Patent ID: 8811992

Claim:
A networked computing system for assigning regional wireless communications based on ancillary device feedback, the system comprising: a radio communications controller; a base station defining a first coverage area; first and second transceiver devices defining second and third coverage areas, respectively, the second and third coverage areas being provided within the first coverage area; a user equipment; and a data communications network facilitating data communications amongst wireless communications devices of the networked computing system, wherein the radio communications controller is configured to: register the user equipment to the first coverage area of the base station while the user equipment is at a first location within the first coverage area; maintain the user equipment's registration with the first coverage area as the user equipment moves to a second location within the first coverage area, the second location being within the second coverage area, the user equipment being at an idle mode as the user equipment moves to the second location in the second coverage area; receive a first feedback communication from the first transceiver device that detects a service request being transmitted to the base station by the user equipment, the first feedback communication providing an indication of a signal quality of the service request as detected by the first transceiver device with understanding that the service request is directed to the base station; transmit a first request to the user equipment to make a measurement of a wireless resource of the first transceiver device after receiving the feedback communication from the first transceiver device; and determine whether a wireless resource of the first transceiver device is to be used to process the service request of the user equipment, wherein the first feedback communication comprises measured characteristics associated with an ancillary communications session between the user equipment and a network base station, and wherein the ancillary device is a mobile device, and wherein the radio communications controller is different from the base station.