Wireless internet access with enhanced bandwidth capabilities

• US 9,538,386 B2
• Filed: 10/01/2012
• Issued: 01/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert C. Yen
• Original Assignee: Robert C. Yen
• Inventors: Yen, Robert C.
• Primary Examiner(s): WILLIAMS, JENEE LAUREN
• Application Number:
  US13/632,818
• Publication Number:
  US 20140092818A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,555 Days
• Field of Search: 370/228, 370/229, 370/338, 370351-356, 370/238, 370/331
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/06 Hybrid resource partitioning, e.g. channel borrowing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/16 Central resource management; Negotiation of resources or communication parameters, e.g. negotiating bandwidth or QoS [Quality of Service]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0453 Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/27 between access points
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/52 based on load

Abstract

Techniques for efficiently and economically providing data transfer through wireless data networks. These techniques are particularly suitable for Internet data transfers. In one aspect, mobile devices are able to be allocated additional wireless channels to obtain increased data transfer capabilities. The additional wireless channels can be used for unicast, multicast or broadcast of data. These techniques provide additional wireless bandwidth to mobile devices and allows control over allocation of the additional wireless bandwidth.

Claims

1. A system for transmitting data from servers through a wireless data network to wireless clients, each of the wireless clients having an assigned wireless data channel allocated thereto, said system comprising:

a wireless Internet Service Provider center coupled to the wireless data network and a wired data network, the wireless data network utilizing a plurality of base stations located at geographically distinct areas; and

a plurality of banks of additional wireless devices, each of the additional wireless devices being capable of providing at least one additional wireless data channel to wireless Internet Service Provider via the wireless data network,

wherein, when one or more of the wireless clients have a need for greater wireless bandwidth, one or more of the additional wireless data channels from one or more of the additional wireless devices in one or more of the banks are able to be temporarily allocated to the one or more of the wireless clients,

wherein the wireless clients comprise programmable receivers, and wherein the programmable receivers are able to be programmed to one or more of the additional wireless data channels,

wherein said system further comprises;

a channel manager operatively connected to one or more of banks of additional wireless devices to control allocation of the additional wireless data channels associated with the one or more of banks,

wherein channel manager communicates with at least one of banks to allocate at least one of the additional wireless data channels for processing a particular data transfer to at least one of the wireless clients, and

wherein said system further operates to inform the at least one of the wireless clients of the at least one of the additional wireless data channels being allocated.

2. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein each of banks are located in a different one of the geographically distinct areas.

3. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the wired data network includes at least a portion of a global computer network.

4. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system sends one or more channel identifiers to the at least one of the wireless clients, the one or more channel identifiers uniquely identify the at least one of the additional wireless data channels being allocated.

5. A system as recited in claim 4, wherein the at least one of the wireless clients receiving the one or more channel identifiers operates to configure the corresponding programmable receiver of the at least one of the wireless clients in accordance with the one or more channel identifiers.

6. A system as recited in claim 4, wherein data is transmitted from at least one of the servers to the at least one of the wireless clients using the at least one of the additional wireless data channels.

7. A system as recited in claim 6, wherein said system sends the data at least in part using multicast transmissions.

8. A system as recited in claim 6, wherein the data being transmitted over the at least one of the additional wireless data channels from at least one of the servers to the at least one of the wireless clients includes only a portion of a webpage.

9. A system as recited in claim 8, wherein the portion of the webpage is an advertisement.

10. A system as recited in claim 4, wherein said system sends channel deallocation information to the at least one of the wireless clients.

11. A system as recited in claim 10, wherein in response to the channel deallocation information, the corresponding programmable receiver of the at least one of the wireless clients is programmed to discontinue its use of the one or more additional wireless data channels previously being allocated.

12. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein each of the one or more additional wireless data channels are used to transmit a different portion of a resource to the one or more of the wireless clients.

13. A system as recited in claim 12, wherein the resource is a webpage.

14. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein data is transmitted from at least one of the servers to the at least one of the wireless clients using the at least one of the additional wireless data channels.

15. A system as recited in claim 14, wherein said system sends the data at least in part using multicast transmissions.

16. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein said system sends channel deallocation information to the at least one of the wireless clients.

17. A system as recited in claim 16, wherein in response to the channel deallocation information, the corresponding programmable receiver of the at least one of the wireless clients is programmed to discontinue its use of the one or more additional wireless data channels previously being allocated.

18. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the channel manager accesses a table that associates channel identification numbers with the wireless clients.

19. A system as recited in claim 1, wherein the channel manager accesses a table that associates channel identification numbers with the wireless clients within a given cell area of the corresponding base station.

20. A system as recited in claim 1,

wherein each of the one or more additional wireless data channels are used to transmits a different portion of a resource to the one or more of the wireless clients,

wherein data for a first part of a resource is transmitted from at least one of the servers to the at least one of the wireless clients using a first of the at least one of the additional wireless data channels,

wherein data for a second part of the resource is transmitted from at least one of the servers to the at least one of the wireless clients using a second of the at least one of the additional wireless data channels, and

wherein after the resource has been transmitted, said system sends channel deallocation information to the at least one of the wireless clients to deactivate its temporary allocation of its use of the first and second of the at least one of the additional wireless data channels.