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Patent No.:

US 10631349 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2018

Application-triggered tethering

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:

NovoTechIP International PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Kashif Siddiqui

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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hassan, Amer. (2020). Application-triggered tethering (U.S. Patent No. 10631349). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10631349

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