System and method for acquiring and/or configuring a mobile platform to provide a suite of services
View Patent ↗A system and method for determining a service provider set of one or more service providers to provide a service suite of one or more services in a platform (e.g., a mobile device platform) and configuring such platform to utilize such service provider set to provide such service suite to a user, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims.
1. A method for configuring a portable electronic device, the method comprising:
in the portable electronic device:
adaptably determining a suite of services desired for a portable electronic device including cellular telephony and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) telephony;
determining one or more selectable sets of service providers for providing the determined suite of services, where each of the determined one or more selectable sets of service providers comprises one or more service providers;
selecting a set of service providers from the determined one or more selectable sets of service providers to provide the determined suite of services, a first service provider supporting cellular telephony and a second service provider servicing WLAN VOIP telephony;
configuring the portable electronic device to utilize the selected set of service providers to provide the determined suite of services;
initiating cellular telephony via the first service provider identifying a change in operating environment; and
ceasing the cellular telephony via the first service provider and initiating the WLAN VOIP telephony via the second service provider in response to an identified change in operating environment.
2. The method of claim 1 , comprising, in the portable electronic device wherein identifying a change in operating environment further includes being configured to detect at least one of:
a time or date change;
a geographic location;
a change in elevation;
a lack of utilization;
a new user; and
a change in user characteristics.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said determining a suite of services comprises presenting a list of services to a user for user selection of desired services based on the operating environment wherein groups of services and service providers have associated operating environmental conditions.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said determining a suite of services comprises presenting a list of previously determined suites of services to a user for user selection of one or more previously determined suites of services.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said determining a suite of services comprises interacting with one or more external systems to identify available services.
6. The method of claim 1 , comprising interacting with a user to define selection criteria.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said determining one or more selectable sets of service providers comprises searching for a plurality of selectable sets of service providers for providing the determined suite of services.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting a set of service providers comprises presenting a list of the determined one or more selectable sets of service providers to a user for selection by the user.
9. The method of claim 8 , where said presented list is a ranked list.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein said determining one or more selectable sets of service providers comprises communicating with one or more commercial enterprises associated with providing at least one of the determined suite of services.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein said selecting a set of service providers comprises automatically, without user interaction, selecting said set of service providers.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein said configuring comprises programming one or more modules of the portable electronic device.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein said configuring comprises configuring one or more communication modules of the portable electronic device.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein said configuring comprises interacting with one or more service providers to receive configuration information for the portable electronic device.
15. The method of claim 1 , comprising configuring a user interface of the portable electronic device to provide the determined suite of services.
16. A portable electronic device comprising:
at least one module configured to, at least:
adaptably determine a suite of services desired for a portable electronic device based upon an operating environment;
determine one or more selectable sets of service providers for providing the determined suite of services, where each of the determined one or more selectable sets of service providers comprises one or more service providers;
select a set of service providers from the determined one or more selectable sets of service providers to provide the determined suite of services, a first service provider supporting cellular telephony and a second service provider servicing WLAN VOIP telephony; and
configure the portable electronic device to utilize the selected set of service providers to provide the determined suite of services.
17. The portable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the at least one module comprises:
a service suite determining module;
a service provider set determining module;
a service provider set selection module; and
a configuration management module.
18. The portable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein said at least one module is configured to:
identify a change in operating environment wherein identifying a change in operating environment further includes being configured to detect at least one of:
a time or date change;
a geographic location;
a change in elevation;
a lack of utilization;
a new user; and
a change in user characteristics; and
perform said service determining, said service provider determining, said service provider selecting, and said portable electronic device configuring in response to an identified change in operating environment.
19. The portable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein said at least one module is configured to determine a suite of services by, at least in part, operating to present a list of services to a user for user selection of desired services.
20. The portable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein said at least one module is configured to determine a suite of services by, at least in part, operating to present a list of previously determined suites of services to a user for user selection of one or more previously determined suites of services.
21. The portable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein said at least one module is configured to determine a suite of services by, at least in part, operating to interact with one or more external systems to identify available services.
22. The portable electronic device of claim 16 , where the at least one module is configured to interact with a user to define selection criteria.
23. The portable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein said at least one module is configured to determine one or more selectable sets of service providers by, at least in part, operating to search for a plurality of selectable sets of service providers for providing the determined suite of services.
24. The portable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein said at least one module is configured to select a set of service providers by, at least in part, operating to present a list of the determined one or more selectable sets of service providers to a user for selection by the user.
25. The portable electronic device of claim 24 , where said presented list is a ranked list.
26. The portable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein said at least one module is configured to determine one or more selectable sets of service providers by, at least in part, operating to communicate with one or more commercial enterprises associated with providing at least one of the determined suite of services.
27. The portable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein said at least one module is configured to select a set of service providers by, at least in part, operating to automatically, without user interaction, select said set of service providers.
28. The portable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein said at least one module is configured to configure the portable electronic device by, at least in part, operating to program one or more modules of the portable electronic device.
29. The portable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein said at least one module is configured to configure the portable electronic device by, at least in part, operating to configure one or more communication modules of the portable electronic device.
30. The portable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein said at least one module is configured to configure the portable electronic device, by at least in part, operating to interact with one or more service providers to receive configuration information for the portable electronic device.
31. The portable electronic device of claim 16 , wherein said at least one module is configured to configure a user interface of the portable electronic device to provide the determined suite of services.