Administrator for automatically adapting a transmission channel

• US 20060229069A1
• Filed: 02/04/2004
• Published: 10/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
• Original Assignee: Deutsche Telekom AG
• Inventors: Brackmann, Ludwig, Bindel, Frank
• Granted Patent: US 9,191,959 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/426.200
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/51 based on terminal or device properties
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

A method and system for exchanging data using a wireless connection according to which a user with one or more portable terminals is located in the transmission and receiving area of at least one network and the terminal or terminals log on automatically to the network in order to establish a connection. A transmission channel for the data exchange is made available for the respective connection that has been established. The transmission channel is automatically adapted for the data exchange to the type of terminal and the type, for example, quantity, of data to be transmitted, by an administrator that is allocated to the network.

Claims

1-10. -10. (canceled)

11. A method for exchanging data using a wireless connection, comprising:

providing a user with at least one portable terminal located in a transmission and reception range of at least one network;

logging on automatically to establish a connection to the at least one network by the at least one portable terminal;

providing a transmission channel available for the exchanging data within a framework of the connection established;

wherein for the data exchange, the transmission channel is adapted automatically to a type of the at least one portable terminal and a type of data to be transmitted, by an administrator to be assigned to the network.

12. The method as recited in claim 11, further comprising:

monitoring a movement of the at least one portable terminal across a boundary of the at least one network,

wherein if the movement is to another network, another connection is established to the another network.

13. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the administrator is a permanently installed terminal, and the at least one portable terminal gains access to the at least one network which is an external communication network via the administrator, and any terminal producing access to the administrator does so via a short-range radio communication network.

14. The method as recited in claim 11, further comprising:

adapting automatically a bandwidth and a handling capacity of the transmission channel to a quantity of data to be transmitted.

15. The method as recited in claim 11, further comprising:

selecting the transmission channel from the plurality of available transmission channels based on at least one of connection costs and handling capacity.

16. The method as recited in claim 11, further comprising:

transmitting information regarding the type of data from the terminal to the administrator via a short message sent in advance.

17. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the administrator itself obtains information regarding the type of data with aid of an analysis of the data waiting for transmission.

18. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein in the course of a connection, a change is automatically carried out between at least one of the transmission channel and other transmission channels, the transmission channel and the bandwidth, the bandwidth and other bandwidths, depending on at least one of requirements and free resources.

19. The method as recited in claim 11, further comprising:

Predefining a user profile in the terminal;

Initiating automatically the user profile with a work cycle as soon as the terminal comes in contact with the administrator.

20. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the transmission channel is adapted automatically to a quantity of data to be transmitted.

21. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein the external communication network is one of Internet and a telephone network, and wherein the short-range radio communication network is at least one of Bluetooth and wireless local area network (WLAN).

22. An administrator comprising:

a first interface to an external network;

a second interface; and

a router module,

wherein via the first and second interfaces a radio link suitable for data transmission is producable to a terminal present in a transmission and a reception range, and wherein the router module determines a type of data waiting for transmission and establishes a connection corresponding to the type of data to the terminal, the connection established being optimized in view of at least one of the terminal, costs, and transmission speed.

23. The administrator as recited in claim 22, wherein the external network is at least one of Internet and a telephone network.

24. The administrator as recited in claim 23, wherein the radio link is a short-range radio link.

25. An administrator comprising:

a first interface to an external network;

a second interface; and

a router module,

wherein via the first and second interfaces a radio link suitable for data transmission is producable to a terminal present in a transmission and a reception range, and wherein the router module determines a type of data waiting for transmission and establishes a connection corresponding to the type of data to the terminal, the connection established being optimized in view of at least one of the terminal, costs, and transmission speed, and wherein the administrator implements a method for exchanging data using a wireless connection, including;

providing a user with at least one portable terminal located in a transmission and reception range of at least one network;

logging on automatically to establish a connection to the at least one network by the at least one portable terminal;

providing a transmission channel available for the exchanging data within a framework of the connection established;

wherein for the data exchange, the transmission channel is adapted automatically to a type of the at least one portable terminal and a type of data to be transmitted, by an administrator to be assigned to the network.