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Using a bluetooth capable mobile phone to access a remote network

US8195093B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 29, 2011
Grant dateJun 5, 2012
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 29, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/72412
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one example, a Bluetooth enabled mobile device discovers the Bluetooth profile capability of a plurality of mobile phones and stores the profile information in a database. Thereafter, when access to a remote network such as an Internet Protocol (IP) network is necessitated by an event, the Bluetooth enabled mobile device can establish a Bluetooth connection with an available mobile phone according to a comparison of the event to the stored profile information for that mobile phone. The Bluetooth enabled mobile device can then establish a transport layer connection that extends over the established Bluetooth connection and a wireless telecommunications network associated with the available phone and exchange data with a remote network using the established transport layer connection.

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