United States Patent 9,860,939
Di Girolamo , et al. January 2, 2018
Method and apparatus for assisted/coordinated intra-home communications
Abstract
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed that may provide assistance across networks using different radio access technologies. A centralized gateway CGW (210, 710) may be provided to facilitate the assistance via client devices in the networks (220). The CGW (210, 710) and client devices may use a common protocol (311) and common interface to take actions relating to the assistance (780).
Inventors:
Di Girolamo; Rocco (Laval, CA), Gauvreau; Jean-Louis (La Prairie, CA), Lin; Zinan (Melville, NY), Murray; Joseph M. (Schwenksville, PA), Touag; Athmane (Chomeday Laval, CA), Ahmad; Saad (Montreal, CA), Freda; Martino (Laval, CA)
Applicant:
Name
City
State
Country
Type
Di Girolamo; Rocco
Gauvreau; Jean-Louis
Lin; Zinan
Murray; Joseph M.
Touag; Athmane
Ahmad; Saad
Freda; Martino
Laval
La Prairie
Melville
Schwenksville
Chomeday Laval
Montreal
Laval
N/A
N/A
NY
PA
N/A
N/A
N/A
CA
CA
US
US
CA
CA
CA
Assignee:
InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. (Wilmington, DE)
Family ID:
1000003042984
Appl. No.:
13/520,989
Filed:
January 6, 2011
PCT Filed:
January 06, 2011
PCT No.:
PCT/US2011/020331
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date:
January 07, 2013
PCT Pub. No.:
WO2011/085073
PCT Pub. Date:
July 14, 2011
Prior Publication Data
Document Identifier
Publication Date
US 20130142059 A1 Jun 6, 2013
Related U.S. Patent Documents
Application Number
Filing Date
Patent Number
Issue Date
61292708 Jan 6, 2010
61393205 Oct 14, 2010
Current U.S. Class: 1/1
Current CPC Class: H04W 88/16 (20130101); H04L 12/66 (20130101); H04W 88/10 (20130101); H04W 88/06 (20130101); H04W 48/18 (20130101); H04W 84/10 (20130101); H04W 48/12 (20130101)
Current International Class: H04W 88/16 (20090101); H04L 12/66 (20060101); H04W 88/10 (20090101); H04W 48/12 (20090101); H04W 48/18 (20090101); H04W 88/06 (20090101); H04W 84/10 (20090101)
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