Task-related communication via wireless communication hotspots
First Claim
1. A method of communication comprising:
- (a) predicting progress of a mobile entity;
(b) during traversal of a wireless-based localized communication hotspot by the mobile entity, determining the time available before the mobile entity leaves the hotspot based on its predicted progress and hotspot coverage information;
(c) determining the time required until completion by the mobile entity of a task-related communication;
(d) comparing said time available and said time required, to determine whether the task-related communication is likely to be completed before the current hotspot is exited and upon determining that the task-related communication is unlikely to be completed before the current hotspot is exited, generating route instructions for increasing the time remaining before the mobile entity leaves the hotspot.
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Abstract
A mobile device is used to effect task-related communication with a remote entity via the communications infrastructure of a wireless hotspot through which the mobile device is moving. The device includes a first estimation arrangement for estimating the time remaining before the mobile device leaves the coverage zone of the hotspot having regard to the predicted movement of the device. The device further includes a second estimation arrangement for estimating the time needed to complete the task-related communication. These two time estimates are compared with each other by a monitor unit of the device to determine whether there is sufficient time to complete the task-related communication.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of communication comprising:
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(a) predicting progress of a mobile entity; (b) during traversal of a wireless-based localized communication hotspot by the mobile entity, determining the time available before the mobile entity leaves the hotspot based on its predicted progress and hotspot coverage information; (c) determining the time required until completion by the mobile entity of a task-related communication; (d) comparing said time available and said time required, to determine whether the task-related communication is likely to be completed before the current hotspot is exited and upon determining that the task-related communication is unlikely to be completed before the current hotspot is exited, generating route instructions for increasing the time remaining before the mobile entity leaves the hotspot. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A mobile entity comprising:
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a task-execution subsystem for carrying out a task that requires communication with a remote entity; a communications subsystem for communicating with said remote entity via wireless-based localized communication hotspots; a monitoring subsystem for determining the completability of the task-related communication by the mobile entity whilst in a current hotspot, the monitoring subsystem comprising;
aprogress-prediction arrangement operative to predict progress of the mobile entity; a first time-estimation arrangement operative during traversal of a hotspot by the mobile entity, to determine the time available before the mobile entity leaves the hotspot based on its predicted progress and hotspot coverage information; a second time-estimation arrangement operative to determine the time required until completion of said task-related communication; and a comparison arrangement operative to compare said time available and said time required, to determine whether the task-related communication is likely to be completed before the current hotspot is exited; and a route-instruction generating arrangement arranged to respond to the comparison arrangement determining that the task-related communication is unlikely to be completed before the current hotspot is exited, by generating route instructions for increasing the time remaining before the mobile entity leaves the hotspot.
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