WO2009038449A2 - An apparatus and methodology of location based air interface/ wireless protocol selector - Google Patents

An apparatus and methodology of location based air interface/ wireless protocol selector Download PDF

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WO2009038449A2
WO2009038449A2 PCT/MY2008/000102 MY2008000102W WO2009038449A2 WO 2009038449 A2 WO2009038449 A2 WO 2009038449A2 MY 2008000102 W MY2008000102 W MY 2008000102W WO 2009038449 A2 WO2009038449 A2 WO 2009038449A2
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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus and further a methodology of location based interface or wireless protocol selector used in portable communication devices with multiple wireless protocols.
  • Telecommunication has been a vital ingredient for human to live in a save and comfortable manner ever since it was first introduced long time ago.
  • the present generations of telecommunication devices such mobile phones comprises of multiple wireless protocol, for example, GPRS, 3G 5 CDMA2000 Ix EV, 1 x EVDO, WiFi and WiMax.
  • multiple wireless protocols results in one major drawback.
  • the disadvantage is that the said mobile device would require the use of additional power supply than normal application and therefore shortening the life source of the battery in the mobile device.
  • a mobile device user or owner would most preferably deactivate the respective wireless protocol while maintaining the primary protocol in order to prolong or extend the life source of the battery.
  • the mobile device is equipped with a GPRS and WiFi protocols, the user may deactivate the WiFi protocol at all time and activate the same when necessary or when the user is convince that it is safe or when a WiFi service is available to activate the WiFi protocol.
  • the present invention relates to an apparatus and methodology of location based air interface/wireless protocol selector characterized in that wherein the apparatus comprises of at least one receiver, at least one transmitter, an antenna switch, a decoder or controller, a base station or SSID station for storing ID database, a means power supply, a processing unit and a master antenna and wherein optionally, the above set of devices could be provided in duplicate and wherein all processing is done intelligently via the processing unit.
  • the base station or SSID station is configured to work co-operatively with other devices in the present invention and wherein the database is provided to store alternative wireless protocols such as GPRS, 3G, cdma2000 Ix EV, 1 x EVDO, WiFi, WiMAX and etc.
  • the storing of alternative wireless protocol is done by selecting manual storing of alternative protocol process.
  • the device is requested for the associated database SSID and wherein the device would further request for the associated configuration for respective SSID.
  • the device would thereafter request for the respective services to said configuration and therein select a preference of one wireless protocol with other stored wireless protocol.
  • the preferred wireless protocol is selected and the configuration is saved in the database in the device. Alternatively, the device could acquire the alternate wireless information directly and acquire the configuration thereafter.
  • a device would be activated thus allowing the said mobile device to receive information from a primary wireless protocol known as a cell broadcast.
  • the device would further retrieve available alternate wireless protocol in a pre-determined area and the signal set identifier or also known as SSID of the said alternate wireless protocol is retrieved thereafter. If an alternate wireless protocol is found then the respective wireless transceiver is activated, followed by an authentication process and when authentication is approved, the respective wireless transceiver will receive all services thereafter and is ready to use.
  • a command is sent to the primary wireless protocol to divert all services to the alternate wireless protocol. If the device is unable to determine a SSID service from a list of services qbtained within the said pre-determined area, the device would be prompted to switch to an alternate wireless interface. If the user decides not to response to the said action, then the wireless interface would be terminated and the alternate wireless transceiver of the respective service would be deactivated.
  • the respective wireless transceiver is activated, followed by an authentication process and when authentication is approved, the respective wireless transceiver is receive all services thereafter and is ready to use.
  • Figure 1 shows a flow diagram of a process of selection of air interfaces according to the present invention.
  • Figure 2 shows a flow where a database of a preferred alternative wireless is being stored in accordance to the present invention.
  • Figure 3 shows a flow diagram where a database of the preferred alternative wireless protocol is being exploited in accordance to the present invention.
  • Figure 4 shows a block diagram of the relevant circuitry for process of selection n accordance of the present invention.
  • Figure 4 is an example of one of the embodiment according to the present invention and the illustration is not limited as shown therein.
  • the present invention comprises of an apparatus which includes at least one receiver (10), at least one transmitter (12), an antenna switch (14), a decoder or controller (16), a base station or SSID station (18) for storing ID database, a means power supply (20), a processing unit (22) and a master antenna (24).
