Communications control between mobile device and peripheral device

• US 9,571,148 B2
• Filed: 11/24/2015
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitel Networks Incorporated (Mitel Networks Corporation)
• Original Assignee: ShorTel, Inc.
• Inventors: Olson, Timothy S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tu X
• Application Number:
  US14/950,100
• Publication Number:
  US 20160080021A1
• Time in Patent Office: 448 Days
• Field of Search: 455/569.1, 455/556.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3877 Arrangements for enabling portable transceivers to be used in a fixed position, e.g. cradles or boosters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/20 Manipulation of established connections

Abstract

A non-transitory computer-readable medium can include instructions for performing a method that includes docking a mobile device with a docking station using at least one physical connection and at least one wireless connection to provide communication between the mobile device and the docking station. One of the physical or wireless connections can be selected for providing a signaling channel for communication of signaling data between the mobile device and the docking station. Independently of the signaling channel, one of the physical or wireless connections can be selected for providing a media channel for communication of media data between the mobile device and the docking station.

Claims

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media that includes instructions executable by at least one processor, the instructions comprising:

a call control programmed to provide instructions to;

select at least one of a first media interface and a second media interface associated with a different respective access technology to communicate media data related to a media session between the mobile device and a network; and

control handover of the media session between the mobile device and the network from a cellular voice access technology to a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) access technology in response to connection data indicating that the mobile device is docked with a peripheral device; and

a connection control programmed to;

select a first connection from at least two different connections comprising a wired connection and a wireless connection to communicate the media data between the mobile device and the peripheral device in response to connection data indicating that the mobile device is docked with the peripheral device; and

select a second connection from the at least two different connections to communicate the media data between the mobile device and the peripheral device in response to the connection data indicating that the mobile device is docked with the peripheral device and based on media interface data indicating that the handover is being implemented from the cellular voice access technology to the VoIP access technology.

2. The one or more media of claim 1, wherein media data is communicated between the mobile device and the peripheral device via the wireless connection while the mobile device is docked with the peripheral device.

3. The one or more media of claim 2, wherein the media data corresponds to voice data associated with an active voice call.

4. The one or more media of claim 1, the connection control further comprising connection logic to generate the connection data identifying which of the at least two different connections is available for communication between the mobile device and the peripheral device when the mobile device is docked with the peripheral device.

5. The one or more media of claim 4, the connection control further comprising a signaling manager to control a signaling channel for communication of signaling data over a first connection of the at least two different connections between the mobile device and the peripheral device, the signaling manager selecting the first connection from the at least two connections based on the connection data.

6. The one or more media of claim 5, wherein media data, corresponding to voice data associated with an active voice call, is communicated between the mobile device and the peripheral device via a media channel,

the connection control further comprising a media manager to control the media channel for communication of the media data over the first connection of the at least two different connections between the mobile device and the peripheral device based on the connection data.

7. The one or more media of claim 6, wherein the signaling manager selects one of the at least two different connections for the signaling channel independently of which connection the media manager selects for the media channel.

8. The one or more media of claim 4, wherein the connection logic is programmed to prevent authentication of a wireless connection between the mobile device and the peripheral device for communication of the media data unless the mobile device is physically docked with the peripheral device.

9. The one or more media of claim 4, wherein the at least two different connections comprise a wireless connection and a physical connection, the wireless connection comprises a short range radio frequency communications technology and the physical connection comprises a multi-pin physical connection.

10. The one or more media of claim 1, the connection control further comprising a signaling manager to control a signaling channel for communication of signaling data over a physical connection between the mobile device and the peripheral device in response to the connection data indicating that the mobile device is docked with the peripheral device.

11. The one or more media of claim 10, wherein the connection control is further programmed to switch a media channel from a wireless connection to the physical connection in response to detecting loss of the wireless connection or in response to a user input.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium to store instructions for performing a method that comprises:

detecting a mobile device being docked with a docking station using at least one physical connection and at least one wireless connection between the mobile device and the docking station;

selecting at least one of a first media interface and a second media interface associated with a different respective access technology to communicate media data related to a media session between the mobile device and a network;

controlling handover of the media session between the mobile device and the network from a cellular voice access technology to a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) access technology in response to connection data indicating that the mobile device is docked with the docking station;

selecting one of the at least one detected physical or wireless connections to provide a signaling channel for communication of signaling data between the mobile device and the docking station;

selecting the at least one wireless connection to providing a media channel for communication of the media data between the mobile device and the docking station in response to the connection data indicating that the mobile device is docked with the docking station; and

selecting the at least one wired connection to communicate the media data between the mobile device and the peripheral device in response to the connection data indicating that the mobile device is docked with the peripheral device and based on the media interface data indicating that the handover is being implemented from the cellular voice access technology to the VoIP access technology.

13. The medium of claim 12, further comprising enabling one of the at least one physical connection and the at least one wireless connection in response to an activation message from the docking station in the signaling data provided via another of the at least one physical connection and the at least one wireless connection.

14. The medium of claim 12, further comprising an update component to send an update message via the signaling data to update instructions for communication between the mobile device and the docking station.

15. The medium of claim 12, wherein each of the selected at least one physical connection and the selected at least one wireless connection is authenticated to enable communication of both the signaling data and the media data between the mobile device and the docking station.

16. The medium of claim 12, further comprising communicating the media data and the signaling data over the same wireless connection simultaneously.

19. The medium of claim 12,

wherein the cellular voice access technology comprises one of a global system for mobile (GSM), code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA), general packet radio service (GPRS), enhanced data rates for GSM evolution (EDGE) and universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS);

and

wherein the VoIP access technology comprises one of WiFi and wireless metropolitan area network (WirelessMAN).

17. A system, comprising:

a mobile device comprising;

at least one wireless interface to communicate with a peripheral device using a wireless communications protocol;

at least one physical interface to communicate with the peripheral device using a physical communications protocol;

a connection control to select one of the at least one of wireless interface and the at least one physical interface for communicating signaling data over a signaling channel between the mobile device and the peripheral device,

the connection control further to select one of the at least one of wireless interface and the at least one-physical interface for communicating media data associated with a media session between the mobile device and a network over a media channel between the mobile device and the peripheral device in response to the connection data indicating that the mobile device is docked with the peripheral device;

the connection control further select another one of the at least one of the wireless interface and the at least one physical interface for communicating the media data between the mobile device and the peripheral device in response to the connection data indicating that the mobile device is docked with the peripheral device and based on media interface data indicating that a handover of the media session is being implemented from one access technology to another access technology, the connection control to establish and maintain a state of connection between the mobile device and the peripheral device for each of the signaling channel and the media channel; and

a call control programmed to provide instructions to select at least one of a first media interface and a second media interface associated with a different respective access technology to communicate the media data with the network;

wherein the peripheral device comprises a user input device to provide a user input command from the peripheral device via the signaling channel, the user input command encoding the user input command entered at the peripheral device to implement a media call.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the call control is further programmed to initiate handover of the media channel from a cellular voice access technology to a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) access technology in response to the signaling data indicating that the mobile device is physically docked with the peripheral device.