Traversal of wireless profiles
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1. A wireless apparatus comprising:
- a heterogeneous mix of wireless communication ports configured to acquire a representation of their environmental contexts, a first subset of the wireless communication ports configured to communicate via a single protocol set, a second subset configured to communicate via a plurality of protocol sets;
a traversal rules base storing a plurality of traversal rules sets, each traversal rules set governing selection of a wireless profile and comprising contextual criteria;
a profile database storing a plurality of available wireless profiles for the wireless communication port; and
a profile selection module configured to;
select a selected traversal rules set from the plurality of traversal rules sets by comparing the representation of the environmental context to the contextual criteria of the traversal rules sets,identify a desired profile from the available wireless profiles by traversing profiles according to the selected traversal rules set,configure the wireless communication port to operate according to the desired profile; and
the contextual criteria comprising context attributes, the representation of the environmental context comprising environment attributes adhering to a namespace of the contextual attributes; and
a plurality of sensors configured to augment the representation of the environmental context, the plurality of sensors comprising any one of a GPS sensor, position sensor, camera and accelerometer.
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2 Wireless devices capable of supporting multiple wireless configuration profiles are presented. A wireless device determines an environmental context, which is used to select a profile traversal method. A profile selection module configures itself to traverse available profiles according the traversals method to identify an acceptable profile. Once identified, the wireless device'"'"'s communication port is configured to operate according to the profile.
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1. A wireless apparatus comprising:
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a heterogeneous mix of wireless communication ports configured to acquire a representation of their environmental contexts, a first subset of the wireless communication ports configured to communicate via a single protocol set, a second subset configured to communicate via a plurality of protocol sets; a traversal rules base storing a plurality of traversal rules sets, each traversal rules set governing selection of a wireless profile and comprising contextual criteria; a profile database storing a plurality of available wireless profiles for the wireless communication port; and a profile selection module configured to; select a selected traversal rules set from the plurality of traversal rules sets by comparing the representation of the environmental context to the contextual criteria of the traversal rules sets, identify a desired profile from the available wireless profiles by traversing profiles according to the selected traversal rules set, configure the wireless communication port to operate according to the desired profile; and the contextual criteria comprising context attributes, the representation of the environmental context comprising environment attributes adhering to a namespace of the contextual attributes; and a plurality of sensors configured to augment the representation of the environmental context, the plurality of sensors comprising any one of a GPS sensor, position sensor, camera and accelerometer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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