  • the above set of devices could be provided in duplicate as shown in Figure 4.
  • the database (18) is provided to store alternative wireless protocols such as GPRS, 3G, cdma2000 Ix EV, 1 x EVDO, WiFi, WiMAX and etc.
  • the soring of alternative wireless protocol is done by selecting manual storing of alternative protocol process.
  • the device is requested for the associated database SSID.
  • the device would further request for the associated configuration for respective SSID.
  • the device would thereafter request for the respective services to said configuration and therein select a preference of one wireless protocol with other stored wireless protocol.
  • the preferred wireless protocol is selected and the configuration is saved in the database in the device.
  • the device could acquire the alternate wireless information and acquire the configuration thereafter.
  • the next process is the same as described earlier. Finally the configuration is stored in the device.
  • a portable or mobile device would be activated thus allowing the said mobile device to receive information from a primary wireless protocol known as a cell broadcast. Then the mobile device would further retrieve available alternate wireless protocol in a pre-determined area. Then the signal set identifier or also known as SSlD of the said alternate wireless protocol is retrieved thereafter. If an alternate wireless protocol is found then the respective wireless transceiver is activated, followed by an authentication process and when authentication is approved, the respective wireless transceiver is receive all services thereafter and is ready to use. For example, if a WiFi services is available, then the mobile device would authenticate the SSID of the said WiFi service and thereafter activate the service once the mobile device has approved the service. On the contrary, if no authentication is provided, then that particular service would be terminated and the alternate wireless transceiver of the respective service would be deactivated. Then a command is sent to the primary wireless protocol to divert all services to the alternate wireless protocol.
  • a primary wireless protocol known as a cell broadcast.
  • the mobile device would further retrieve available alternate
  • the mobile device is unable to determine a SSID service from a list of services obtained within the said pre-determined area, then the user of the mobile device would be prompted to switch to an alternate wireless interface. If the user decides not to response to the said action, then the then wireless interface would be terminated and the alternate wireless transceiver of the respective service would be deactivated. If the user chooses to response, then the respective wireless transceiver is activated, followed by an authentication process and when authentication is approved, the respective wireless transceiver is receive all services thereafter and is ready to use. It should be noted that all processing is done intelligently via the processing unit (22) via a software which was developed by the present inventor to work co-operatively with the present invention.

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Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and methodology of location based air interface/wireless protocol selector characterized in that wherein the apparatus comprises of at least one receiver (10), at least one transmitter (12), an antenna switch (14), a decoder or controller (16), a base station or SSID station (18) for storing ID database, a means power supply (20), a processing unit (22) and a master antenna (24) and wherein optionally, the above set of devices could be provided in duplicate and wherein all processing is done intelligently via the processing unit (22).

Description

AN APPARATUS AND METHODOLOGY OF LOCATION BASED AIR INTERFACEAVIRELESS PROTOCOL SELECTOR
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an apparatus and further a methodology of location based interface or wireless protocol selector used in portable communication devices with multiple wireless protocols.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Telecommunication has been a vital ingredient for human to live in a save and comfortable manner ever since it was first introduced long time ago. The present generations of telecommunication devices such mobile phones comprises of multiple wireless protocol, for example, GPRS, 3G5 CDMA2000 Ix EV, 1 x EVDO, WiFi and WiMax. However, the use of such multiple wireless protocols results in one major drawback. The disadvantage is that the said mobile device would require the use of additional power supply than normal application and therefore shortening the life source of the battery in the mobile device.
To overcome the above-mentioned disadvantage, a mobile device user or owner would most preferably deactivate the respective wireless protocol while maintaining the primary protocol in order to prolong or extend the life source of the battery. For an example, if the mobile device is equipped with a GPRS and WiFi protocols, the user may deactivate the WiFi protocol at all time and activate the same when necessary or when the user is convince that it is safe or when a WiFi service is available to activate the WiFi protocol.
As a result, the alternate wireless protocol service is being ignored generally leading to lack of interest. The user may be deprived from having the best service due lack of knowledge of the location where is. Therefore, it is an objective of the present invention to overcome the above- mentioned disadvantages by introducing a novel method of automatically selecting an air interface when selecting a wireless protocol.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an apparatus and methodology of location based air interface/wireless protocol selector characterized in that wherein the apparatus comprises of at least one receiver, at least one transmitter, an antenna switch, a decoder or controller, a base station or SSID station for storing ID database, a means power supply, a processing unit and a master antenna and wherein optionally, the above set of devices could be provided in duplicate and wherein all processing is done intelligently via the processing unit.
