Last Thursday the US Patent Office published a patent that had been filed in March 2007. That it was filed by Google caught attention. That it offered a revolutionary vision of the mobile market of the future made it eye-opening, coming right on the heels of the release of Google’s Android phone, according to ZDNet.
So what’s different about Google’s vision? Well, they see mobile operators bidding against each other whenever someone initiates a call or mobile session. That’s startling, but not all. Handsets would be able to choose the best method of communication, whether it’s GSM or CDMA, or Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
The first part – the bidding – is described this way on the application:
"The proposal for a telecommunication session may be submitted by a portable communication device, or possibly, a central service that will negotiate with the telecommunication carriers on behalf of the portable device," while the second part is summarized as “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."
This proposal turns the entire contract setup we currently use on its head. It could happen. But the way the business is set up, don’t expect it soon.
