METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING NETWORK CONNECTIONS BETWEEN STATIONARY TERMINALS AND REMOTE DEVICES THROUGH MOBILE DEVICES

• US 20110021150A1
• Filed: 10/01/2010
• Published: 01/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Uniloc 2017 LLC (SoftBank Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Pendragon Wireless LLC (Pendrell Corporation)
• Inventors: LIN, Daniel J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,194,632 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/18 for allowing seamless reselection, e.g. soft reselection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/00 User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/20 Manipulation of established connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/26 Network addressing or numbering for mobility support
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/10 adapted for application session management, e.g. SIP [Session Initiation Protocol] connection management H04W76/00; arrangements for session management H04L67/14
• 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 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/18 between terminal devices

Abstract

A technique is provided for a seamless and transparent handoff from a user'"'"'s mobile device to the user'"'"'s stationary terminal of a network address of a remote device for the purpose of establishing a direct communication channel between the stationary terminal and a remote device, where the remote device first contacted the user'"'"'s mobile device to initiate communications with the user.

Claims

1. A method for establishing a data communications session between a stationary terminal and a remote device, the method comprising:

establishing a communication link through a short-range wireless technology between the stationary terminal and a proximate mobile device wherein the proximate mobile device operates within a cellular wireless network system;

transmitting, by the stationary terminal, an invitation message comprising a network address relating to the stationary terminal and a remote device identifier to the proximate mobile device through the established communication link, whereupon the proximate mobile device establishes communication with the remote device using the remote device identifier and provides the network address of the stationary terminal to the remote device; and

establishing a connection between the stationary terminal and the remote device for data communications based upon an initial communication by the remote device through use of the network address of the stationary terminal provided to the remote device by the proximate mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the short-range wireless technology is Bluetooth.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the remote device identifier is a cellular telephone number of the remote device.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the network address of the stationary terminal is provided by the proximate mobile device to the remote device using a page mode messaging service.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the page mode messaging service is SMS.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the network address of the stationary terminal is an IP address.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the data communications is for IM purposes.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor of a stationary terminal, causes the processor to establish a data communications session between the stationary terminal and a remote mobile device, by performing all the steps of claim 1.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the short-range wireless technology is Bluetooth.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the remote device identifier is a cellular telephone number of the remote device.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the network address of the stationary terminal is provided by the proximate mobile device to the remote device using a page mode messaging service.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the page mode messaging service is SMS.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the network address of the stationary terminal is an IP address.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the data communications is for IM purposes.

15. A computer system configured to initiation of a data communications session with a remote device, the computer system comprising a processor configured to perform all the steps of claim 1.

16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein the short-range wireless technology is Bluetooth.

17. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the remote device identifier is a cellular telephone number of the remote device.

18. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the network address of the stationary terminal is provided by the proximate mobile device to the remote device using a page mode messaging service.

19. The computer system of claim 18, wherein the page mode messaging service is SMS.

20. The computer system of claim 19, wherein the network address of the stationary terminal is an IP address.