Interactions among mobile devices in a wireless network

• US 9,674,721 B2
• Filed: 12/20/2015
• Issued: 06/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telsync Technologies LLC (Jeffrey M. Gross)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Chiang, Mung
• Primary Examiner(s): CHAN, SAI MING
• Application Number:
  US14/975,796
• Publication Number:
  US 20160105639A1
• Time in Patent Office: 534 Days
• Field of Search: 370331
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/148 Interfacing a video terminal to a particular transmission medium, e.g. ISDN
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0045 compensating for timing error by altering transmission time
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/24 Transfer of terminal data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

One embodiment of the disclosure sets for an example method to create a network of devices. The method includes requesting location information from a first mobile device within the wireless range covered by a stationary device, receiving the location information of the first mobile device, determining whether the distance between the first mobile device and a second mobile device is less than a value, and sending an instruction to the first mobile device to become a part of a communication network such that the first mobile device can send data directly to the second mobile device without involving the stationary device.

Claims

1. A method to create a network of devices, the method comprising:

receiving, by a first mobile device, an identification information of a second mobile device and an information that indicates an approximate physical distance between the first mobile device and the second mobile device;

determining, by the first mobile device, if the first mobile device and the second mobile device can communicate directly to each other over the approximate physical distance;

comparing, by the first mobile device, the identification of the second mobile device to a list of identifications stored on the first mobile device; and

indicating an availability of direct communication if the identification of the second mobile device matches to one of the identifications stored on the first mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising handing off to a stationary device by the first mobile device if the first mobile device leaves the network and the approximate physical distance between the first mobile device and the second mobile device exceeds a particular value.

3. A first mobile device configured to initiate a network of devices, wherein the first mobile device is covered by a stationary device in a wireless range, the first mobile device comprising:

a memory unit; and

a processor configured to;

receive an identification information of a second mobile device and an information that indicates an approximate physical distance between the first mobile device and the second mobile device;

determine if the first mobile device and the second mobile device can communicate directly to each other over the approximate physical distance;

compare the identification of the second mobile device to a list of identifications stored in the memory unit; and

indicate an availability of direct communication if the identification of the second mobile device matches to one of the identifications stored in memory unit.

4. The first mobile device of claim 3, wherein the processor is further configured to handoff to the stationary device if the first mobile device leaves the network and the approximate physical distance between the first mobile device and the second mobile device exceeds a particular value.

5. A method to create a network of devices, the method comprising:

requesting, by a stationary device, location information from a first mobile device within a wireless range covered by the stationary device;

receiving, by the stationary device, the location information of the first mobile device;

determining, by the stationary device, whether a physical distance between the first mobile device and a second mobile device is less than a value; and

sending, by the stationary device, an instruction to the first mobile device to become a part of a communication network such that the first mobile device can send data directly to the second mobile device without involvement of the stationary device.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining, by the stationary device, that the physical distance between the first mobile device and the second mobile device is more than the value; and

informing the first mobile device and the second mobile device to stop communicating directly.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising, receiving, by the stationary device, a handoff from the first mobile device leaving the network.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the value is a specific numerical value.

9. A stationary device configured to create a network of devices, the stationary device comprising:

a memory unit; and

a process configured to;

request location information from a first mobile device within a wireless range covered by the stationary device;

receive the location information of the first mobile device;

determine whether a physical distance between the first mobile device and a second mobile device is less than a value; and

send an instruction to the first mobile device to become a part of a communication network such that the first mobile device can send data directly to the second mobile device without involvement of the stationary device.

10. The stationary device of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to inform the first mobile device and the second mobile device to stop communicating directly if the physical distance between the first mobile device and the second mobile device is more than the value.

11. The stationary device of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to receive a handoff from the first mobile device leaving the network.

12. The stationary device of claim 9, wherein the value is a specific numerical value.

13. A method to facilitate a video conferencing session in a wireless network, the method comprising:

receiving, by a server, information about a first device participating in a video conference via the wireless network;

determining, from the information, by the server, an estimate of a physical distance of the first device from a second device participating in the video conference; and

transmitting by the server, an option to display a video from the second device if the estimated physical distance between the first device and the second device is less than a value.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the information about the first device participating in the video conference is an Internet Protocol (IP) address.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the information about the first device participating in the video conference is a Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinate.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising compressing the video from the second device based on a display resolution of the first device.

17. A stationary device configured to facilitate a video conferencing session between a first device and a second device in a wireless network, the stationary device comprising:

a memory unit; and

a process configured to;

receive information about the first device via the wireless network;

determine, from the information, an estimate of a physical distance of the first device from the second device; and

transmit an option to display a video from the second device if the estimated physical distance between the first device and the second device is less than a value.

18. The stationary device of claim 17, wherein the information about the first device participating in the video conference is an Internet Protocol (IP) address.

19. The stationary device of claim 17, wherein the information about the first device participating in the video conference is a Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinate.

20. The stationary device of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to compress the video from the second device based on a display resolution of the first device.