Cost-effective mobile connectivity protocols

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9876762-B2
Application number	US-201213731982-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 31, 2012
Priority date	Dec 31, 2012
Publication date	Jan 23, 2018
Grant date	Jan 23, 2018

Abstract

Structures and protocols are presented for signaling a status or decision concerning a wireless service or device within a region to a network participant or other communication device (smartphone or motor vehicle, e.g.).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communication management system comprising:
at least one computing device; and
one or more instructions that, when implemented in the at least one computing device, program the at least one computing device for:
obtaining configuration data establishing at least one security protocol;
receiving one or more wireless signals containing one or more access requests from at least one wireless communication device including at least obtaining a data pattern from the at least one wireless communication device;
determining whether the one or more access requests received from the at least one wireless communication device are compliant with the at least one security protocol including at least determining whether the data pattern obtained from the at least one wireless communication device matches at least one data pattern in the configuration data establishing the at least one security protocol;
providing access to the at least one wireless communication device and at least one other wireless communication device from one or more networks via two or more network communication signal paths including at least a first network communication signal path to the at least one wireless communication device and a second network communication signal path to the at least one other communication device based at least partly on the one or more access requests responsive to determination whether the one or more access requests are compliant with the at least one security protocol;
determining at least one firewall configuration based at least partly on a determination that the one or more access requests are not compliant with the at least one security protocol; and
implementing at least one firewall between the first network communication path to the at least one wireless communication device and the second network communication signal path to the at least one other communication device based at least partly on the at least one firewall configuration.

2. The communication management system of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining configuration data establishing at least one security protocol includes:
obtaining configuration data establishing a password.

3. The communication management system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one wireless communication device includes:
at least one of a smartphone or a computer.

4. The communication management system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one computing device includes:
at least one of at least one integrated circuit chip or a motor vehicle.

5. The communication management system of claim 1 , wherein the receiving one or more wireless signals containing one or more access requests from at least one wireless communication device includes:
receiving user vocalization data including one or more voice commands.

6. The communication management system of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining configuration data establishing at least one security protocol includes:
detecting one or more service region departure events.

7. The communication management system of claim 1 , wherein the providing access to the at least one wireless communication device and at least one other wireless communication device from one or more networks via two or more network communication signal paths including at least a first network communication signal path to the at least one wireless communication device and a second network communication signal path to the at least one other communication device based at least partly on the one or more access requests responsive to determination whether the one or more access requests are compliant with the at least one security protocol includes:
incrementally decreasing a dataflow through at least one of the two or more network communication signal paths.

8. The communication management system of claim 1 , wherein the providing access to the at least one wireless communication device and at least one other wireless communication device from one or more networks via two or more network communication signal paths including at least a first network communication signal path to the at least one wireless communication device and a second network communication signal path to the at least one other communication device based at least partly on the one or more access requests responsive to determination whether the one or more access requests are compliant with the at least one security protocol includes:
signaling a decision whether to transmit any user data via at least one of the two or more network communication signal paths.

9. The communication management system of claim 1 , wherein the providing access to the at least one wireless communication device and at least one other wireless communication device from one or more networks via two or more network communication signal paths including at least a first network communication signal path to the at least one wireless communication device and a second network communication signal path to the at least one other communication device based at least partly on the one or more access requests responsive to determination whether the one or more access requests are compliant with the at least one security protocol includes:
signaling a decision whether to adjust a latency threshold for user data passing via at least one of the two or more network communication signal paths in response to one or more channel performance metrics relating to at least one communication channel.

10. The communication management system of claim 1 , wherein the providing access to the at least one wireless communication device and at least one other wireless communication device from one or more networks via two or more network communication signal paths including at least a first network communication signal path to the at least one wireless communication device and a second network communication signal path to the at least one other communication device based at least partly on the one or more access requests responsive to determination whether the one or more access requests are compliant with the at least one security protocol includes:
comparing a data block delivery failure rate relating to at least one of the two or more network communication signal paths against a failure rate threshold relating to the at least one of the two or more network communication signal paths.

11. The communication management system of claim 1 , further comprising:
signaling a result to a user via the at least one wireless communication device indicating whether at least one of the one or more access requests is compliant with the at least one security protocol.

12. The communication management system of claim 1 , wherein the providing access to the at least one wireless communication device and at least one other wireless communication device from one or more networks via two or more network communication signal paths including at least a first network communication signal path to the at least one wireless communication device and a second network communication signal path to the at least one other communication device based at least partly on the one or more access requests responsive to determination whether the one or more access requests are compliant with the at least one security protocol includes:
transmitting user data via an ad hoc network that includes the at least one wireless communication device.

13. The communication management system of claim 1 , wherein the providing access to the at least one wireless communication device and at least one other wireless communication device from one or more networks via two or more network communication signal paths including at least a first

Assignees

• Elwha Llc

Inventors

• Barnes Philip Lionel
• Chin Hon Wah
• Davidson Howard L
• Hallman Kimberly D A
• Hyde Roderick A
• Ishikawa Muriel Y
• Kare Jordin T
• Lee Brian
• Lord Richard T
• Lord Robert W
• Mundie Craig J
• Myhrvold Nathan P
• Pasch Nicholas F
• Rudder Eric D
• Tegreene Clarence T
• Tremblay Marc
• Tuckerman David B
• Whitmer Charles
• Wood Jr Lowell L

Classifications

• H04L63/02 Primary

  for separating internal from external traffic, e.g. firewalls · CPC title

• H04W12/06

  Authentication · CPC title

• H04W12/08

  Access security · CPC title

• H04W12/64

  using geofenced areas · CPC title