Strix Systems, Inc.

James Fuhring

Spencer Stephens

James Beasley

James M Jollota

Duke Kamstra

Matthew T Kuiken

Soiba Mohammad

Dennis Dombrowski

Wade Mergenthal

Carol Sherick

Alan White

Said Zandian

A system and method for virtual linking a wireless device to another device is disclosed herein. The system includes an access point and a controller configured to mediate transmissions between the wireless device and the another device. The system further includes a virtual device table and a permissions filter to ensure virtual linking between devices that have matching access right and requested services. The wireless device and the another device may have the same or dissimilar protocols.

Virtual linking using a wireless device

Disclosed is a system and method for wirelessly exchanging communications with at least one mobile unit in a network that includes base stations units. The method includes receiving a wireless communication from the mobile unit, where the wireless communication is under a wireless communications protocol that does not provide for handoff of communications links between base station units. The method also includes obtaining a unique session identifier for the communication with the mobile unit, and establishing a communications link with the mobile unit, where the communications link includes link context data associated with the mobile unit. The link context data associated with the mobile unit is identified at least in part based on the unique session identifier. The method further includes determining that the mobile unit is to be handed-off, and handing off to another base station unit the communications link and link context associated with the mobile unit, where the handing off is performed without assistance of the mobile unit.

Link context mobility method and system for providing such mobility, such as a system employing short range frequency hopping spread spectrum wireless protocols

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Ventura, CA, United States of America

James Fuhring