Wireless devices that communicate, via short range wireless communication, with a mobile client device for establishing services of the wireless device with a server over the internet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10133527-B2
Application number	US-201615358982-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 22, 2016
Priority date	Nov 20, 2000
Publication date	Nov 20, 2018
Grant date	Nov 20, 2018

Abstract

A wireless device that includes at least a wireless communication unit, which is compatible with at least a protocol within IEEE 802.11 standards, for establishing a wireless connection with a server over a network is herein disclosed and enabled. To connect the wireless device with the server, the wireless device may first establish short range wireless communication with a client device, such as a smart phone. The wireless device may exchange data or information with the client device via the short range wireless communication; and the wireless device may implement an authentication procedure for detecting authentication information. Thereafter, the wireless device connects to the server over the Internet for accessing a service provided by the server. The accessing of the service may require authentication information on the wireless device, and the accessing of the service is subsequent to the wireless device having implemented the authentication procedure at the wireless device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wireless communication method for a wireless device to establish wireless communication with one or more servers over a network, the wireless device includes one or more communication units, each communication unit of the one or more communication units includes at least one communication chip or chipsets, the wireless communication method comprising:
(1) facilitating, by the one or more communication units of the wireless device, a wireless discovery operation for the wireless device to be wirelessly discoverable by a client of the wireless device via short range wireless communication, the wireless discovery operation includes wirelessly transmitting, by short range wireless communication and via the one or more communication units of the wireless device, at least an attribute or identification information related to the wireless device from the wireless device to the client;
(2) wirelessly establishing, via the one or more communication units of the wireless device, a wireless communication link between the wireless device and the client that has wirelessly discovered the wireless device in (1), the wireless communication link being a short range wireless communication link directly between the wireless device and the client, and the wireless communication link being compatible, at least partly, with at least a protocol within Bluetooth specifications or IEEE 802.11 standards;
(3) wirelessly communicating, via the one or more communication units of the wireless device and over the wireless communication link established in (2), between the wireless device and the client;
(4) executing, by the wireless device, an authentication procedure for detecting security or authentication information at the wireless device, the execution of the authentication procedure is while the wireless device is wirelessly communicating with the client in (3); and wherein the security information or the authentication information includes one or more of a user name, a password, identification information, an ID number, a PIN, an IP address, a security key, a biometric, a fingerprint, or voice, individually or in any combination;
(5) establishing, by the wireless device and using the one or more communication units of the wireless device, wireless local area network communication, the wireless local area network communication being compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards for establishing a wireless local area network connection;
(6) wirelessly connecting the wireless device, using the one or more communication units and via the wireless local area network communication established in (5), to the one or more servers over the network that includes the Internet, the connecting of the wireless device to the one or more servers includes accessing a service provided by the one or more servers; and
wherein the accessing, by the wireless device, of the service provided by the one or more servers is based, at least in part, on the wireless device having appropriate authentication information for accessing the service, and the connecting of the wireless device to the one or more servers in (6) is subsequent to the wireless device having executed the authentication procedure in (4); and
wherein at least one communication unit of the one or more communication units is a wireless communication unit that is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within Bluetooth specifications or IEEE 802.11 standards for establishing the wireless communication link in (2); and
wherein at least one communication unit of the one or more communication units is a wireless communication unit that is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards for establishing the wireless local area network communication in (5).

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein facilitating the wireless discovery operation in (1) for the wireless device to be wirelessly discoverable by the client is via the wireless communication unit that is compatible, at least partly, with at least a protocol within Bluetooth standards; and wherein the method further comprises receiving, via the wireless communication unit that is compatible, at least partly, with at least a protocol within Bluetooth standards, a communication request or a service request from the client.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein facilitating the wireless discovery operation in (1) for the wireless device to be wirelessly discoverable by the client is based on at least one of the following, individually or in any combination:
(a) a wireless communication directly between the wireless device and the client; or
(b) a local area network communication between the wireless device and the client.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein facilitating, the wireless discovery operation in (1), for the wireless device to be wirelessly discoverable by the client, is based on short range wireless communication and based on close proximity between the wireless device and the client; and wherein the method further comprises:
wirelessly transmitting, by the wireless device to the client and via the short range wireless communication, at least an attribute related to the wireless device for the client to select the wireless device for service; and
wirelessly receiving, via the short range wireless communication, a communication request from the client that has selected the wireless device for service.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the network includes the Internet, and the one or more servers is operated, at least in part, over the Internet, and wherein subsequent to establishing the wireless local area network communication, by the wireless device in (4), the method further comprises receiving, by the wireless device, digital content from the one or more servers over the Internet, wherein the digital content is for outputting or playing at the wireless device; and wherein the wireless device is at least an output system that includes an information apparatus for accessing the one or more servers over the Internet.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, the wireless device is at least an audio output device, and wherein the client is at least a smart phone; and wherein the wireless device is a separate and distinct device from the smart phone.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the wireless device is at least one of an audio device, a speaker, a projection device, a display device, a television, a controller box connected to a television, a printer, or a digital imaging device, individually or in any combination; and the client is a client device that is at least one of a smart phone, an Internet-Phone, a touch sensitive screen phone, an Information-Pad, an Internet appliance, or an Internet-Pad, individually or in any combination; and wherein the wireless device is a distinct and separate device from the client device.

8. A wireless device for establishing a short range wireless communication link with a client of the wireless device and for connecting to one or more servers over a network that includes the Internet, the wireless device comprising:
an antenna for transmitting radio frequency signals;
one or more wireless communication units, each wireless communication unit of the one or more wireless communication units includes wireless communication circuitry for wireless communication, at least a wireless communication unit of the one or more wireless communication units is compatible, at least partly, with at least one protocol within IEEE 802.11 wireless standards; and wherein the wireless device is configured for:
(1) wirelessly receiving, by the wireless device and via the one or more wirele

Assignees

• Flexiworld Tech Inc

Inventors

• Chang William Ho
• Liu Christina Ying

Classifications

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• G06F3/128

  Direct printing, e.g. sending document file, using memory stick, printing from a camera · CPC title

• G06F3/1247

  by conversion to printer ready format · CPC title

• G06F3/1208

  resulting in improved quality of the output result, e.g. print layout, colours, workflows, print preview · CPC title

• G06F3/122

  with regard to computing resources, e.g. memory, CPU · CPC title