System, method and apparatus for using a wireless device to control other devices

• US 8,879,987 B1
• Filed: 03/13/2012
• Issued: 11/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sockeye Licensing TX LLC
• Original Assignee: Zamboola, LLC
• Inventors: Harold, Michael D.
• Primary Examiner(s): PHU, SANH D
• Application Number:
  US13/418,829
• Time in Patent Office: 966 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.1, 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/557, 455/556.1, 358/1.15
• US Class Current: 455/41.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/20 Binding and programming of remote control devices
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/30 User interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A system, method and apparatus which permits the use of a wireless cell phone or other communications device as a connection, communications and control device able to connect a full-sized desktop monitor or other digital display device, keyboard, mouse, speakers, printer and other external devices to a wireless cell phone device using any combination of wireline or wireless connections from the desktop devices to the wireless cell phone device. The wireless cell phone device is used to create an Internet or other network connection capable of accessing any browser-based web site or browser-based software application, e.g., via an Internet connection. Once the connections between the components are established with the wireless cell phone device and the Internet connection is established components. Access to Internet software, services and media includes all forms of browser-based desktop software, as well as digital movies, music, and streaming video.

Claims

1. A communication system for facilitating user connectivity, said system comprising:

a communications network, said network comprising at least one server with user information thereon, said user information being remote to a user;

a peripheral device, said peripheral device being associated with said user;

a wireless device, said wireless device wirelessly interconnected within said communications network to said server and said peripheral device; and

said user controlling said peripheral device from said wireless device, said user information being transmitted to said peripheral device from said wireless device, and employed at the control of said user,

wherein said peripheral device comprises one or more components of personal equipment of said user,

wherein two users interconnect to said peripheral device, said two users controlling said user information,

whereby said user information is employed by said one or more components.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said peripheral device comprises one or more components of equipment of another entity,

whereby said user information is employed by said one or more components at the control of said user.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein said wireless device is wireline connected to said peripheral device.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein said peripheral device is a hub device, and

wherein one or more components of said peripheral device are connected to said hub device and interconnected to said wireless device.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein said user, while transmitting said user information from the wireless device to the peripheral device, simultaneously controls said peripheral device at said wireless device.

6. A method for facilitating user connectivity, comprising:

downloading, by a user on a wireless device in a communications network from a server in said communications network, user information to said wireless device;

receiving said user information in a manner that uniquely associates the user information with one or more peripheral devices and uniquely associates each peripheral device with one or more users;

transmitting, under control of each user accessing said wireless device, the downloaded user information from said wireless device to a peripheral device,

wherein said peripheral device, controlled by said user from said wireless device, is connected to a separate system,

wherein said peripheral device includes a display screen and at least one input peripheral device, thereby enabling interactive and real time communications between peripheral devices and the server, and

wherein two users interconnect to said peripheral device, said two users controlling said user information.

7. A wireless device for facilitating user connectivity comprising:

for each user accessing a wireless device, a means for connecting a user of said wireless device to user information stored for the respective wireless device on a server in a communications network;

means for downloading said user information to said wireless device;

means for relaying the downloaded user information, at the control of said user, to a peripheral device;

means for operating said peripheral device from said wireless device; and

wherein said peripheral device comprises a hub, whereby a plurality of components connected to said peripheral device are accessible therethrough,

wherein each user accesses a respective peripheral device, said respective peripheral devices being selected from the group consisting of;

a desktop monitor keyboard and mouse, a laptop computer, a laptop computer terminal device, a tablet computer, a tablet computer terminal device, a high-definition monitor and speaker system, and combinations thereof,

wherein respective peripheral devices are used to access and operate software available on the wireless device or over the Internet.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein said wireless device is a wireless cell phone device operating as a computer server, and specifies the devices to which the wireless cell phone device will connect using any combination of hardware connection devices contained in the wireless cell phone device and software connectivity options contained within the wireless cell phone device.

9. The device according to claim 7, wherein said wireless device is a wireless cell phone device employing a supervisor program or programs to control the operation and connectivity of a multiplicity of peripheral devices, such peripheral devices used by one or more users.

