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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2015
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Abstract
One embodiment provides a method, including: connecting, using a network communication device of a mobile device, to a communication network; detecting, using a short range wireless communication device of the mobile device, one or more known devices; determining, using a processor of the mobile device, that the one or more known devices are authorized to connect to the communication network through the mobile device; sending, using the short range wireless communication device, control data for accessing the communication network to the one or more known devices; and communicating, using the network communication device of the mobile device, data for the one or more known devices via the communication network. Other aspects are described and claimed.