Mobile device sharing facilitation methods and systems operable in network equipment

• US 9,826,439 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2014
• Issued: 11/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Elwha LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K. Y., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Diaby, Moustapha
• Application Number:
  US14/200,993
• Publication Number:
  US 20150094046A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,355 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0022 for transferring data sessions between adjacent core network technologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

Structures and protocols are presented for using or otherwise relating to a first mobile device (a smartphone or tablet computer or wearable device, e.g.) configured to be shared by two or more parties such that a subset of the parties may be addressed selectively (in content directed to such parties, e.g.) in a cost-effective manner.

Claims

1. A communication system comprising:

network equipment, the network equipment including at least;

at least one computing device; and

one or more instructions configured for execution in the at least one computing device for performing operations including at least;

obtaining at least one communication information component of a first communication configured for transmission to at least one mobile device configured to be shared by two or more parties, at least one account-specific data structure including at least identification of the two or more parties as corresponding two or more human beings and identification of at least one protocol, an identification of a first subset of the two or more parties with whom the at least one communication information component is associated, and a first network routing tag;

obtaining sensor data sensed in a detection range of the at least one mobile device;

determining by automatic sensor data recognition whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device;

deriving a second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device that selectively routes the at least one communication information component as a function of the first network routing tag and the at least one protocol in the at least one account-specific data structure, the at least one protocol specifying at least one response dependent upon whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device;

assembling a second communication that includes the at least one communication information component of the first communication, identification of the first subset of the two or more parties with whom the first communication is associated, and the second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device; and

transmitting the second communication to the at least one mobile device.

2. A communication system comprising:

network equipment including one or more electronic devices, the one or more electronic devices including at least;

circuitry configured for obtaining at least one communication information component of a first communication configured for transmission to at least one mobile device configured to be shared by two or more parties, at least one account-specific data structure including at least identification of the two or more parties as corresponding two or more human beings and identification of at least one protocol, an identification of a first subset of the two or more parties with whom the at least one communication information component is associated, and a first network routing tag;

circuitry configured for obtaining sensor data sensed in a detection range of the at least one mobile device;

circuitry configured for determining by automatic sensor data recognition whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device;

circuitry configured for deriving a second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device that selectively routes the at least one communication information component as a function of the first network routing tag and the at least one protocol in the at least one account-specific data structure, the at least one protocol specifying at least one response dependent upon whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device;

circuitry configured for assembling a second communication that includes the at least one communication information component of the first communication, identification of the first subset of the two or more parties with whom the first communication is associated, and the second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device; and

circuitry configured for transmitting the second communication to the at least one mobile device.

3. The communication system of claim 2 wherein the circuitry configured for assembling a second communication that includes the at least one communication information component of the first communication, identification of the first subset of the two or more parties with whom the first communication is associated, and the second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device includes:

circuitry configured for deciding either to include a party identifier in the second communication if the first communication indicates a party or to exclude the party identifier from the second communication if the first communication does not indicate the party, the party being one of the two or more parties configured to share the at least one mobile device by the at least one account-specific data structure that identifies the two or more parties as corresponding two or more human beings by one or more intrinsic alphanumeric attributes.

4. The communication system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry configured for assembling a second communication that includes the at least one communication information component of the first communication, identification of the first subset of the two or more parties with whom the first communication is associated, and the second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device includes:

circuitry configured for assembling a second communication that includes an account-specific header that identifies the first subset of the two or more parties to whom the at least one communication information component of the first communication is directed.

5. The communication system of claim 2 further comprising:

at least one of;

circuitry configured for requesting a retrieval of a particular tag by invoking a remote lookup operation, the particular tag being a communication information component of the second communication that identifies the mobile device;

circuitry configured for causing the mobile device configured to be shared by the two or more parties to undergo a wireless linkage handover to or from a wireless local area network (WLAN) hotspot;

circuitry configured for implementing virtual device identifier recognition in firmware of a particular device, the particular device being the mobile device configured to be shared by the two or more parties;

