System and method for increased wireless communication device performance

• US 20060166663A1
• Filed: 01/24/2005
• Published: 07/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Kaplan, Diego, Haehnichen, Steven
• Granted Patent: US 8,068,819 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

One way to deliver increased wireless communication device performance without using a higher performance processor is to offload processor functions in a wireless communications device. In one example a wireless device selects a processor function to be performed for the wireless device and evaluates the selected processor function to determine whether to offload the processor function. If it is determined that the processor function can be offloaded the wireless device transmits a wireless request to a remote processor to perform the offload processor function. After performing the processor function at the remote processor and generating a result the wireless device receives the result.

Claims

1. A method of offloading processor functions in a wireless communications device, the method comprising:

selecting a processor function to be performed for the wireless device;

evaluating the selected processor function to determine whether to offload the processor function;

transmitting a wireless request to a remote processor to perform the offload processor function;

performing the processor function at the remote processor to generate a result;

receiving the result at the wireless device from the remote processor.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the processor function is a user interface function.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the processor function is a wireless communication device telephone number list.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the processor function is a display function.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the display function includes an update to a wireless communication device screen.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the update to a wireless communication device screen includes multiple updates to the wireless communication device received from the remote processor and stored in a memory.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the processor function is a keypad function.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the processor function is a sound function.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the sound function is a voice recognition function.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the processor function is a function related to a wireless communication device web browser.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the processor function related to the wireless communication device web browser is a process markup language function.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the markup language function consists of hypertext markup language.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the markup language function consists of wireless markup language.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the markup language function consists of extensible markup language.

15. A wireless communication device comprising:

a processor configured to perform the following steps;

selecting a processor function;

evaluating the selected processor function;

transmitting the selected processor function;

receiving the result from a remote processor;

a transceiver coupled to the processor through the circuit;

an antenna coupled to the transceiver;

a user interface coupled to the processor;

a mobile power source configured to power the processor; and

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a case enclosing the transceiver, processor, and the mobile power source.

16. The wireless communication device of claim 15 wherein the processor function is a user interface function.

17. The wireless communication device of claim 15 wherein the processor function is a display function.

18. The wireless communication of claim 17 wherein the display function includes an update to the wireless communication device screen.

19. The wireless communication device of claim 15 wherein the processor function is a function related to a wireless communication device web browser.

20. The wireless communication device of claim 15 wherein the processor function related to the wireless communication device web browser is a process markup language function.

21. The wireless communication device of claim 20 wherein the markup language function consists of hypertext markup language.

22. The wireless communication device of claim 20 wherein the markup language function consists of wireless markup language.

23. The wireless communication device of claim 20 wherein the markup language function consists of extensible markup language.

24. A wireless communication transceiver comprising:

an antenna;

a receiver coupled to the antenna and configured to receive a wireless request from a wireless communication device;

a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to perform a processor function received in the wireless request;

a transmitter coupled to the antenna and the processor, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit the result of the processor function received in the wireless request.

25. The wireless communication transceiver of claim 24 wherein the transceiver is part of a base station.

26. A method of processing offloaded processor function comprising:

receiving a wireless request from a wireless communication device;

performing a processor function received in the wireless request;

transmitting the result of the processor function to the wireless communication device.