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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Shai Guday, Redmond, WA (US);
David Neil MacDonald, Seattle, WA (US);
Tyler Edward Hennessy, Woodinville, WA (US);
Sidharth Nabar, Seattle, WA (US);
Brent Edward Ford, Sammamish, WA (US);
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04L 63/1425 (2013.01); H04L 63/308 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various technologies described herein pertain to utilization of shared Wi-Fi. For instance, network access rights of a Wi-Fi network can be controlled by a mobile device of a point of contact for the Wi-Fi network. Moreover, utilization of a Wi-Fi network can be tracked and usage data indicative of historic utilization of the Wi-Fi network can be retained. Further, groups of users between whom Wi-Fi credentials are shared can be created.