10. The device according to claim 7, wherein said wireless device is a wireless cell phone device employing a hypervisor program or programs to control the operation and connectivity of a multiplicity of peripheral devices, such peripheral devices used by one or more users.

11. A method for the use of a wireless cell phone device as a computer server to connect to one or more peripheral devices using any combination of wireline or wireless connections between said cell phone device and said peripheral devices,

wherein said one or more peripheral devices comprise one or more components of personal equipment of a user or equipment of another entity, and

wherein two users interconnect to said personal equipment, said two users controlling said personal equipment,

whereby user information of said user is employed by said one or more components.

12. A communication system for facilitating user connectivity, said system comprising:

a communications network, said network comprising at least one server with user information thereon, said user information being remote to a user;

a peripheral device;

a wireless device, said wireless device wirelessly interconnected within said communications network to said server and said peripheral device; and

said user controlling said peripheral device from said wireless device, said user information being transmitted to said peripheral device from said wireless device, and employed at the control of said user,

wherein two users interconnect to said peripheral device, said two users controlling said user information.

13. The communications system according to claim 12, wherein at least one of said two users, while transmitting said user information from the wireless device to the peripheral device, simultaneously controls said peripheral device at said wireless device.

14. The communication system according to claim 12, wherein said peripheral device is selected from the group consisting of:

a desktop monitor, keyboard and mouse, a laptop computer, a laptop computer terminal device, a tablet computer, a tablet computer terminal device, a high-definition monitor, a speaker system, a display with streaming video, a gaming system, display or controller, and combinations thereof.

15. The communication system according to claim 12, wherein said wireless device is a cell phone.

16. The communication system according to claim 12, wherein said wireless cell phone device operates as a computer server, and specifies the devices to which the wireless cell phone device connects using any combination of hardware connection devices contained in the wireless cell phone device and software connectivity options contained within the wireless cell phone device.

17. The communication system according to claim 12, wherein said wireless device employs a supervisor program or programs to control the operation and connectivity of a multiplicity of peripheral devices, such peripheral devices used by one or more users.

18. The communication system according to claim 12, wherein said wireless device employs a hypervisor program or programs to control the operation and connectivity of a multiplicity of peripheral devices, such peripheral devices used by one or more users.

19. The communication system according to claim 12, wherein said user information is employed in a manner that uniquely associates the user information with one or more peripheral devices.

20. A wireless device for facilitating user connectivity comprising:

a connector, said connector connecting a user of said wireless device to a remote server containing user information therein;

a memory, said memory containing therein said user information downloaded from said server;

a transmitter, said transmitter, at the control of said user, sending said user information to a peripheral device; and

an interface, on said wireless device, where said user through said interface operates said peripheral device from said wireless device,

wherein said peripheral device comprises one or more components of personal equipment of said user,

wherein two users interconnect to said peripheral device, said two users controlling said user information,

whereby said user information is employed by said one or more components.

21. The wireless device according to claim 20, wherein said peripheral device comprises one or more components of equipment of another entity,

whereby said user information is employed by said one or more components of said other entity at the control of said user.

22. The wireless device according to claim 20, wherein said wireless device is wireline connected to said peripheral device.

23. The wireless device according to claim 20, wherein said wireless device is wirelessly connected to said peripheral device.

24. The wireless device according to claim 20, wherein said peripheral device is a hub device, and

wherein one or more components of said peripheral device are connected to said hub device and interconnected to said wireless device.

25. The wireless device according to claim 20, wherein said user, while transmitting said user information from the wireless device to the peripheral device, simultaneously controls said peripheral device at said wireless device.

26. The wireless device according to claim 20, wherein said peripheral device is selected from the group consisting of:

a desktop monitor, keyboard and mouse, a laptop computer, a laptop computer terminal device, a tablet computer, a tablet computer terminal device, a high-definition monitor, a speaker system, a display with streaming video, a gaming system, display or controller, and combinations thereof.

27. The wireless device according to claim 20, wherein said wireless device is a cell phone.

28. The wireless device according to claim 20, wherein said wireless device operates as a computer server, and specifies the devices to which the wireless device connects using any combination of hardware connection devices contained in the wireless device and software connectivity options contained within the wireless device.

