Controlling data transmission involving a wireless telephone
First Claim
1. A method of providing a wireless communications channel, comprising:
- receiving at a docking station a first signal comprising at least a first communications channel control command from a first application program, wherein said first signal is formatted according to a first protocol, and wherein said docking station comprises an adaptor;
in response to receiving said first signal, selecting at least a first wireless communications device control command and formatting said at least a first wireless communications device control command according to a second protocol to create a second signal; and
passing data received from at least one of said first application program and a second application program through said adaptor and to a wireless communications device, wherein said data is transmitted over said communications channel.
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Abstract
Wireless communications relative to a vehicle using a wireless communications device, a an adaptor for holding the wireless communications device and a docking station in communication with the adaptor are provided. An external subsystem running an application can be interconnected to the wireless communications device via the adaptor and the docking station. In particular, the docking station provides a standardized interface that can be used to conduct communications between the external device and the docking station. In addition, the docking station can receive commands from the external subsystem regarding a communication channel established between the wireless communications device and a base station or server. These commands may be formatted according to a standardized protocol. Translation of the commands from the standardized protocol to the command protocol required to operate the wireless communications device is performed in the docking station and the adaptor. The system allows applications running on external subsystems to transmit and receive data established by the wireless communications device using a standardized physical interface and command set. In this way, the particular commands and physical interface required to operate a wireless communications device do not need to be accommodated by the external subsystems.
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38 Claims
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1. A method of providing a wireless communications channel, comprising:
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receiving at a docking station a first signal comprising at least a first communications channel control command from a first application program, wherein said first signal is formatted according to a first protocol, and wherein said docking station comprises an adaptor;
in response to receiving said first signal, selecting at least a first wireless communications device control command and formatting said at least a first wireless communications device control command according to a second protocol to create a second signal; and
passing data received from at least one of said first application program and a second application program through said adaptor and to a wireless communications device, wherein said data is transmitted over said communications channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38)
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15. An apparatus for providing a wireless communications channel to at least a first application, comprising:
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an adaptor for interconnecting to a wireless communications device capable of transmitting data, wherein aspects of the operation of said wireless communications device may be controlled using wireless communications device control commands selected from at least a first set of wireless communications device control commands;
a docking station interconnected to said application and to said adaptor, wherein a command selected from at least a first set of communications channel control commands received from said at least a first application is translated into at least a first wireless communications device control command selected from said at least a first set of wireless communications device control commands, and wherein data other than data comprising control commands received from said application is not translated.
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25. A method for providing a universal wireless data interface, comprising:
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providing a docking station comprising an adaptor and at least a first standardized interface;
interconnecting said adaptor to a wireless communications device;
interconnecting at least a first external device to said standardized interface;
receiving at least a first communications channel control command from a first application running on said at least a first external device at said interface;
translating said at least a first communications channel control command into at least a first corresponding wireless communications device control command selected from a group of wireless communications device control commands; and
providing said at least a first wireless communications device control command to said wireless communications device.
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29. A method for providing a wireless data interface, comprising:
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providing a docking station comprising an adaptor and at least a first standardized interface, wherein said adaptor is capable of receiving a wireless communications device, providing said adaptor with information regarding capabilities of said wireless communications device;
interconnecting at least a first external device to said standardized interface;
querying said adaptor for said information regarding capabilities of said wireless communications device; and
passing said information regarding capabilities of said wireless communications device to said external device.
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35. An apparatus for providing a wireless communications channel to at least a first application, comprising:
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an adaptor for interconnecting to a wireless communications device capable of transmitting data, wherein said adaptor is provided with information regarding capabilities of said wireless communications device;
a docking station interconnected to said at least a first application and to said adaptor, wherein said information regarding capabilities of said wireless communications device is provided to said at least a first application by said adaptor.
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