Protocols for facilitating broader access in wireless communications by conditionally authorizing a charge to an account of a third party

• US 9,596,584 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2013
• Issued: 03/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Hyde, Roderick A., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Reudink, Douglas O., Tegreene, Clarence T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gonzalez, Amancio
• Application Number:
  US14/069,071
• Publication Number:
  US 20140273939A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,230 Days
• Field of Search: 455/406
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1475 the splitting involving a third party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/09 Third party charged communications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

Structures and protocols are presented for signaling a status or decision concerning a wireless service or device within a region to a communication device (smartphone or wearable device, e.g.) or other wireless communication participant (motor vehicle having a wireless communication capability, e.g.).

Claims

1. A communication management system for facilitating an affiliation-dependent mobile device of a first party communicating via equipment of a second party, the communication management system comprising:

one or more articles of manufacture including

a first transistor-based circuit configured to obtain an association between a third party and a third party communication device, the first transistor-based circuit including an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests an identification of the third party communication device;

a second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to a communication from an affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing a charge to an account of the third party automatically and conditionally, partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using a wireless linkage and partly based on an evaluation protocol accepting a credential relating to the communication, the affiliation-dependent mobile device being at least one of an unsubscribed mobile device or a formerly-subscribed mobile device or a formerly-charged mobile device; and

a third transistor-based circuit configured to implement the evaluation protocol and to determine whether the credential relating to the communication is acceptable.

2. The communication management system of claim 1 wherein the second transistor-based circuit includes:

an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using a wireless linkage and partly based on an evaluation protocol accepting a credential relating to the communication.

3. The communication management system of claim 1 further comprising:

an integrated circuit (IC) chip, the IC chip having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion of the IC chip being the first transistor-based circuit configured to obtain the association between the third party and the third party communication device, the second portion of the IC chip being the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally, partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication, the affiliation-dependent mobile device being at least one of the unsubscribed mobile device or the formerly-subscribed mobile device or the formerly-charged mobile device.

4. The communication management system of claim 1 further comprising:

the equipment of the second party, configured to relay a signal received via the wireless linkage to the third party communication device, the signal being a component of the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device to the third party communication device.

5. The communication management system of claim 1 further comprising:

the affiliation-dependent mobile device, comprising a jailbroken communication device.

6. The communication management system of claim 1 further comprising:

the affiliation-dependent mobile device configured to use a first nominal uplink frequency of at least about 5 GHz; and

the affiliation-dependent mobile device configured to use a first nominal downlink frequency of at least about 900 MHz and of at most about 2.2 GHz.

7. The communication management system of claim 1 further comprising:

the affiliation-dependent mobile device, being a formerly-subscribed handheld device.

8. The communication management system of claim 1 further comprising:

the affiliation-dependent mobile device, being an unsubscribed smartphone.

9. The communication management system of claim 1 wherein the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication includes:

at least transistor-based circuitry configured to trigger an amount of currency being charged to the account of the third party.

10. A communication management system for facilitating an affiliation-dependent mobile device of a first party communicating via equipment of a second party, the communication management system comprising:

one or more articles of manufacture including

a first transistor-based circuit configured to obtain an association between a third party and a third party communication device; and

a second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to a communication from an affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing a charge to an account of the third party automatically and conditionally, partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using a wireless linkage and partly based on an evaluation protocol accepting a credential relating to the communication, the affiliation-dependent mobile device being at least one of an unsubscribed mobile device or a formerly-subscribed mobile device or a formerly-charged mobile device.

11. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein the second transistor-based circuit includes:

an electrical node set upon which a voltage configuration manifests the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using a wireless linkage and partly based on an evaluation protocol accepting a credential relating to the communication.

13. The communication management system of claim claim 10 wherein the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication includes:

at least the credential relating to the communication including a digital certificate.

14. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication includes:

circuitry configured for triggering an amount of currency being charged to the account of the third party.

15. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein for the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication, the communication includes:

a device identifier that identifies the third party communication device, the device identifier comprising a composite identifier.

16. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein for the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication, the communication includes:

a policy number as the credential relating to the communication.

17. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein for the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication, the communication includes:

a password as the credential relating to the communication.

18. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication includes:

circuitry configured for causing a data component of a wireless signal to be processed by a special-purpose module in a handheld device as an automatic and conditional response to a thermal state of a temperature sensor in the handheld device, the handheld device being the third party communication device.

19. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication includes:

circuitry configured for causing a data component of a wireless signal to be processed by a special-purpose module in a mobile device as an automatic and conditional response to a control component of the wireless signal, the mobile device being the affiliation-dependent mobile device, the wireless signal being a component of the communication, the communication being a bidirectional communication.

20. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication includes:

circuitry configured for causing first content of a wireless signal to pass either through a first memory of a particular device or through a second memory of the particular device selected as an automatic and conditional response to whether second content of the wireless signal satisfies a first criterion, the particular device being the third party communication device, the wireless signal being a component of the communication.

21. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication includes:

circuitry configured for causing a configurable core in a first core operating mode to draw from a first data queue of a particular device; and

circuitry configured for signaling a decision whether to cause the configurable core to draw from the first data queue of the particular device in a second core operating mode as an automatic and conditional response to an indication of a data volume of the first data queue crossing a volume threshold, the particular device being the third party communication device.

22. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication includes:

circuitry configured for causing a configurable core in a first core operating mode to draw from a first data queue of a particular device; and

circuitry configured for signaling a decision whether to cause the configurable core to draw from the first data queue of the particular device in a second core operating mode as an automatic and conditional response to a thermal state of a temperature sensor in the particular device, the particular device being the third party communication device.

23. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication includes:

circuitry configured for detecting a series of service region departure events incrementally decreasing a dataflow through a wireless communication channel, the wireless communication channel including the wireless linkage.

24. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication includes:

circuitry configured for signaling a decision whether to transmit any user data via a first communication channel, the first communication channel including the wireless linkage.

25. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication includes:

circuitry configured for implementing a specific positional model relating to a position of the affiliation-dependent mobile device to represent both an isotropic radiator and an anisotropic radiator.

26. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication includes:

circuitry configured for transmitting user data via an ad hoc network, the ad hoc network including the wireless linkage, the user data including the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device.

27. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication includes:

circuitry configured for displaying via a mobile device at least some of a map that depicts a cost-indicative service boundary relating to a prospective intercommunication, the mobile device being the affiliation-dependent mobile device.

28. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication includes:

circuitry configured for handing off an interpersonal communication from a cellular base station to a wireless local area network access point, the equipment of the second party including the cellular base station.

29. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication includes:

circuitry configured for authorizing a cost component to be posted to a user account conditionally, at least partly based on a portion of a wireless communication using wireless local area network access, the user account being the account of the third party, the wireless communication being the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device.

30. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication includes:

circuitry configured for handing off an interpersonal communication from a wireless local area network access point to a cellular base station, the equipment of the second party including the cellular base station, the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device being a component of the interpersonal communication.

31. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication includes:

circuitry configured for causing a particular device to indicate some of a wireless connectivity map that includes automatically curated map data, the particular device being the formerly-subscribed mobile device.

32. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication includes:

circuitry configured for signaling a decision whether to transmit any user data via a first communication channel, the first communication channel including the wireless linkage;

circuitry configured for causing a particular device to indicate some of a wireless connectivity map that includes automatically curated map data, the particular device being the formerly-subscribed mobile device; and

circuitry configured for handing off an interpersonal communication from a cellular base station to a wireless local area network access point, the equipment of the second party including the cellular base station, the interpersonal communication including the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device, the credential relating to the interpersonal communication including a digital certificate.

33. The communication management system of claim 10 wherein the second transistor-based circuit configured to respond to the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing the charge to the account of the third party automatically and conditionally partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using the wireless linkage and partly based on the evaluation protocol accepting the credential relating to the communication includes:

circuitry configured for causing first content of a wireless signal to pass either through a first memory of a particular device or through a second memory of the particular device selected as an automatic and conditional response to whether second content of the wireless signal satisfies a first criterion, the particular device being the third party communication device, the wireless signal being a component of the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device, the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device including a policy number as the credential relating to the communication;

circuitry configured for authorizing a cost component to be posted to a user account conditionally, at least partly based on a portion of a wireless communication using wireless local area network access, the user account being the account of the third party, the wireless communication being the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device; and

circuitry configured for handing off an interpersonal communication from a wireless local area network access point to a cellular base station, the equipment of the second party including the cellular base station, the communication from the affiliation-dependent mobile device being a component of the interpersonal communication.

12. A communication management system for facilitating an affiliation-dependent mobile device of a first party communicating via equipment of a second party, the communication management system comprising:

one or more articles of manufacture including at least;

means for obtaining an association between a third party and a third party communication device; and

means for responding to a communication from an affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing a charge to an account of the third party automatically and conditionally, partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using a wireless linkage and partly based on an evaluation protocol accepting a credential relating to the communication, the affiliation-dependent mobile device being at least one of an unsubscribed mobile device or a formerly-subscribed mobile device or a formerly-charged mobile device.

34. An article of manufacture comprising:

one or more physical media configured to bear a device-detectable implementation of a method including at least

obtaining an association between a third party and a third party communication device; and

responding to a communication from an affiliation-dependent mobile device by authorizing a charge to an account of the third party automatically and conditionally, partly based on the affiliation-dependent mobile device using a wireless linkage and partly based on an evaluation protocol accepting a credential relating to the communication, the affiliation-dependent mobile device being at least one of an unsubscribed mobile device or a formerly-subscribed mobile device or a formerly-charged mobile device.