2052 results about "Wifi network" patented technology

A system for monitoring at least one tag device has at least one mobile cellular telephone. The mobile cellular telephone is capable of communicating on a WiFi network, wherein the at least one tag device transmits wireless data messages in a non-associating mode.

The present invention is directed to a method and system for selecting a wireless network for offloading network traffic from another network. In one embodiment, a method and system for offloading network traffic in a wireless user terminal from a first network, such as cellular network, onto a second network, such as a WiFi network, includes determining a measure of the relationship between the user of the wireless user terminal and the owner of the access point for the second network. The measure of the relationship can be used to provide an indication of the likelihood that the owner of the access point will grant access to the user of the wireless user terminal.

The detection system monitors WiFi wireless communications at a wireless device and detects a probe request associated with a location. The WiFi device may be a dedicated presence detection device or may offer access to internet and other services as a WiFi access point. A device identifier associated with the originating device may be a component of the probe request. Using the device identifier, the system can detect the presence of a consumer at the location associated with the wireless communications device and transmit information to the consumer based upon the device identifier.

A dual-mode mobile station for accessing a wide-area wireless network according to a first wireless protocol and a small-area wireless network according to a second wireless protocol. The dual-mode mobile station comprises a controller that switches the dual-mode mobile station between a first mode in which the dual-mode mobile station communicates with the wide-area wireless network and a second mode in which the dual-mode mobile station communicates with the small-area wireless network. The controller switches the dual-mode mobile station between the first and second modes depending on a distance between the dual-mode mobile station and an access point of the small-area wireless network. When the dual-mode transceiver enters the first mode, the controller turns off a transceiver that operates in the second mode in order to save power.

Methods and devices provide a virtual peripheral hub and services enabling remote access to peripherals commonly connected to personal computers in a manner that simplifies device networking. A virtual peripheral hub device may include a processor and wireless communication transceivers configured to connect to cellular and / or WiFi networks to access a remote server, and wired and / or wireless local networks for connecting to peripheral devices. The virtual peripheral hub device may plug into a power source (e.g., a wall socket or cigarette lighter), connect to a peripheral device, and be configured to enable any computer attached to a local area network or the Internet to use or access the peripheral device. An associated server-based service enables discovery of the virtual peripheral hub device and connected peripherals. The associated server-based server may provide the drivers for various peripherals, store and forward data, and provide remote access to the various peripherals.

A method for automatically provisioning a WiFi-equipped machine-to-machine (M2M) device is disclosed. A WiFi M2M gateway identifies a WiFi network identifier broadcast by a powered-on M2M device in WiFi ad hoc mode through a scanning procedure and joins the ad hoc network defined by the M2M device. The WiFi M2M gateway obtains device information (e.g., MAC address) of the M2M device. The WiFi M2M gateway transmits a command to the M2M device to switch from ad hoc mode to infrastructure mode. The WiFi M2M gateway registers the M2M device with an M2M server associated with a service provider based on the device information of the M2M device. The WiFi M2M gateway receives a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) associated with the M2M device from the M2M server.

The invention discloses a method and a system for sharing WIFI (wireless fidelity) network information on the basis of two-dimensional code graphs. The method includes that WIFI network information providing equipment accesses into the WIFI network, acquires access point information of the accessed WIFI network and converts the access point information into a two-dimensional code graph; WIFI network information receiving equipment acquires the two-dimensional code graph and analyzes the same to acquire the access point information and is connected to the WIFI network according to the access point information. By the method for sharing the WIFI network information on the basis of the two-dimensional code graphs, sharing efficiency of the WIFI network information is improved, and other users cannot acquire the network type, passwords and the like of the access point when seeing the two-dimensional code graph, and accordingly, access safety of the WIFI network is improved as well.

The invention relates to a cognitive radio (CR) WiFi network which includes a plurality of radio environment aware WiFi terminals, which collect local WiFi interference information and send this information to a CR network management system (NMS). The CR NMS includes a database for storing historical records of the interference information obtained from the terminals, and cognitive engines for analyzing the stored historical interference records and determining terminal-specific transmission and reception parameters. In one embodiment the network implements a deterministic NMS-directed networks-wide TDD / TDM scheduling of WiFi communications for optimal channel re-use and interference avoidance, and a novel terminal synchronization mechanism.

A third-party profile service based on a proxy server model is described, where a user's profile service resides at a URL, in contrast to a profile service that requires federation identity. A profile service is provided that augments location-based services offered by service providers targeting mobile users via, for example, wireless and Wifi Networks. Additional personalization is driven by identity / profile services. Participants in the scenario are not required to share an identity or profile (i.e., static federation is not required). The user establishes a single profile with a trusted provider, hands-off solicitations to a profile agent that operates on behalf of the user to apply policies and preferences. The agent also provides privacy and anonymity (opaqueness).

