Apparatus and methods for networking omni-modal radio devices

a radio device and radio technology, applied in the field of frequency and protocol agile, wireless communication devices, can solve the problems of low ideal product and method concepts, inability to easily adapt to different transmission protocols or radio infrastructures, and each of the technologies disclosed in the above listed patents is highly specialized and limited to a specific application, so as to achieve the lowest possible cost, easy and convenient identification, and most business and profit-making potential.

USRE42697E1Inactive Publication Date: 2011-09-13MLR
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2011-09-13
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Abstract

A network and method of operating a network of wireless service providers adapted to interact with a plurality of omni-modal wireless products within a given geographic area in a manner to permit the wireless service providers to “borrow” radio frequencies from other wireless service providers within the same geographic region. As a cellular service provider in a given region finds that one of its service areas or cells has become nearly or fully loaded, frequency could be borrowed from a competitor, such as a PCS provider serving the same region. Selected omni-modal wireless product users in the overloaded area would be told to switch their omni-modal to the “leased” frequency but to use the non-PCS communications protocol appropriate to the type of service desired by the user. Implementation of this method broadly within a given geographic region will have the effect of insuring that the available radio spectrum is used to its maximum capacity to serve the needs of the wireless users on a real time basis.
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[0001] This application is a Continuation of Ser. No. 08 / 167,002, filed Dec. 15, 1993, now abandoned.More than one reissue application has been filed for the reissue of U.S. Pat. No. 5,761,621 issued on application Ser. No. 08 / 709,112 filed Sep. 6, 1996 which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08 / 167,002 filed Dec. 15, 1993. The reissue applications are application Ser. No. 09 / 392,676 filed Sep. 8, 1999 (now RE38,787), Ser. No. 10 / 737,670 filed Dec. 17, 2003 and Ser. No. 12 / 112,276 filed Apr. 30, 2008 (the present application), all three of which are divisional reissues of U.S. Pat. No. 5,761,621. The present application claims the benefit of application Ser. Nos. 08 / 167,002; 08 / 709,112; 09 / 392,676 and 10 / 737,670.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] This invention relates generally to frequency and protocol agile, wireless communication devices and systems adapted to enable voice and / or data transmission to occur using a variety of different radio frequencies, transmission protoco...

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[0036]A preferred embodiment of a standardized radio processing circuit 1 is shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B. The standardized radio processing circuit 1, shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B taken together, may be implemented on a single VLSI chip or on a set of VLSI chips making up a chipset. As will be seen, this chip or chipset provides a standard building block which can be used to make a plurality of consumer products that provide data transmission capability. As will be seen later with reference to FIGS. 2 through 8, by adding minimal external components to the standardized circuit 1, a wide variety of products can be produced. Also, as will be seen, the standardized circuit 1 can be advantageously implemented on a removable card with a standardized interface connector or connectors, so that it can then be selectively inserted into and removed from a variety of devices to provide the devices with radio information transmission capability.

[0037]In terms of the preferred functional and operationa...