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Patent No.:

US 10368291 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2019

Filed:

Nov. 30, 2016

Controlling use of vehicular wi-fi hotspots by a handheld wireless device

Applicant:

GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);

Inventor:

Robert A. Hrabak, Birmingham, MI (US);

Assignee:

GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Reising Ethington P.C.

David Willoughby

Primary Examiner:

Charles C Jiang

Assistant Examiner:

Kyaw Z Soe

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/48 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04W 48/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01); H04W 84/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/1097 (2013.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 76/11 (2018.02); H04L 61/6022 (2013.01); H04L 67/18 (2013.01); H04W 84/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method of controlling use of vehicular Wi-Fi hotspots by a handheld wireless device includes: detecting that the handheld wireless device is communicating via a Wi-Fi hotspot; determining at the handheld wireless device that that the Wi-Fi hotspot is provided by a vehicle; and enabling one or more default prohibitions against transmitting low-priority data from the handheld wireless device via a cellular wireless carrier system while the handheld wireless device communicates with the Wi-Fi hotspot provided by the vehicle.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hrabak, Robert. (2019). Controlling use of vehicular wi-fi hotspots by a handheld wireless device (U.S. Patent No. 10368291). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10368291

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