circuitry configured for configuring a particular routing tag as a telephone number associated with a land line, the particular routing tag being associated with a first party but not with a second party of the two or more parties configured to share the mobile device by the at least one account-specific data structure that identifies the two or more parties as corresponding two or more human beings by one or more intrinsic alphanumeric attributes;

circuitry configured for configuring a wireless transmission to include a channel establishment request as a communication information component of the second communication;

circuitry configured for initiating an investigation protocol effective to determine whether a physical destination corresponding to a digital identifier can be found, the physical destination including the mobile device configured to be shared by the two or more parties;

or

circuitry configured for mapping a response protocol including at least an operational parameter to a specific recipient party identifier and to a specific anonymous communication context, the specific recipient party identifier identifying a member of the first subset of the two or more parties configured to share the mobile device by the at least one account-specific data structure that identifies the two or more parties as corresponding two or more human beings by one or more intrinsic alphanumeric attributes.

6. The communication system of claim 2 wherein the circuitry configured for assembling a second communication that includes the at least one communication information component of the first communication, identification of the first subset of the two or more parties with whom the first communication is associated, and the second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device includes:

circuitry configured for obtaining an identification of a member of the first subset of the two or more parties with whom the at least one communication information component is associated from at least one directory.

7. The communication system of claim 2 wherein the circuitry configured for obtaining sensor data sensed in a detection range of the at least one mobile device includes:

circuitry configured for obtaining at least one of image data or audio data sensed via at least one of a camera or a microphone in a detection range of the at least one mobile device.

8. The communication system of claim 2 wherein the circuitry configured for assembling a second communication that includes the at least one communication information component of the first communication, identification of the first subset of the two or more parties with whom the first communication is associated, and the second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device includes:

circuitry configured for assembling a second communication that identifies only one particular person as the first subset of the two or more parties, the one particular person being one of the two or more parties with whom the first communication is associated.

9. The communication system of claim 2 circuitry configured for assembling a second communication that includes the at least one communication information component of the first communication, identification of the first subset of the two or more parties with whom the first communication is associated, and the second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device includes:

at least one of;

circuitry configured for determining whether any one of the two or more parties has been designated as a default user of the mobile device configured to be shared by the two or more parties by the at least one account-specific data structure that identifies the two or more parties as corresponding two or more human beings by one or more intrinsic alphanumeric attributes;

circuitry configured for determining whether any one of the two or more parties has been designated as a default user of the mobile device configured to be shared by the two or more parties and whether any one of the two or more parties that has not been designated as a default user of the mobile device configured to be shared by the two or more parties is online;

or

circuitry configured for deciding either to include a party identifier in the second communication if the first communication indicates a party or to exclude the party identifier from the second communication if the first communication does not indicate the party, the party being one of the two or more parties configured to share the mobile device by at least one account-specific data structure that identifies the two or more parties as corresponding two or more human beings by one or more intrinsic alphanumeric attributes.

10. The communication system of claim 2 wherein the circuitry configured for obtaining sensor data sensed in a detection range of the at least one mobile device includes:

circuitry configured for obtaining at least one of image data or audio data sensed via at least one of a camera or a microphone in a detection range of the at least one mobile device, the at least one of image data or audio data being indicative of at least one of presence or absence of members of the two or more humans corresponding to the two or more parties.

11. The communication system of claim 2 wherein the circuitry configured for obtaining sensor data sensed in a detection range of the at least one mobile device includes:

circuitry configured for obtaining at least one of an acceleration value, a temperature, one or more SPS coordinates, a barometric pressure, a humidity level, a compass direction, an altitude, a gyroscopic value, a magnetic reading, a pressure value, an oscillation value, an ambient light reading, inertial readings, touch detections, finger placements, or flex detections sensed via at least one of an accelerometer, a thermometer, a satellite positioning system (SPS) sensor, a barometer, a humidity sensor, a compass, an altimeter, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, a pressure sensor, an oscillation detector, a light sensor, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), a tactile sensor, a touch sensor, a flexibility sensor, or a microelectromechanical system (MEMS).

