Apparatus for and method of operating a mobile communication device sensor

• US 20060052084A1
• Filed: 09/02/2005
• Published: 03/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Biotronik SE & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Biotronik VI Patent AG (Biotronik SE & Company KG)
• Inventors: Potschadtke, Jens, Diebold, Michael, Bode, Sven, Behrens, Gunter
• Granted Patent: US 8,380,166 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/410
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0031 Implanted circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/40 for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72418 for supporting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

A wireless apparatus includes a cellular radio interface that is adapted to perform a data exchange by way of a wireless data network, a user identity module containing information for authorization of a user for use of wireless networks, and a control unit which controls establishment and implementation of the data exchange. A second control unit is included and adapted to limit, in respect of the duration of its effect, a rejection of the user identity module expressed by the locally available wireless data networks in logging on to the wireless data network by suitable control of the first control unit in the further course of the log-on process by bypassing communicated information about the rejection.

Claims

1. An apparatus having at least one telemetry data interface which as a cellular radio interface is adapted to perform a data exchange by way of a cellular radio or wireless data network, a user identity module containing items of information for operation, which inter alia include authorization of a user for use of cellular radio or wireless networks, and a first control unit which controls establishment and implementation of the data exchange on the basis of the items of information stored on the user identity module, the apparatus further comprising:

a second control unit adapted to render inoperative or to limit in respect of the duration a rejection of the user identity module by the locally available cellular radio or wireless data networks in logging on to the cellular radio or wireless data network by control of the first control unit in the course of the log-on process by bypassing or erasing communicated information about the rejection.

2. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1, wherein the apparatus is portable by an associated user.

3. The apparatus as set forth in claim 2, further comprising:

at least a second telemetry data interface operatively communicated with an associated electromedical implant for use in evaluating the data received from the associated electromedical implant and, transmitting the data to a remote monitoring service center.

4. The apparatus as set forth in claim 3, wherein the telemetry data interfaces are adapted to perform the data exchange by way of at least one of a GSM network, UMTS network, CDMA network or WLAN network.

5. The apparatus as set forth in claim 4, wherein at least one of the control units is adapted to detect unsuccessful log-on because of rejection by wireless data networks available at a location.

6. The apparatus as set forth in claim 5, wherein the first control unit is adapted to identify a list of the locally receivable wireless data networks and wherein the first control unit is adapted to make the list of the locally receivable wireless data networks accessible to the second control unit.

7. The apparatus as set forth in claim 6, wherein the second control unit is adapted to select a further network from the list after a failed log-on in relation to a wireless data network;

and,

wherein the second control unit is adapted to cause the first control unit to implement a log-on attempt to the wireless data network if the network had already rejected a log-on in a preceding attempt.

8. The apparatus as set forth in claim 7, wherein the second control unit is adapted to produce at least a second list of the locally receivable wireless data networks by the first control unit after an unsuccessful log-on attempt to all networks on the first list of the locally receivable wireless data networks.

9. The apparatus as set forth in claim 8, wherein the second control unit is operatively connected to a timer, the second control unit being adapted such that after a failed log-on to cause the elapse of a predetermined period of time measured by the timer before the second control unit initiates a further log-on attempt in relation to the same network.

10. The apparatus as set forth in claim 9, wherein the first and second control units are adapted to execute AT commands.

11. The apparatus as set forth in claim 10, wherein the second control unit defers repeated unsuccessful log-on attempts in relation to the locally available wireless data networks for a given time measured by the timer.

12. The apparatus as set forth in claim 11, wherein the second control unit is adapted to predetermine and alter operating parameters between the maximum number of log-on attempts and the maximum time involved for a log-on attempt before the log-on attempt is broken off as being unsuccessful.

13. The apparatus as set forth in claim 12 wherein the second control unit is operatively connected to the telemetry data interfaces so that the choice of the parameters can be triggered from the remote monitoring service center by way of the telemetry data interfaces.

14. A method of operating a wireless communication apparatus, comprising the steps of:

providing an apparatus adapted to perform a data exchange by way of an associated wireless data network, a user identity module containing items of information about an authorized operation of the associated wireless data network, a first control unit which controls implementation of the wireless data exchange on the basis of the items of information stored on the user identity module, and a second control unit;

rejecting a log-on attempt of the apparatus by the associated wireless data network; and

,

rendering inoperative the rejection of the log-on attempt by bypassing communicated messages from the associated wireless data network about the rejection.

15. The method as set forth in claim 14, further comprising the steps of:

detecting the first unsuccessful log-on because of the rejection by the associated wireless data network.

16. The method as set forth in claim 15, further comprising the steps of:

producing a list of one or more locally receivable associated wireless data networks onto which the apparatus can attempt to log-on.

17. The method as set forth in claim 16, further comprising the steps of:

prioritizing the sequence of the list of the locally receivable associated wireless data networks so that the associated wireless data networks with a higher signal reception strength are preferred during log-on attempts by the apparatus.

18. The method as set forth in claim 17, wherein after the step of rejecting a log-on attempt by the associated wireless data networks, the steps further comprising:

selecting the next prioritized associated wireless data network from the list after a failed log-on in relation to a preceding associated wireless data network is completed, and,

attempting to log-on to an associated wireless data network even if that associated wireless data network had already been rejected in a preceding log-on attempt.

19. The method as set forth in claim 18, wherein the list of one or more locally receivable associated wireless data networks is a first list of one or more locally receivable associated wireless data networks;

and, further comprising the steps of;

producing at least a second list of locally receivable associated wireless data networks after unsuccessful log-on attempts to all of the associated wireless data networks of the first list is completed.

20. The method as set forth in claim 19, further comprising the steps of:

deeming a log-on attempt failed after a predetermined time has elapsed in relation to not receiving a positive return message from an associated wireless data network.

21. The method as set forth in claim 20, further comprising the steps of:

causing a predetermined time to elapse after a failed log-on attempt before a second log-on attempt is initiated in relation to the same network.

22. The method as set forth in claim 21, further comprising the steps of:

deferring subsequent log-on attempts in relation to the same or to other associated wireless data networks for a predetermined period of time after a predetermined number of failed log-on attempts has occurred.

23. The method as set forth in claim 22, further comprising the steps of:

establishing whether a log-on attempt was successful in relation to one of the associated wireless data networks thereby concluding additional attempts at logging-on to another associated wireless data networks.