The invention relates to a system and a method for controlling a television remotely through an intelligent mobile phone. The system comprises the television, a set-top box and the intelligent mobile phone and further comprises a central server connected with the set-top box through the Internet; and the intelligent mobile phone is connected with the central server through the Internet and controls the set-top box through http persistent connection. The invention has the beneficial effects that a software plug-in is installed in the android mobile phone as well as the android set-top box, and the keyboard or the motion event on an android operating system of the set-top box is invoked and triggered through RPC (remote procedure call), so that all applications of the set-top box can be controlled remotely through the mobile phone. A remote controller and the set-top box are based on WiFi (Wireless Local Area Network) network communication; a user is very familiar to the personal mobile phone, especially the input method of the mobile phone; and soft remote control of the mobile phone, which is based on the Internet technology, is helpful to unification of operation interface and operation mode of users and can realize real remote-controlled operation without being influenced by position, distance and sensitivity.

The instant application describes a method for enabling a mobile station to receive high quality mobile voice and multimedia services over the LTE network across the world, regardless of the operating frequency band of the LTE network. The method includes steps of receiving, over the WiFi network, a connection request at a router from the mobile station; upon determining the mobile station is authorized to use the router for connecting to the LTE network, establishing a WiFi connection with the mobile station; receiving, at the router and from the mobile station, registration information for receiving an IMS voice service on the LTE network; and upon successful authentication of the registration information, providing the mobile station with the voice grade quality of service using the router regardless of a difference in operating frequency between the LTE network and the mobile station.

The invention discloses a mobile terminal and a method for connecting a wireless network based on the mobile terminal. The method includes the steps: presetting three network connection modes including a signal strength mode, a designated operator mode and a geographical position mode in the mobile terminal; receiving a user command and selecting one mode as the current network connection mode of the mobile terminal according to the command; automatically acquiring a currently available wifi (wireless fidelity) list by the mobile terminal; analyzing the currently available wifi list and screening a wifi network as the best network; and automatically connecting the mobile terminal to the best network. By the aid of the mobile terminal, the best network can be automatically recognized from currently available wireless networks and can be automatically connected, the operating steps of searching, selecting and connecting the wireless network are decreased for a user, convenience is brought for the user, flow waste caused by forgetting of switching to the free wireless network is effectively avoided, and expenses are saved for the user.

This invention puts forward a switch method between 3G netwqork and WIFI network, which differentiates the switch between a cellular network and the WIFI network into different kinds to switch and judge based on the position information of periodic measurement commonly provided by the network and the terminal and the information of the velocity and directions and angles along with it to increase the switch efficiency among heterogeneous networks and reduce unnecessary switch times.

The invention provides digital and intelligent remote control system and method for household electrical appliances on the basis of interactive TV application. In order to realize communication between a mobile phone and digital and intelligent household electrical appliance equipment, in the invention, a mobile phone portal, an SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) proxy server, an interactive TV system and a user household electrical appliance management system are arranged in the same network and can communicate via the network; a set top box of the traditional interactive TV system serves as a gateway to build a Wifi (Wireless Fidelity) network; all digital and intelligent household electrical appliance equipment in a family are connected with the set top box via a network interface; and the set top box is accessed into the network by an IP protocol. According to the invention, the mobile phone and the digital and intelligent household electrical appliance equipment can communicate via the network and the Wifi network so as to remotely control the digital and intelligent household electrical appliance equipment. The method is easy to realize and provides the profit point of the value added service for interactive TV operators.

A wheelchair alarm system and method for preventing falls for patients at risk by recognizing the gesture of a patient attempting to stand. The wheelchair alarm system uses an array of proximity sensors and pressure sensors to create a map of the patient's sitting position, and then uses gesture recognition algorithms to determine when a patient is attempting to stand up. The wheelchair alarm system responds with light and voice alarms that can encourage the patient to remain seated and / or to make use of the system's integrated nurse-call function. The wheelchair alarm system can be seamlessly integrated into existing hospital WiFi networks, sending messages to the nurse call system as well as providing the patient's location.

The invention provides a data flow shunting method and data flow shunting equipment. The method comprises the following steps: mobile wireless fidelity (wifi) equipment measures signal intensity of a wifi network; and the mobile wifi equipment switches data flow between a honeycomb wireless communication network and the wifi network according to the signal intensity of the wifi network, wherein when the data flow is transmitted in the wifi network, the mobile wifi equipment routes the data flow between a station (STA) having an Internet access requirement and an access point (AP) capable of supplying an Internet access service by a time division multiplexing mode. By adopting the embodiment of the invention, data shunting under a scene with multiple wireless area network (WAN) ports can be realized.

