Patent ID: 7606936
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of redirecting data from a host system to a mobile communication device capable of communicating via a short-range wireless communication network and a long-range wireless communication network, the method comprising: receiving data at the host system; determining whether the mobile communication device is within coverage of the short-range wireless communication network; if the mobile communication device is within coverage of the short-range wireless communication network, then redirecting the received data from the host system to the mobile communication device via the short-range wireless communication network; if the mobile communication device is not within coverage of the short-range wireless communication network, then redirecting the received data from the host system to the mobile communication device via the longrange wireless communication network, wherein the short-range wireless network includes a plurality of short-range wireless sub-networks, each short-range wireless sub-network including a plurality of RF-enabled interface cradles for communicating with a short-range RF transceiver of the mobile communication device; maintaining contact information at the host system, the contact information indicating an office space where the mobile communication device is located and also indicating the network address of an RF-enabled interface cradle with which the mobile communication device is communication; and providing the contact information to each of the short-range wireless sub-networks.