12. The communication system of claim 2 wherein the circuitry configured for assembling a second communication that includes the at least one communication information component of the first communication, identification of the first subset of the two or more parties with whom the first communication is associated, and the second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device includes

at least one of:

circuitry configured for assembling a second communication that includes an account-specific header that identifies the first subset of the two or more parties to whom a second communication information component of the first communication is directed;

circuitry configured for assembling a second communication that identifies the first subset of the two or more parties from whom the at least one communication information component of the first communication is received;

circuitry configured for determining whether the first communication lacks a party indication tag;

or

circuitry configured for requesting that a remote entity provide a user subset identification tag that corresponds with a virtual device identifier, the user subset identification tag identifying the first subset of the two or more parties configured to share the mobile device by at least one account-specific data structure that identifies the two or more parties as corresponding two or more human beings by one or more intrinsic alphanumeric attributes.

13. The communication system of claim 2 wherein the circuitry configured for determining by automatic sensor data recognition whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device includes:

circuitry configured for determining by automatic facial recognition applied to one or more images whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device.

14. The communication system of claim 2 circuitry configured for determining by automatic sensor data recognition whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device includes:

circuitry configured for determining by automatic voice recognition applied to audio data whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device.

15. The communication system of claim 2 circuitry configured for determining by automatic sensor data recognition whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device includes:

circuitry configured for determining by at least one of automatic facial recognition applied to one or more images or automatic voice recognition applied to audio data whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is at least one of present or absent within the detection range of the at least one mobile device.

16. The communication system of claim 2 circuitry configured for assembling a second communication that includes the at least one communication information component of the first communication, identification of the first subset of the two or more parties with whom the first communication is associated, and the second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device includes:

at least one of;

circuitry configured for causing the at least one mobile device configured to be shared by the two or more parties to undergo a wireless linkage handover to or from a wireless local area network (WLAN) hotspot;

or

circuitry configured for configuring a wireless transmission to include a channel establishment request as a communication information component of the second communication.

17. The communication system of claim 2 wherein the circuitry configured for deriving a second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device that selectively routes the at least one communication information component as a function of the first network routing tag and the at least one protocol in the at least one account-specific data structure, the at least one protocol specifying at least one response dependent upon whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device includes:

circuitry configured for configuring a particular routing tag as a telephone number associated with a land line, the particular routing tag being associated with a first party but not with a second party of the two or more parties configured to share the mobile device by the at least one account-specific data structure that identifies the two or more parties as corresponding two or more human beings by one or more intrinsic alphanumeric attributes.

18. The communication system of claim 2 circuitry configured for assembling a second communication that includes the at least one communication information component of the first communication, identification of the first subset of the two or more parties with whom the first communication is associated, and the second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device includes:

circuitry configured for configuring a wireless transmission to include a channel establishment request as a communication information component of the second communication.

19. The communication system of claim 2 wherein the network equipment includes:

at least one of a mobile switching center, a base transceiver station, a wireless access point, a wireless router, a wireless LAN router, a mobile hotspot, a handheld device, or a server.

20. The communication method of claim 2 wherein the circuitry configured for deriving a second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device that selectively routes the at least one communication information component as a function of the first network routing tag and the at least one protocol in the at least one account-specific data structure, the at least one protocol specifying at least one response dependent upon whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device includes:

circuitry configured for deriving a second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device that selectively routes the at least one communication information component as a function of the first network routing tag and the at least one protocol in the at least one account-specific data structure, the at least one protocol specifying a channel establishment request obtained as a component of the first communication.

21. The communication system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry configured for deriving a second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device that selectively routes the at least one communication information component as a function of the first network routing tag and the at least one protocol in the at least one account-specific data structure, the at least one protocol specifying at least one response dependent upon whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device includes:

circuitry configured for deriving a second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device that selectively routes the at least one communication information component as a function of the first network routing tag and the at least one protocol in the at least one account-specific data structure, the at least one protocol discriminating presentation of content to avoid presentation to at least one of the two or more parties.

22. The communication system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry configured for deriving a second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device that selectively routes the at least one communication information component as a function of the first network routing tag and the at least one protocol in the at least one account-specific data structure, the at least one protocol specifying at least one response dependent upon whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device includes:

circuitry configured for deriving a second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device that selectively routes the at least one communication information component as a function of the first network routing tag and the at least one protocol in the at least one account-specific data structure, the at least one protocol specifying at least one response dependent upon whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings has an active account associated with communications through at least one network.