The invention provides an indoor range finding and positioning method based on MIMO-OFDM channel state information. A present commercial WiFi network card based on OFDM is fully utilized, channel state information CSI is obtained by a client at a position to be measured, an MIMO system whose receiving / transmitting end includes multiple antennas is combined, a free-space path loss model based on MIMO-OFDM is provided, the line of sight LOS distance between a WiFi access point AP of an indoor anchor point and a user at the position to be measured is calculated, and finally the position of the user is obtained by a classic three-side positioning method. The method is based on the multi-antenna WiFi AP which is used most widely at present and a mainstream wireless network card based on OFDM, and can realize rapid, simple and efficient indoor range finding and positioning.

The invention discloses a WIFI (wireless fidelity) network access method, which is applied to a wireless access point, and comprises the steps that the wireless access point sends configuration information including a WIFI network access identifier and wireless access point information to a communication terminal through a bluetooth communication module, wherein the configuration information is used for indicating the communication terminal which receives the configuration information to select a wireless access point according to the identification information of the wireless access point, and accessing a WIFI network according to a WIFI network access password in the wireless access point information. In such a way, the communication terminal can automatically access the WIFI network without receiving input information of a user for multiple times or responding to a human-machine interaction request triggered by the user for multiple times, so that the process of accessing the WIFI network is simplified. The invention also discloses a WIFI network access device, electronic equipment and a communication system.

The invention provides a smart device network access method and device. The smart device network access method includes that: a soft access point soft AP and a sniffer on a smart device are started for monitoring; the smart device provides its device information to a mobile terminal where the soft AP is accessed, and acquires route information of a WiFi network provided by the mobile terminal through sniffer monitoring; the smart device is connected with a household route device according to the received route information. According to the smart device network access method, when the smart device is accessed into the wireless network, the mobile terminal does not need wireless network connection switching, so the smart device can be accessed into the wireless network quickly and conveniently, the network transmission load is low, and wireless network resource expenditure is small.

The invention discloses a sign-in method. The method comprises the following steps of: storing access point information of a preset WIFI (Wireless Fidelity) network, user identifier information, sing-in server information and preset geographic position range information by a mobile terminal; detecting whether the mobile terminal is in the preset geographic position range, if so, recording the time of entering the preset geographic position range; if the detected WIFI network is the preset WIFI network, accessing the WIFI network according to the access point information, connecting to the sign-in server according to the sign-in server information, transmitting the user identifier information and the time of entering the preset geographic position range to the sign-in server by the mobile terminal, verifying the sign-in of a user according to the received user identifier information by the sign-in server, and recording the sign-in time of the user according to the time of entering the preset geographic position range. The sign-in method can realize automatic sign-in, and solves the problem of false sign-in caused by two-dimensional location. Meanwhile, the invention also discloses a mobile terminal and a sign-in server.

The invention discloses a method and system for connecting an intelligent household appliance into a router. The method comprises the steps that the working mode of the intelligent household appliance is set as an AP mode; an APPS is installed on an intelligent mobile terminal; the intelligent mobile terminal is connected with the intelligent household appliance; the APPS establishes TCP connection with the intelligent household appliance; the intelligent household appliance searches for a WIFI network of the router and feeds back information to the APPS; the APPS displays a list, selects the router to be connected into and transmits relevant network configuration instructions to the intelligent household appliance, so the configuration updating operation of the intelligent household appliance is completed, the working mode of the intelligent household appliance is updated to be an STA mode, and information of the router to be connected into is saved; the APPS automatically switches WIFI hotspot networks connected with the intelligent mobile terminal, so the intelligent mobile terminal is connected to the WIFI hotspot networks of the router and automatically searches for the intelligent household appliance connected into the router; the APPS reminds a user of success in operation of connecting the intelligent household appliance into the router after finding the intelligent household appliance in access equipment of the router.

The invention discloses an access method, system and related device for automatically getting access to a WiFi network. The method comprises the steps that a mobile intelligent terminal obtains WiFi access information; the mobile intelligent terminal gets access to the corresponding WiFi network by utilizing the obtained WiFi access information; after successfully getting access to the corresponding WiFi network by utilizing the WiFi access information, the mobile intelligent terminal transmits the WiFi access information to wireless equipment by setting up Bluetooth connection with wireless equipment; the wireless equipment receives the WiFi access information transmitted by the mobile intelligent terminal through Bluetooth connection; the wireless equipment gets access to the WiFi network through the received WiFi access information by means of Bluetooth connection. The connection safety and the connection convenience can be improved, and the power consumption and the cost of the access equipment are reduced.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method for connecting a mobile terminal to a network, a mobile terminal and terminal equipment. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a request message which is transmitted by the mobile terminal and used for accessing into a WIFI (wireless fidelity) network, wherein the request message also comprises first authorization information besides access information of the encrypted WIFI network, judging whether the mobile terminal meets corresponding authorization distance information and / or authorization time information in the first authorization information, and if so, decrypting the access information of the WIFI network; authorizing the mobile terminal to be accessed into the WIFI network after correct access information of the WIFI network is determined according to the decryption result. By adopting the scheme disclosed by the embodiment of the invention, the access efficiency of the WIFI network is improved; leakage of the access information of the WIFI network is avoided; the safety of the WIFI network is also guaranteed.