The base station or SSID station is configured to work co-operatively with other devices in the present invention and wherein the database is provided to store alternative wireless protocols such as GPRS, 3G, cdma2000 Ix EV, 1 x EVDO, WiFi, WiMAX and etc. The storing of alternative wireless protocol is done by selecting manual storing of alternative protocol process. The device is requested for the associated database SSID and wherein the device would further request for the associated configuration for respective SSID. The device would thereafter request for the respective services to said configuration and therein select a preference of one wireless protocol with other stored wireless protocol. The preferred wireless protocol is selected and the configuration is saved in the database in the device. Alternatively, the device could acquire the alternate wireless information directly and acquire the configuration thereafter.
A device would be activated thus allowing the said mobile device to receive information from a primary wireless protocol known as a cell broadcast. The device would further retrieve available alternate wireless protocol in a pre-determined area and the signal set identifier or also known as SSID of the said alternate wireless protocol is retrieved thereafter. If an alternate wireless protocol is found then the respective wireless transceiver is activated, followed by an authentication process and when authentication is approved, the respective wireless transceiver will receive all services thereafter and is ready to use.
If no authentication is provided, then that particular service would be terminated and the alternate wireless transceiver of the respective service would be deactivated.
A command is sent to the primary wireless protocol to divert all services to the alternate wireless protocol. If the device is unable to determine a SSID service from a list of services qbtained within the said pre-determined area, the device would be prompted to switch to an alternate wireless interface. If the user decides not to response to the said action, then the wireless interface would be terminated and the alternate wireless transceiver of the respective service would be deactivated.
If the user chooses to response, then the respective wireless transceiver is activated, followed by an authentication process and when authentication is approved, the respective wireless transceiver is receive all services thereafter and is ready to use.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES
Figure 1 shows a flow diagram of a process of selection of air interfaces according to the present invention.
Figure 2 shows a flow where a database of a preferred alternative wireless is being stored in accordance to the present invention.
Figure 3 shows a flow diagram where a database of the preferred alternative wireless protocol is being exploited in accordance to the present invention.
Figure 4 shows a block diagram of the relevant circuitry for process of selection n accordance of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
The present invention would be described in detail with reference made to the accompanied figures but not limited thereto.
Reference is first made to Figure 4. It should be noted that Figure 4 is an example of one of the embodiment according to the present invention and the illustration is not limited as shown therein. The present invention comprises of an apparatus which includes at least one receiver (10), at least one transmitter (12), an antenna switch (14), a decoder or controller (16), a base station or SSID station (18) for storing ID database, a means power supply (20), a processing unit (22) and a master antenna (24). Optionally, the above set of devices could be provided in duplicate as shown in Figure 4. There could be more than one set of apparatus as shown in Figure 4 in a single device.
The features or device as mentioned above are commonly available in the market and therefore would not be described in detail. However, in the present invention the novelty is now the base station or SSID station (18) is configured to work co-operatively with other devices in the present invention. Reference is now made to Figure 2 wherein a flow diagram is shown wherein it illustrates how the said database (18) is stored therein.
The database (18) is provided to store alternative wireless protocols such as GPRS, 3G, cdma2000 Ix EV, 1 x EVDO, WiFi, WiMAX and etc. The soring of alternative wireless protocol is done by selecting manual storing of alternative protocol process. In this process, the device is requested for the associated database SSID. The device would further request for the associated configuration for respective SSID. The device would thereafter request for the respective services to said configuration and therein select a preference of one wireless protocol with other stored wireless protocol. The preferred wireless protocol is selected and the configuration is saved in the database in the device. Alternatively, the device could acquire the alternate wireless information and acquire the configuration thereafter. The next process is the same as described earlier. Finally the configuration is stored in the device.
Reference is now made to Figures 3 wherein is shown a flow diagram of the preferred alternative wireless protocol being utilized. The process of exploiting the present invention could be divided into when an alternative wireless protocol is found in the database (18) of the device and when it is not found. We will begin with when an alternative wireless protocol is found in the database (18) of the device.
