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A method of initiating a telecommunication session for a communication device include submitting to one or more telecommunication carriers a proposal for a telecommunication session, receiving from at least one of the one or more of telecommunication carriers a bid to carry the telecommunications session, and automatically selecting one of the telecommunications carriers from the carriers submitting a bid, and initiating the telecommunication session through the selected telecommunication carrier.

Devices may operate on multiple networks, and may in certain circumstances seek out bids from telecommunication service providers. For example, a device such as a mobile telephone may have the capability to operate over multiple different networks, including a home network when in the home, to transition to a metropolitan network when outside the home but in a higher-density area (urban/suburban), and transition to a more traditional cellular network when outside such a higher density area. The connections may, in appropriate circumstances, be provided by different telecommunications providers, and may involve hand-offs of a particular communication session from one provider to another.

In addition, to help provide the user with a level of service that best meets the user’s needs (whether the need is based on cost, quality of service, bandwidth requirements, or some other criteria), a device may seek out potential service providers and obtain certain terms of service from them. The device may also select a particular provider to handle a session, and may cause the session to be carried out. Such actions may occur at various times, for example, at the onset of a session or in the middle of a session as a device moves from a high-density area to an area of lower density.

Such approaches may advantageously provide one or more features. For example, a device may be configured to operate using a least expensive option for communication at all times, and may start auctions with telecommunications providers to connect to the provider bidding with the lowest cost. As one example, when in a home, the device may use a broadband communication method for which the user already pays a fixed monthly rate. When the user leaves the house, they may be transferred to a metropolitan network, which may be part of the same plan as the home plan, with monthly pricing, with use-based pricing, or with free use supported by advertising. When the user exits the metropolitan area, where free or low-rate pricing may not be possible, the system and methods may permit the user to transfer to a pay-for-use network. In addition to cost as a factor in selecting appropriate telecommunications providers, users may opt for alternative auction models based on maximal bandwidth offered, best coverage/reliability, or some combination of options.

In addition, the user’s device may operate as a data device–treating voice and data communications similarly as transmissions of packet data. In this way, the device takes on a greater role for the user–translating the user’s needs into data that can be transmitted. Because the user controls the device, the user receives greater flexibility in deciding what applications they need or want. In addition, such generalizing of the communication channel permits more open development of devices and applications to be run on devices, because the transmissions are standardized, and any device that can format communications according to the standard will work. Thus, for example, such an approach permits more readily for the development of an open-source telephone or other communication device.

Bisogna leggerlo bene (appena ne avrò il tempo), ma sembra si tratti di un sistema in grado di mettere in competizione gli operatori (mobili) non più solo per accaparrarsi un utente (e tenerselo fidelizzato) ma sulle singole chiamate, sulla base di un sistema di bidding (aste) che non può non far venire in mente Adwords, la piattaforma di Google per la pubblicità contestualizzata. I dispositivi sceglieranno la rete e l’operatore più adatto alla situazione in termini di copertura, posizione, costo della chiamata. Questo coinvolge naturalmente l’uso del VoIP e del WiFi…

Potrebbe essere enorme…

Links:

Google patent may signal end to phone contracts

Google reveals wireless hopes in a patent

Google seeks patent to break mobile subscriber shackles

Google Fights for Wireless Freedom to Closed Carriers’ Chagrin

Google patent sees operators bidding for each call

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