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Mobile device mode enablement responsive to a proximity criterion

  • US 9,832,708 B2
  • Filed: 08/30/2016
  • Issued: 11/28/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of operating a smartphone using a first air interface and a second air interface that differs from the first air interface, the method comprising:

  • communicating between the smartphone and an entity using the first air interface responsive to a proximity criterion having been satisfied between the smartphone and the entity to provide information to the entity over a short-range link between the smartphone and the entity;

    refraining from communicating between the smartphone and the entity by the smartphone using the first air interface absent the proximity criterion having been satisfied between the smartphone and the entity; and

    communicating between the smartphone and a base station using the second air interface to receive a communications service from the base station via the second air interface, wherein the smartphone receives the communications service from the base station via the second air interface but does not receive the communications service from the entity via the first air interface,wherein the communicating between the smartphone and the entity using the first air interface responsive to the proximity criterion having been satisfied between the smartphone and the entity to provide information to the entity over the short-range link between the smartphone and the entity is performed concurrently with the communicating between the smartphone and the base station using the second air interface to receive a communications service from the base station via the second air interface.

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