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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2018
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Amer Aref Hassan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Hooman Shiranimehr, Sammamish, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 72/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 4/24 (2018.01); H04W 48/14 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04M 15/00 (2013.01); H04M 15/93 (2013.01); H04W 4/24 (2013.01); H04W 8/24 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 72/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01); H04W 48/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method for obtaining Internet access via tethering is disclosed. The method may be performed by a client device. The method may include detecting one or more user actions indicating that a task requires a connection to the Internet and also that the task is time sensitive, broadcasting a tethering request in response to detecting the one or more user actions, receiving a reply from a tethering device, tethering to the tethering device, and establishing a connection to the Internet via the tethering device.