US 7,039,033 B2
System, device and computer readable medium for providing a managed wireless network using short-range radio signalsGeneral
US 7,039,033 B2
System, device and computer readable medium for providing a managed wireless network using short-range radio signals
Tech Center:
2600 Communications
Examiner:
Frank Duong
Art Unit:
2616 Computer Graphic Processing, 3D Animation, Display Color Attribute, Object Processing, Hardware and Memory
Inventors:
Amit Haller; Peter Fornell; Avraham Itzchak; Amir Glick; Ziv Haparnas
Assignee:
Priority:
05/07/01
Filed:
05/07/01
Granted:
05/02/06
Expiration:
10/25/21
Abstract
A system, a wireless hand-held device, and software component for accessing information responsive to short-range radio signals is provided. The system includes a wireless gateway device coupled to a network, such as a cellular network. The wireless gateway device includes a network manager software component for accessing information from the network responsive to a first short-range radio signal. The network may be a corporate, private or public network, such as the Internet. A first wireless device is coupled to the wireless gateway device. The first wireless device provides the first short-range radio signal. In an embodiment of the present invention, the first wireless device is a cellular telephone, personal digital assistant or thin terminal having a Bluetooth™ processor and transmitter. In an embodiment of the present invention, the network manager software component includes a plug and play software component for loading and executing software for the first wireless device. In an embodiment of the present invention, a second wireless device accesses information on the first wireless device using the wireless gateway device.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
H04H04L67/2876H04W84/042H04M2250/02H04L