Context-aware mobile computing for automatic environment detection and re-establishment
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1. A method for connecting user equipment (UE) comprising:
- monitoring connections of different devices with the UE;
correlating a previous connection between the UE and a first device that uses a first wireless technology with a previous connection between the UE and a second device that uses a second wireless technology;
determining a mobile computing environment (MCE) based on the correlation;
storing information associated with the MCE;
automatically detecting the first device in the MCE based on a device identification number;
automatically re-establishing a connection with the second device in the MCE, using the second wireless technology, in response to detecting the first device that uses the first wireless technology that is different than the second wireless technology; and
disabling at least one radio-frequency (RF) device on the UE based on historical information for the MCE.
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Abstract
Automatically discovering and re-establishing wireless connections to other devices in a mobile computing environment (MCE) may be achieved by monitoring connections of different devices with the UE, correlating the connections of the different devices, determining an MCE based on the correlations, and storing information associated with the MCE. A known MCE may accordingly be automatically detected based on an identification of at least one of the different devices, for example, and connection with one or more of the different devices may be automatically re-established to re-establish the MCE based on the stored information.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for connecting user equipment (UE) comprising:
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monitoring connections of different devices with the UE; correlating a previous connection between the UE and a first device that uses a first wireless technology with a previous connection between the UE and a second device that uses a second wireless technology; determining a mobile computing environment (MCE) based on the correlation; storing information associated with the MCE; automatically detecting the first device in the MCE based on a device identification number; automatically re-establishing a connection with the second device in the MCE, using the second wireless technology, in response to detecting the first device that uses the first wireless technology that is different than the second wireless technology; and disabling at least one radio-frequency (RF) device on the UE based on historical information for the MCE. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. User equipment (UE) comprising:
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logic configured to monitor connections of different devices with the UE; logic configured to correlate a previous connection between the UE and a first device that uses a first wireless technology with a previous connection between the UE and a second device that uses a second wireless technology; logic configured to determine a mobile computing environment (MCE) based on the correlation; memory configured to store information associated with the MCE; logic configured to automatically detect the first device in the MCE based on a device identification number; logic configured to automatically re-establish a connection with the second device in the MCE, using the second wireless technology, in response to detecting the first device that uses the first wireless technology that is different than the second wireless technology; and logic configured to disable at least one radio-frequency (RF) device on the UE based on historical information for the MCE. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus for connecting user equipment (UE), comprising:
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means for monitoring connections of different devices with the UE; means for correlating a previous connection between the UE and a first device that uses a first wireless technology with a previous connection between the UE and a second device that uses a second wireless technology; means for determining a mobile computing environment (MCE) based on the correlation; means for storing information associated with the MCE; means for automatically detecting the first device in the MCE based on a device identification number; means for automatically re-establishing a connection with the second device in the MCE, using the second wireless technology, in response to detecting the first device that uses the first wireless technology that is different than the second wireless technology; and means for disabling at least one radio-frequency (RF) device on the UE based on historical information for the MCE. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by at least one processor causes the at least one processor to perform operations for connecting user equipment (UE), the instructions comprising:
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instructions to monitor connections of different devices with the UE; instructions to correlate a previous connection between the UE and a first device that uses a first wireless technology with a previous connection between the UE and a second device that uses a second wireless technology; and instructions to determine a mobile computing environment (MCE) based on the correlation; instructions to store information associated with the MCE; instructions to automatically detect the first device in the MCE based on a device identification number; instructions to automatically re-establish a connection with the second device in the MCE, using the second wireless technology, in response to detecting the first device that uses the first wireless technology that is different than the second wireless technology; and instructions to disable at least one radio-frequency (RF) device on the UE based on historical information for the MCE. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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