Mobile handset extension to a device

• US 9,980,138 B2
• Filed: 01/26/2017
• Issued: 05/22/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Flynn, Judson, Haughn, Erick John, Lewis, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Mahendra
• Application Number:
  US15/416,023
• Publication Number:
  US 20170134952A1
• Time in Patent Office: 481 Days
• Field of Search: 455410, 4552262, 455439, 455445, 709245, 709203, 709202, 370402, 370401
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/673 the user being required to key in a code
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/007 with remote control systems remote control in general G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42178 by downloading data to substation equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/00 Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/12 Detection or prevention of fraud
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/43 using shared identity modules, e.g. SIM sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/30 Connection release
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

Mobile operation is extended to a device. An extension interface comprises a client component within a mobile that is linked to a client component within the device. Extension of mobile operation is secured via delivery of credentials associated with the mobile to the device. Delivery of credentials is temporary and typically spans the period during which mobile operation is extended to the device. Application(s) and content(s) can be conveyed to the device for utilization therein. An emulation component that can reside at least in part on the client component within the device can emulate mobile operation. Client component within the mobile can include at least in part (i) a component that downloads drivers for communication with, and utilization of, the device to which mobile operation is extended, and (ii) a component that can scan for wireless-capable devices to extend mobile service thereto.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

detecting an attachment of an electronic device to the device via an extension interface;

facilitating sending, to the electronic device, security credential data representing a security credential associated with the device;

facilitating sending, to the electronic device, application data representing a source-code bundle and content data based on the security credential to facilitate generation of an executable application on the electronic device;

obtaining a product code from the electronic device; and

based on the product code, retrieving the source-code bundle representing electronic device specific application data from a radio access network device.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise, in response to the detecting the attachment of the electronic device, initiating a power-up of the electronic device.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise using an attachment protocol associated with the electronic device to recognize the electronic device.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise in response to receiving a serial number associated with the electronic device and based on the serial number, facilitating sending, to the electronic device, device specific attachment data representing device specific attachment instructions.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the executable application is an internet protocol television application applicable to disparate interactive television networks.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the content data represents broadcast television content.

18. The device of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise, in response to the attachment of the electronic device to the device, facilitating collection of data representing a serial number associated with the electronic device.

7. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

receiving security credential data representing a security credential associated with a wireless mobile device via an extension interface that attaches to the wireless mobile device;

based on the security credential, generating an executable application as a function of receiving application data representing a source-code bundle and content data;

receiving a product code from the wireless mobile device; and

based on the product code, retrieving the source-code bundle representing wireless mobile device specific application data from a radio access network device.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise, prior to receiving the security credential data, receiving, from the wireless mobile device, command data representing a command to power up a system comprising the processor.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise using an attachment protocol specific to the wireless mobile device to establish the extension interface to the wireless mobile device.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the product code is a first product code, and wherein the operations further comprise sending a second product code to the wireless mobile device.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise, in response to sending a serial number to the wireless mobile device, receiving device specific attachment data representing device specific attachment instructions.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the executable application is an internet protocol television application.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the content data represents a broadcast television show.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise in response to detecting attachment of the wireless mobile device via the extension interface, facilitating collection of serial number data associated with the wireless mobile device.

14. A method, comprising:

sending, by a system comprising a processor, application data representing a source-code bundle to an electronic device based on an indication that the electronic device is attached and in communication with the system via an extension interface;

facilitating, by the system, instantiation of an executable application on the electronic device based on the application data;

obtaining a product code from the electronic device;

based on the product code, retrieving the source-code bundle representing electronic device specific application data from a radio access network device; and

based on identification data received from the electronic device, sending, by the system, security credential data representing a security credential associated with the system to the electronic device, wherein the security credential is usable by a radio access network device to recognize the electronic device as being part of a radio access network that comprises the radio access network device, the system, and the electronic device.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

receiving, by the system from the radio access network device, content data.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

sending, by the system, the content data to the electronic device.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

in response to receiving the indication that the electronic device has been connected to the system, facilitating, by the system, collection of the identification data representing a serial number associated with the electronic device.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the product code is a first product code, and further comprising sending, by the system, a second product code to the electronic device.