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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
John Yovin, Woodinville, WA (US);
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 4/16 (2009.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 3/54 (2006.01); H04M 7/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/16 (2013.01); H04L 51/04 (2013.01); H04L 51/38 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04M 1/7253 (2013.01); H04M 1/72519 (2013.01); H04M 3/42263 (2013.01); H04M 3/54 (2013.01); H04M 7/1285 (2013.01); H04M 2203/1091 (2013.01); H04M 2250/06 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and arrangement is provided which allows a PC or other client device to be used to communicate with third parties through a mobile communication device when a user and the mobile communication device are not in the vicinity of one another. The arrangement allows the user to control operation of the mobile communication device over a WLAN so that the user can send or receive messages such as voice and text messages to a remote party from the client device through the mobile communication device over the WLAN and the mobile communication network employed by the mobile device.