Wireless control of access points
View Patent ↗A method including wirelessly receiving a communication from a wireless device at a receiving device where the communication designated for transmission through the receiving device, recognizing a non-address portion of the communication as indicative of a command for the receiving device, and terminating the communication at the receiving device.
1. A method of wirelessly controlling a base station, the method comprising:
receiving, at the base station, a communication from a wireless device, the communication designated for transmission through the base station to a recipient device that is external to the base station;
recognizing a non-address portion of the communication as indicative of a command for the base station;
performing, at the base station, one or more actions associated with the command for the base station; and
prohibiting a transmission of the communication to the recipient device by terminating the communication at the base station.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the communication comprises receiving the communication over a cellular command channel.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the communication comprises receiving a SMS message.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein recognizing the non-address portion of the communication comprises identifying one or more characters indicative of a base station command in the communication.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising registering the wireless device with the base station prior to receiving the communication.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the communication comprises receiving a text message.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communication is further designated for transmission through at least a base station controller.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communication is designated for transmission to a short message service center.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the communication comprises receiving an electronic message.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the communication comprises receiving a telephone call.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the base station comprises a router.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the base station comprises a media server.
13. A base station comprising:
one or more processing devices:
one or more machine-readable media configured to store instructions that are executable by the one or more processing devices to perform functions comprising:
receiving a communication from a wireless device, wherein the communication is designated for transmission through the base station to a recipient device that is external to the base station;
recognize recognizing the communication as a command for the base station;
performing one or more actions associated with the command for the base station; and
prohibiting a transmission of the communication to the recipient device by terminating the communication at the base station.
14. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the one or more machine-readable media are further configured to store instructions that are executable by the one or more processing devices to perform functions comprising:
recognizing the communication on a cellular command channel.
15. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the one or more machine-readable media are further configured to store instructions that are executable by the one or more processing devices to perform functions comprising:
executing the command.
16. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the base station comprises a personal base station.
17. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the communication is designated for transmission to a short message service center.
18. A method comprising:
receiving, at a personal base station, a communication over a command channel from a wireless device, the communication designated for transmission through the personal base station to a recipient device that is external to the personal base station;
recognizing a portion of the communication as indicative of a command for the personal base station;
executing the command at the personal base station; and
prohibiting a transmission of the communication to the recipient device by terminating the communication at the personal base station.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the communication is designated for transmission to a short message service center.
20. The method of claim 18 , wherein receiving the communication comprises receiving a SMS message.
21. The method of claim 18 , wherein recognizing the portion of the communication comprises recognizing a sequence of characters in a non-address portion of the communication.
22. The method of claim 21 , wherein recognizing the sequence of characters comprises recognizing a star code.
23. The method of claim 18 , wherein executing the command comprises changing a feature of the personal base station.
24. One or more machine-readable media configured to store instructions that are executable by one or more processing devices to perform functions comprising:
receiving, at a base station, a communication from a wireless device, wherein the communication is designated for transmission through the base station to a recipient device that is external to the base station;
recognizing the communication as a command for the base station;
performing, at the base station, one or more actions associated with the command for the base station; and
prohibiting a transmission of the communication to the recipient device by terminating the communication at the base station.
25. The medium of claim 24 , wherein the communication is designated for a short message service center.
26. The medium of claim 24 , wherein the communication is designated for a radio network controller.