Patent ID: 9191774
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A User Equipment (UE) for distribution of information in a cellular network, the UE comprising one or more processing circuits configured to: receive, via short range wireless communication with one or more machine-to-machine (M2M) type networks or entities, M2M data collected by those one or more M2M type networks or entities; forward the M2M data, via the cellular network, to an M2M type service provider that provides M2M type services using that M2M data, wherein the M2M type service provider and the one or more M2M type networks or entities are external to the cellular network; obtain M2M properties from the one or more M2M type networks or entities indicating an existence, location, and/or availability of the one or more M2M type networks or entities, wherein said M2M properties are different than said M2M data; send the M2M properties to a core network of the cellular network that is configured to forward those M2M properties to the M2M type service provider, by embedding the M2M properties within a message that indicates a location and/or availability of the UE and sending that message to the core network as part of a process to update the core network about the location and/or availability of the UE, wherein the location and/or availability of the UE is distinct from the location and/or availability of the one or more M2M type networks or entities, and wherein the core network is configured to extract the M2M properties from the message for forwarding to the M2M type service provider, but to use the location and/or availability of the UE itself rather than forwarding to the M2M type service provider; and responsive to sending the message, receive system information from the core network.