Firstly, a portable or mobile device would be activated thus allowing the said mobile device to receive information from a primary wireless protocol known as a cell broadcast. Then the mobile device would further retrieve available alternate wireless protocol in a pre-determined area. Then the signal set identifier or also known as SSlD of the said alternate wireless protocol is retrieved thereafter. If an alternate wireless protocol is found then the respective wireless transceiver is activated, followed by an authentication process and when authentication is approved, the respective wireless transceiver is receive all services thereafter and is ready to use. For example, if a WiFi services is available, then the mobile device would authenticate the SSID of the said WiFi service and thereafter activate the service once the mobile device has approved the service. On the contrary, if no authentication is provided, then that particular service would be terminated and the alternate wireless transceiver of the respective service would be deactivated. Then a command is sent to the primary wireless protocol to divert all services to the alternate wireless protocol.
On the other hand, if the mobile device is unable to determine a SSID service from a list of services obtained within the said pre-determined area, then the user of the mobile device would be prompted to switch to an alternate wireless interface. If the user decides not to response to the said action, then the then wireless interface would be terminated and the alternate wireless transceiver of the respective service would be deactivated. If the user chooses to response, then the respective wireless transceiver is activated, followed by an authentication process and when authentication is approved, the respective wireless transceiver is receive all services thereafter and is ready to use. It should be noted that all processing is done intelligently via the processing unit (22) via a software which was developed by the present inventor to work co-operatively with the present invention.

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1. An apparatus and methodology of location based air interface/wireless protocol selector characterized in that wherein the apparatus comprises of at least one receiver (10), at least one transmitter (12), an antenna switch (14), a decoder or controller (16). a base station or SSID station (18) for storing ID database, a means power supply (20), a processing unit (22) and a master antenna (24) and wherein optionally, the above set of devices could be provided in duplicate and wherein all processing is done intelligently via the processing unit (22).
2. An apparatus and methodology of location based air interface/wireless protocol selector as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the base station or SSID station (18) is configured to work co-operatively with other devices in the present invention and wherein the database (18) is provided to store alternative wireless protocols such as GPRS, 3G1 cdma2000 Ix EV, 1 x EVDO, WiFi, WiMAX and etc.
3. An apparatus and methodology of location based air interface/wireless protocol selector as claimed in Claim 1 wherein the storing of alternative wireless protocol is done by selecting manual storing of alternative protocol process wherein the device is requested for the associated database SSID and wherein the device would further request for the associated configuration for respective SSID and wherein the device would thereafter request for the respective services to said configuration and therein select a preference of one wireless protocol with other stored wireless protocol and wherein the preferred wireless protocol is selected and the configuration is saved in the database in the device.
4. An apparatus and methodology of location based air interface/wireless protocol selector as claimed in Claim 1 wherein alternatively, the device could acquire the alternate wireless information directly and acquire the configuration thereafter.
5. An apparatus and methodology of location based air interface/wireless protocol selector as claimed in Claim 1 wherein a device would be activated thus allowing the said mobile device to receive information from a primary wireless protocol known as a cell broadcast and wherein the device would further retrieve available alternate wireless protocol in a pre-determined area and the signal set identifier or also known as SSID of the said alternate wireless protocol is retrieved thereafter.
6. An apparatus and methodology of location based air interface/wireless protocol selector as claimed in Claim 1 wherein if an alternate wireless protocol is found then the respective wireless transceiver is activated, followed by an authentication process and when authentication is approved, the respective wireless transceiver will receive all services thereafter and is ready to use.
7. An apparatus and methodology of location based air interface/wireless protocol selector as claimed in Claim 1 wherein if no authentication is provided, then that particular service would be terminated and the alternate wireless transceiver of the respective service would be deactivated.
8. An apparatus and methodology of location based air interface/wireless protocol selector as claimed in Claim 1 wherein a command is sent to the primary wireless protocol to divert all services to the alternate wireless protocol.
9. An apparatus and methodology of location based air interface/wireless protocol selector as claimed in Claim 1 wherein if the device is unable to determine a SSID service from a list of services obtained within the said predetermined area, the device would be prompted to switch to an alternate wireless interface and wherein if the user decides not to response to the said action, then the then wireless interface would be terminated and the alternate wireless transceiver of the respective service would be deactivated.
10. An apparatus and methodology of location based air interface/wireless protocol selector as claimed in Claim 1 wherein if the user chooses to response, then the respective wireless transceiver is activated, followed by an authentication process and when authentication is approved, the respective wireless transceiver is receive all services thereafter and is ready to use.
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