/16 ; Digital rights management [DRM]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/123 Shopping for digital content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/306 using TV related infrastructures external card used for payment with client device H04N21/4185
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3278 RFID or NFC payments by means of M-devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication

Abstract

Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of wirelessly delivering content. For example, a method may include receiving at a first wireless communication device a request from a second wireless communication device via a first communication link of a first wireless communication protocol having a first coverage range, the request indicating requested content to be transferred from the first wireless communication device to the second wireless communication device; transmitting over the first communication link a session-handoff message from the first wireless communication device to the second wireless communication device, the session-handoff message including one or more link-related parameters defining a second wireless communication link of a second wireless communication protocol having a second coverage range, which is greater than the first coverage range; and transmitting the requested content from the first wireless communication device to the second wireless communication device over the second wireless communication link.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

initializing by a first wireless communication module of a first wireless communication device a session with a second wireless communication device via a first wireless communication link of a first wireless communication protocol having a first coverage range;

communicating by said first wireless communication module with said second wireless communication device over said first wireless communication link by utilizing one or more session keys;

receiving by the first wireless communication module a request indicating requested content, and one or more device-configuration parameters from said second wireless communication device via said first wireless communication link;

determining by the first wireless communication module that said requested content is to be provided to said second wireless communication device based on said device-configuration parameters;

receiving by the first wireless communication module billing data from said second wireless communication device over the first wireless communication link;

handing off, by the first wireless communication module, the session from said first wireless communication link to a second wireless communication link of a second wireless communication protocol having a second coverage range by transmitting a session-handoff message to the second wireless communication device;

transferring by the first wireless communication module of the first wireless communication device the one or more session keys to a second wireless communication module of the first wireless communication device;

transmitting by the second wireless communication module said requested content to said second wireless communication device over said second wireless communication link;

securing by the second wireless communication module communication with the second wireless communication device over said second wireless communication link by using the one or more session keys;

verifying by the first wireless communication device that said requested content has been successfully delivered to said second wireless communication device over said second wireless communication link; and

authorizing by the first wireless communication device a payment using said billing data based on said verifying.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the device-configuration parameters comprise at least one processing-configuration parameter indicating a capability of said second wireless communication device to process said requested content, the method comprising:

determining a version of said requested content to be provided to said second wireless communication device based on said at least one processing-configuration parameter; and

transmitting the determined version of said requested content from the second wireless communication module of said first wireless communication device to said second wireless communication device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the device-configuration parameters comprise at least one communication-configuration parameter indicating a capability of said second wireless communication device to communicate according to the second wireless communication protocol, the method comprising:

determining one or more link-related parameters of said second wireless communication link based on said communication configuration parameter.

4. The method of claim 1 comprising canceling said payment if said requested content has not been successfully delivered to said second wireless communication device over said second wireless communication link.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein said at least one processing-configuration parameter relates to at least one attribute selected from the group consisting of a buffering capability of said second wireless communication device, a write-speed capability of said second wireless communication device, a display capability of said second wireless communication device, free memory space of said second wireless communication device, and a power level of said second wireless communication device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving said request comprises receiving said request via a tapping of said second wireless communication device on said first wireless communication device, and wherein the method comprises automatically performing, in response to said tapping, the receiving of said device-configuration parameters, the transmitting of said session-handoff-message, and the transmitting of said requested content.

7. The method of claim 1 comprising, during at least part of the transmitting of said requested content over said second wireless communication link:

receiving another request for content from another device via another communication link of said first wireless communication protocol.

8. The method of claim 1 comprising:

monitoring at said first wireless communication device interference levels of a plurality of wireless communication channels; and

based on said interference levels selecting from said plurality of wireless communication channels a wireless communication channel for said second wireless communication link.

9. The method of claim 3, wherein said link-related parameters include at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of a frequency channel parameter, a modulation type parameter, a media-access-control parameter, a security parameter, and a beamforming parameter related to said second wireless communication link.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said first wireless communication link comprises a Near-Field-communication (NFC) link.

11. An apparatus comprising:

a first wireless communication device including;

one or more antennas;

one or more processors; and

a memory having stored thereon instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the first wireless communication device to perform operations comprising;

initializing by a first wireless communication module of the first wireless communication device a session with a second wireless communication device via a first wireless communication link of a first wireless communication protocol having a first coverage range;

communicating by said first wireless communication module with said second wireless communication device over said first wireless communication link by utilizing one or more session keys;

receiving by the first wireless communication module a request indicating requested content, and one or more device-configuration parameters from said second wireless communication device via said first wireless communication link;

determining by the first wireless communication module that said requested content is to be provided to said second wireless communication device based on said device-configuration parameters;

receiving by the first wireless communication module billing data from said second wireless communication device over the first wireless communication link;

handing off, by the first wireless communication module, the session from said first wireless communication link to a second wireless communication link of a second wireless communication protocol having a second coverage range by transmitting a session-handoff message to the second wireless communication device;

transferring by the first wireless communication module of the first wireless communication device the one or more session keys to a second wireless communication module of the first wireless communication device;

transmitting by the second wireless communication module said requested content to said second wireless communication device over said second wireless communication link;

securing by the second wireless communication module communication with the second wireless communication device over said second wireless communication link by using the one or more session keys;

verifying by the first wireless communication device that said requested content has been successfully delivered to said second wireless communication device over said second wireless communication link; and

authorizing by the first wireless communication device a payment using said billing data based on said verifying.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the device-configuration parameters comprise at least one processing-configuration parameter indicating a capability of said second wireless communication device to process said requested content, said apparatus is to operations comprising determining a version of said requested content to be provided to said second wireless communication device based on said at least one processing-configuration parameter, and transmitting by said second wireless communication module the determined version of said requested content.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the device-configuration parameters comprise at least one communication-configuration parameter indicating a capability of said second wireless communication device to communicate according to the second wireless communication protocol, the operations comprising determining one or more link-related parameters of said second wireless communication link based on said communication configuration parameter.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the operations comprise cancelling said payment if said requested content has not been successfully delivered to said second wireless communication device over said second wireless communication link.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the operations comprise receiving by said first wireless communication module a request from another device during at least part of the transmitting of said requested content over said second wireless communication link.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein said link-related parameters include at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of a frequency channel parameter, a modulation type parameter, a media-access-control parameter, a security parameter, and a beamforming parameter related to said wireless communication link.

17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said first wireless communication link comprises a Near-Field-communication (NFC) link.