Wireless device having a single processor in a short-range radio network

• US 20020165006A1
• Filed: 06/06/2002
• Published: 11/07/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FCO V CLO Transferor LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: IXI Mobile (R&D) Ltd. (IXI Mobile, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fornell, Peter, Haller, Amit, Haparnas, Ziv, Itzchak, Avraham, Glick, Amir
• Granted Patent: US 7,551,590 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0272 Virtual private networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0281 Proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2876 Pairs of inter-processing entities at each side of the network, e.g. split proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/10 Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements

Abstract

A system, a wireless hand-held device, and software component for accessing information responsive to short-range radio signals is provided. The system includes a wireless gateway device coupled to a network, such as a cellular network. The wireless gateway device includes a network manager software component for accessing information from the network responsive to a first short-range radio signal. The network may be a corporate, private or public network, such as the Internet. A first wireless device is coupled to the wireless gateway device. The first wireless device provides the first short-range radio signal. In an embodiment of the present invention, the first wireless device is a cellular telephone, personal digital assistant or thin terminal having a Bluetooth™ processor and transmitter. In an embodiment of the present invention, the network manager software component includes a plug and play software component for loading and executing software for the first wireless device. In an embodiment of the present invention, a second wireless device accesses information on the first wireless device using the wireless gateway device.

Claims

1. ) A device, comprising:

a single processor;

a memory, coupled to the processor, to store instructions for

     1) generating a short-range radio signal and

     2) processing user information; and

,

an antenna, coupled to the processor, to generate the short-range radio signal responsive to the instructions and the processor.

2. ) The device of claim 1, wherein the single processor is the only processor in the device.

3. ) The device of claim 1, wherein the device is in a short-range radio network.

4. ) The device of claim 1, wherein the single processor is a low power processor.

5. ) The device of claim 1, wherein the device is a handheld device.

6. ) The device of claim 1, wherein the device is a messaging terminal.

7. ) The device of claim 1, wherein the device is selected from a group consisting of a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a personal digital assistant, a headset, a pager, a printer, a watch, a digital camera and an equivalent thereof.

8. ) The device of claim 1, wherein the device further comprises a 2.4 GHZ transceiver coupled to the processor and the antenna.

9. ) The device of claim 1, wherein the device further comprises a 5.7 GHZ transceiver coupled to the processor and the antenna.

10. ) The device of claim 1, wherein the device further comprises a keypad, coupled to the processor, for inputting information.

11. ) The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a display, coupled to the processor, to present the user information responsive to the instructions and the processor.

12. ) The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a speaker, coupled to the processor, to present the user information responsive to the instructions and the processor.

13. ) The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a microphone, coupled to the processor, for inputting information.

14. ) The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a touchscreen, coupled to the processor, for inputting information.

15. ) The device of claim 1, wherein the short-range radio signal is a Bluetooth™

signal.

16. ) The device of claim 1, wherein the short-range radio signal is an 802.11 signal.

17. ) The device of claim 1, wherein the short-range radio signal is a HomeRF signal.

19. ) The system of claim 18, wherein the wide area network is a cellular network.

20. ) The system of claim 18, wherein the second wireless device is in a short-range wireless network.

21. ) The system of claim 19, wherein the first wireless device communicates with the cellular network using a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM”

) protocol.

22. ) The system of claim 19, wherein the first wireless device communicates with the cellular network using a Code Division Multiple Access (“

CDMA”

) protocol.

23. ) The system of claim 19, wherein the first wireless device communicates with the cellular network using a Code Division Multiple Access (“

CDMA”

) 2000 protocol.

24. ) The system of claim 19, wherein the first wireless device communicates with the cellular network using a Time Division Multiple Access (“

TDMA”

) protocol.

25. ) The system of claim 18, wherein the single processor is the only processor in the second wireless device.

26. ) The system of claim 18, wherein the single processor is a low power processor.

27. ) The system of claim 18, wherein the second wireless device is a handheld device.

28. ) The system of claim 18, wherein the second wireless device is a messaging terminal.

29. ) The device of claim 18, wherein the second wireless device is selected from a group consisting of a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a personal digital assistant, a headset, a pager, a printer, a watch, a digital camera and an equivalent thereof.

30. ) The system of claim 18, wherein the second wireless device further comprises a 2.4 GHZ transceiver coupled to the processor and the antenna.

31. ) The system of claim 18, wherein the second wireless device further comprises a 5.7 GHZ transceiver coupled to the processor and the antenna.

32. ) The system of claim 18, wherein the second wireless device further comprises a keypad, coupled to the processor, for inputting information.

33. ) The system of claim 18, further comprising:

a display, coupled to the processor, to present the user information responsive to the instructions and the processor.

34. ) The system of claim 18, further comprising:

a speaker, coupled to the processor, to present the user information responsive to the instructions and the processor.

35. ) The system of claim 18, further comprising:

a microphone, coupled to the processor, for inputting information.

36. ) The system of claim 18, further comprising:

a transceiver, coupled to the processor, to present the user with information responsive to the instructions and the processor.

37. ) The system of claim 18, wherein the short-range radio signal is a Bluetooth™

signal.

38. ) The system of claim 18, wherein the short-range radio signal is an 802.11 signal.

39. ) The system of claim 18, wherein the short-range radio signal is a HomeRF signal.

18. ) A system, comprising:

a first wireless device, coupled to a wide area network, for accessing information from the network responsive to a short-range radio signal; and

,

a second wireless device, comprising

a single processor, wherein the single processor is the only processor;

a memory, coupled to the processor, to store instructions for

     1) generating the short-range radio signal and

     2) processing user information; and

,

an antenna, coupled to the processor, to generate the short-range radio signal responsive to the instructions and the processor.