Wireless device having a single processor in a short-range radio network

• US 7,551,590 B2
• Filed: 06/06/2002
• Issued: 06/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: FCO V CLO Transferor LLC (FIG LLC (d/b/a Fortress Investment Group LLC))
• Original Assignee: IXI Mobile (R&D) Ltd. (IXI Mobile, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fornell, Peter, Haparnas, Ziv, Glick, Amir, Itzchak, Avraham, Haller, Amit
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong, Frank
• Application Number:
  US10/165,150
• Publication Number:
  US 20020165006A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,574 Days
• Field of Search: 370328-339, 370/463, 375/140, 375/219, 455424-4261
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/00 Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0272 Virtual private networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0281 Proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2876 Pairs of inter-processing entities at each side of the network, e.g. split proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• 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 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements

Abstract

A system, a wireless hand-held device, and software component for accessing information responsive to short-range radio signals is provided. The system includes a wireless gateway device coupled to a network, such as a cellular network. The wireless gateway device includes a network manager software component for accessing information from the network responsive to a first short-range radio signal. The network may be a corporate, private or public network, such as the Internet. A first wireless device is coupled to the wireless gateway device. The first wireless device provides the first short-range radio signal. In an embodiment of the present invention, the first wireless device is a cellular telephone, personal digital assistant or thin terminal having a Bluetooth™ processor and transmitter. In an embodiment of the present invention, the network manager software component includes a plug and play software component for loading and executing software for the first wireless device. In an embodiment of the present invention, a second wireless device accesses information on the first wireless device using the wireless gateway device.

Claims

1. A wireless device comprising:

a processor;

a memory, coupled to the processor, to store instructions for generating a short-range radio signal, processing user information, and providing a plurality of services; and

an antenna, coupled to the processor, to generate the short-range radio signal responsive to the instructions and the processor,

wherein the wireless device is configured to communicate with a wireless gateway device over a short-range wireless network, and

wherein the wireless gateway device is configured to;

route information received by the wireless gateway device over a wide area network to the wireless device over the short-range wireless network using a public Internet Protocol (IP) address;

route information received by the wireless gateway device over the short-range wireless network from the wireless device to one or more destinations over the wide area network using the public IP address;

route information received by the wireless gateway device over the short-range wireless network from the wireless device to one or more destinations over the wide area network using the public IP address;

route information received by the wireless gateway device over the short-range wireless network from the wireless device to one or more other devices over the short-range wireless network using the private IP address;

provide the wireless device with the ability to share one or more services with the other devices;

provide the wireless device with the ability to add to, update, or otherwise manage the shared services; and

provide the wireless device with a security management mechanism.

2. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the wireless device comprises a single processor.

3. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the wireless device is a messaging terminal.

4. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the wireless device is selected from a group consisting of a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a personal digital assistant, a headset, a pager, a printer, a watch, a digital camera and an equivalent thereof.

5. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the wireless device further comprises a 2.4 GHZ Bluetooth ™

transceiver coupled to the processor and the antenna.

6. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the wireless device further comprises a 5.7 GHZ Bluetooth ™

transceiver coupled to the processor and the antenna.

7. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the wireless device further comprises a keypad, coupled to the processor, for inputting information.

8. The wireless device of claim 1, further comprising:

a display, coupled to the processor, to present the user information responsive to the instructions and the processor.

9. The wireless device of claim 1, further comprising:

a speaker, coupled to the processor, to present the user information responsive to the instructions and the processor.

10. The wireless device of claim 1, further comprising:

a microphone, coupled to the processor, for inputting information.

11. The wireless device of claim 1, further comprising:

a touchscreen, coupled to the processor, for inputting information.

12. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the short-range radio signal is a Bluetooth ™

signal.

13. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the short-range radio signal is an 802.11 signal.

14. The wireless device of claim 1, wherein the short-range radio signal is a HomeRF signal.

15. A system comprising:

a wireless device configured to communicate with a wireless gateway device over a short-range wireless network, the wireless device comprising;

a processor;

a memory, coupled to the processor, to store instructions for generating a short-range radio signal, processing user information, and providing a plurality of services; and

an antenna, coupled to the processor, to generate the short-range radio signal responsive to the instructions and the processor; and

the wireless gateway device configured to;

route information received by the wireless gateway device over the short- range wireless network from the wireless device to one or more destinations over the wide area network using the public IP address;

route information received by the wireless gateway device over the short- range wireless network to the wireless device over the short-range wireless network using a private IP address;

route information received by the wireless gateway device over the short- range wireless network from the wireless device to one or more other devices over the short-range wireless network using the private IP address;

provide the wireless device with the ability to share one or more services with the other devices;

provide the wireless device with the ability to add to, update, or otherwise manage the shared services; and

provide the wireless device with a security management mechanism.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the wireless gateway device communicates with the cellular network using a Global System for Mobile Communications (“

GSM”

) protocol.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the wireless gateway device communicates with the cellular network using a Code Division Multiple Access (“

CDMA”

) protocol.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the wireless gateway device communicates with the cellular network using a Code Division Multiple Access (“

CDMA”

) 2000 protocol.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the wireless gateway device communicates with the cellular network using a Time Division Multiple Access (“

TDMA”

) protocol.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor is the only processor in the second wireless device.

21. The system of claim 15, wherein the processor is a low power processor.

22. The system of claim 15, wherein the wireless device is a messaging terminal.

23. The system of claim 15, wherein the wireless device is selected from a group consisting of a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a personal digital assistant, a headset, a pager, a printer, a watch, a digital camera and an equivalent thereof.

24. The system of claim 15, wherein the wireless device further comprises a 2.4 GHZ Bluetooth ™

transceiver coupled to the processor and the antenna.

25. The system of claim 15, wherein the wireless device further comprises a 5.7 GHZ Bluetooth ™

transceiver coupled to the processor and the antenna.

26. The system of claim 15, wherein the wireless device further comprises a keypad, coupled to the processor, for inputting information.

27. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

a display, coupled to the processor, to present the user information responsive to the instructions and the processor, wherein the processor in a Bluetooth ™

processor.

28. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

a speaker, coupled to the processor, to present the user information responsive to the instructions and the processor.

29. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

a microphone, coupled to the processor, for inputting information.

30. The system of claim 15, further comprising:

a transceiver, coupled to the processor, to present the user with information responsive to the instructions and the processor.

31. The system of claim 15, wherein the short-range radio signal is a Bluctooth ™

signal.

32. The system of claim 15, wherein the short-range radio signal is an 802.11 signal.

33. The system of claim 15, wherein the short-range radio signal is a HomeRF signal.