Methods and devices for interworking of wireless wide area networks and ...

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(12) Umted States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,126,477 B2 Dravida et al. (45) Date of Patent: Feb. 28, 2012 (54) METHODS AND DEVICES FOR 6,526,039 B1 2/2003 Dahlman et al. INTERWORKING OF WIRELESS WIDE E; * Iéalgendrw ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ 455/4561 AREA NETWORKS AND WIRELESS LOCAL 6,801,777 B2 * 10/2004 Ru:(I:1h 455/452 2 AREA NETWORKS OR WIRELESS 639043055 B2 6/2005 Pichna 651. """""""" " ' PERSONAL AREA NETWORKS 6,950,655 B2 9/2005 Hunkeler 6,967,462 B1 11/2005 Landis (75) Inventors: Subrahmanyam Dravida, ShreWsbury, 6,983,139 B2 1/2006 D_°\_"/1iI1g et a1~ MA Jay Rodney Walton’ Carlisles 'S1Il1V34'iI3. Gt MA (US); Sanjiv Nanda, Ramona, CA (comlnued) (US); Shravan K. Surineni, Marlborough, MA (US) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS CL 27301997 10/1998 (73) Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated, San (Continued) Diego, CA (US) OTHER PUBLICATIONS ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 International Search ReportiPCT/US06/026309iInternational U.S.C. 154(b) by 680 days. Search Authority, European Patent Office, May 2, 2007. (21) Appl. No.: 11/240,323 (Continued) (22) Filed; SeP_ 30, 2005 Primary Examiner * Ajit Patel (74) Attorney, Agent, 0rFirm * Florine C. Corie; Dmitry R. (65) Prior Publication Data Millkm/Sky US 2007/0010261A1 Jan. 11,2007 (57) ABSTRACT Related U-S- APPli¢ati0Il Data Embodiments describe methods, systems, and devices that (60) Provisional app1iCatiOnNO_ 60/697,504’ filed on Jul_ 7’ ut1lrze positional information to deterrn1ne location of other 2005,prOViSiOna1 app1iCatiOnNO_ 60/712,320’ filed on device and/or to provide a locat1on-based message. A method Aug 29’ 2005_ can include receiving a location information of a mobile device and using an access point to transmit location infor(51) Int. Cl. mation to one or more other devices that do not include H04W24/00 (2009.01) location functionality that are in communication With the (52) U.S. Cl. .................... .. 455/456.3; 370/465; 370/338 mobile device. The method can further include transmitting a (58) Field of Classification Search .............. .. 455/456.3 message I0 the mobile device based at least in P811 On the See application file for complete search history. received access location information. In another embodiment, the method can include receiving a user preference data (56) References Cited from the mobile device or one or more other devices and

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