29. The wireless device according to claim 20, wherein said wireless device employs a supervisor program or programs to control the operation and connectivity of a multiplicity of peripheral devices, such peripheral devices used by one or more users.

30. The wireless device according to claim 20, wherein said wireless device employs a hypervisor program or programs to control the operation and connectivity of a multiplicity of peripheral devices, such peripheral devices used by one or more users.

31. The wireless device according to claim 20, wherein said user information is employed in a manner that uniquely associates the user information with one or more peripheral devices.

32. A wireless device for facilitating user connectivity comprising:

a connector, said connector connecting a user of said wireless device to a remote server containing user information therein;

a memory, said memory containing therein said user information downloaded from said server;

a transmitter, said transmitter, at the control of said user, sending said user information to a peripheral device; and

an interface, on said wireless device, where said user through said interface operates said peripheral device from said wireless device,

wherein said peripheral device is a hub device,

wherein one or more components of said peripheral device are connected to said hub device and interconnected to said wireless device, and

wherein two users interconnect to said peripheral device, said two users controlling said user information.

33. The wireless device according to claim 32, wherein said user, while transmitting said user information from the wireless device to the peripheral device, simultaneously controls said peripheral device at said wireless device.

34. The wireless device according to claim 32, wherein said peripheral device is selected from the group consisting of:

a desktop monitor, keyboard and mouse, a laptop computer, a laptop computer terminal device, a tablet computer, a tablet computer terminal device, a high-definition monitor, a speaker system, a display with streaming video, a gaming system, display or controller, and combinations thereof.

35. The wireless device according to claim 32, wherein said wireless device is a cell phone.

36. The wireless device according to claim 32, wherein said wireless device operates as a computer server, and specifies the devices to which the wireless device connects using any combination of hardware connection devices contained in the wireless device and software connectivity options contained within the wireless device.

37. The wireless device according to claim 32, wherein said wireless device employs a supervisor program or programs to control the operation and connectivity of a multiplicity of peripheral devices, such peripheral devices used by one or more users.

38. The wireless device according to claim 32, wherein said wireless device employs a hypervisor program or programs to control the operation and connectivity of a multiplicity of peripheral devices, such peripheral devices used by one or more users.

39. The wireless device according to claim 32, wherein said user information is employed in a manner that uniquely associates the user information with one or more peripheral devices.

40. A wireless device for facilitating user connectivity comprising:

a connector, said connector connecting a user of said wireless device to a remote server containing user information therein;

a memory, said memory containing therein said user information downloaded from said server;

a transmitter, said transmitter, at the control of said user, sending said user information to a peripheral device; and

an interface, on said wireless device, where said user through said interface operates said peripheral device from said wireless device,

wherein two users interconnect to said peripheral device, said two users controlling said user information.

41. The wireless device according to claim 40, wherein at least one of said two users, while transmitting said user information from the wireless device to the peripheral device, simultaneously controls said peripheral device at said wireless device.

42. The wireless device according to claim 40, wherein said peripheral device is selected from the group consisting of:

a desktop monitor, keyboard and mouse, a laptop computer, a laptop computer terminal device, a tablet computer, a tablet computer terminal device, a high-definition monitor, a speaker system, a display with streaming video, a gaming system, display or controller, and combinations thereof.

43. The wireless device according to claim 40, wherein said wireless device is a cell phone.

44. The wireless device according to claim 40, wherein said wireless device operates as a computer server, and specifies the devices to which the wireless device connects using any combination of hardware connection devices contained in the wireless device and software connectivity options contained within the wireless device.

45. The wireless device according to claim 40, wherein said wireless device employs a supervisor program or programs to control the operation and connectivity of a multiplicity of peripheral devices, such peripheral devices used by one or more users.

46. The wireless device according to claim 40, wherein said wireless device employs a hypervisor program or programs to control the operation and connectivity of a multiplicity of peripheral devices, such peripheral devices used by one or more users.

47. The wireless device according to claim 40, wherein said user information is employed in a manner that uniquely associates the user information with one or more peripheral devices.