23. The communication system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry configured for deriving a second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device that selectively routes the at least one communication information component as a function of the first network routing tag and the at least one protocol in the at least one account-specific data structure, the at least one protocol specifying at least one response dependent upon whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device includes:

circuitry configured for deriving a second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device that selectively routes the at least one communication information component as a function of the first network routing tag and the at least one protocol in the at least one account-specific data structure, wherein the at least one protocol causes one or more charges associated with communications through at least one network to be associated with an account.

24. The communication system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry configured for deriving a second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device that selectively routes the at least one communication information component as a function of the first network routing tag and the at least one protocol in the at least one account-specific data structure, the at least one protocol specifying at least one response dependent upon whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device includes:

circuitry configured for deriving a second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device that selectively routes the at least one communication information component as a function of the first network routing tag and the at least one protocol in the at least one account-specific data structure, the at least one protocol specifying a network routing tag configured as a telephone number associated with a landline.

25. The communication system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry configured for deriving a second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device that selectively routes the at least one communication information component as a function of the first network routing tag and the at least one protocol in the at least one account-specific data structure, the at least one protocol specifying at least one response dependent upon whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device includes:

circuitry configured for deriving a second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device that selectively routes the at least one communication information component as a function of the first network routing tag and the at least one protocol in the at least one account-specific data structure, the at least one protocol specifying at least one record that associates at least one of one or more phone numbers or one or more internet protocol addresses with at least one permanent identifier of a handset.

26. The communication system of claim 2, wherein the circuitry configured for deriving a second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device that selectively routes the at least one communication information component as a function of the first network routing tag and the at least one protocol in the at least one account-specific data structure, the at least one protocol specifying at least one response dependent upon whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device includes:

circuitry configured for deriving a second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device that selectively routes the at least one communication information component as a function of the first network routing tag and the at least one protocol in the at least one account-specific data structure, the at least one protocol specifying a content including at least one of a caller ID field, user text, or at least one digital expression intended for one subset of the two or more humans corresponding to the two or more parties but not for a remainder of the two or more humans.

27. A communication system comprising:

network equipment including one or more electronic devices, the network equipment including at least;

means for obtaining at least one communication information component of a first communication configured for transmission to at least one mobile device configured to be shared by two or more parties, at least one account-specific data structure including at least identification of the two or more parties as corresponding two or more human beings and identification of at least one protocol, an identification of a first subset of the two or more parties with whom the at least one communication information component is associated, and a first network routing tag;

means for obtaining sensor data sensed in a detection range of the at least one mobile device;

means for determining by automatic sensor data recognition whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device;

means for deriving a second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device that selectively routes the at least one communication information component as a function of the first network routing tag and the at least one protocol in the at least one account-specific data structure, the at least one protocol specifying at least one response dependent upon whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device;

means for assembling a second communication that includes the at least one communication information component of the first communication, identification of the first subset of the two or more parties with whom the first communication is associated, and the second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device; and

means for transmitting the second communication to the at least one mobile device.

28. A communication method operable in network equipment including one or more electronic devices comprising:

obtaining at least one communication information component of a first communication configured for transmission to at least one mobile device configured to be shared by two or more parties, at least one account-specific data structure including at least identification of the two or more parties as corresponding two or more human beings and identification of at least one protocol, an identification of a first subset of the two or more parties with whom the at least one communication information component is associated, and a first network routing tag;

obtaining sensor data sensed in a detection range of the at least one mobile device;

determining by automatic sensor data recognition whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device;

deriving a second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device that selectively routes the at least one communication information component as a function of the first network routing tag and the at least one protocol in the at least one account-specific data structure, the at least one protocol specifying at least one response dependent upon whether at least one of the two or more parties corresponding to two or more human beings is present within the detection range of the at least one mobile device;

assembling a second communication that includes the at least one communication information component of the first communication, identification of the first subset of the two or more parties with whom the first communication is associated, and the second network routing tag identifying the at least one mobile device; and

transmitting the second communication from the network equipment to the mobile device.