The invention discloses a wireless routing-inspection system and a routing-inspection management method. The system comprises passive radio frequency cards arranged on fixed points, intelligent mobile terminals and a system platform, wherein each intelligent mobile terminal comprises an NFC module and a control module, each NFC module is used for collecting ID codes of the corresponding passive radio frequency card, each control module is used for receiving the collected ID codes, generating routing-inspection information and sending the routing-inspection information to the system platform, and the system platform outputs the routing-inspection information in real time. According to the wireless routing-inspection system and the routing-inspection management method, front-end field work information collection is conducted through the intelligent mobile terminals, information transmission is conducted through a GPRS / WIFI network, the system is simple in configuration, real-time routing-inspection supervision without distance limit is achieved, meanwhile, wiring is not demanded, and the disadvantages that wiring is large in work amount and high in cost are improved.

The invention discloses an AP (application process) switching method used in WiFi (wireless fidelity) communication, and provides a WiFi access point switching method for dynamically adjusting threshold values in real time. The AP switching method is characterized in that after a mobile terminal detects received signal intensity of a currently connected AP, the signal intensity is compared to a scanning threshold value, scanning is started if the signal intensity is lower than the scanning threshold value, and scanned adjacent AP information is dynamically stored; the mobile terminal continues detecting received signal intensity of the currently connected AP, the signal intensity is compared to a switching threshold value, AP switching is realized if the signal intensity is lower than the switching threshold value, and a switching object is an AP access point with the highest stored signal intensity; and the scanning threshold value and the switching threshold value are adjusted simultaneously. By the AP switching method, the mobile terminal can be quickly switched to the optimal AP when moving within a coverage area of a WiFi network, and satisfactory access service and communication effect are obtained.

The invention relates to an indoor and outdoor fusion positioning method using a dedicated terminal or a smart phone, which is not only suitable for people, but also is suitable for robots and other intelligent mobile devices. The indoor and outdoor fusion positioning method is characterized in that: 1) indoor positioning is realized by inertial navigation, particle filter, fingerprint matching and indoor map matching, the accuracy is 1 meter or so; 2) the system automatically switches indoor and outdoor scenes, and indoor and outdoor is seamlessly integrated; 3) the dedicated terminal is composed of a universal hardware module, such as GPS, an inertial navigation sensor (an accelerometer, a magnetometer, a gyroscope), a wifi or a Bluetooth module, a communication module and the like; 4) the implementation site is based on the existing wifi network or Bluetooth network, no other hardware needs to be deployed, and thus the cost is reduced; 2) a map marking system with excellent design is provided for marking the map conveniently and quickly without professional skills; and 6) the algorithm is complete and independent, the transportability is high, and thus the indoor and outdoor fusion positioning method can be easily transplanted to other smart phone platforms, robot platforms, wearable devices, etc.

Systems and methods of enhanced real-time communications between WiFi devices. In one embodiment of the present invention a method for enhanced payload protection in a WiFi system includes transmitting multiple copies of data packets in successive frame body transmissions. In another embodiment, a method for enhanced communications over a WiFi link includes examining a unit ID packet to determine a destination of a data payload when errors are detected in IP and / or MAC headers. If a destination is determined, the packet is corrected and forwarded to the device based on the unit ID determination. In another embodiment, a method for enhanced real-time communications in a WiFi network includes establishing a communications frame that includes an active timeslot, preferably based on U-APSD, for a WiFi device to use for transmission of successive audio data packets transmitted between the WiFi handset and AP.

A wheelchair alarm system and method for preventing falls for patients at risk by recognizing the gesture of a patient attempting to stand. The wheelchair alarm system uses an array of proximity sensors and pressure sensors to create a map of the patient's sitting position, and then uses gesture recognition algorithms to determine when a patient is attempting to stand up. The wheelchair alarm system responds with light and voice alarms that can encourage the patient to remain seated and / or to make use of the system's integrated nurse-call function. The wheelchair alarm system can be seamlessly integrated into existing hospital WiFi networks, sending messages to the nurse call system as well as providing the patient's location.