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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 04, 2019
Applicant:

Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Dhananjay Indurkar, Overland Park, KS (US);

Mark D. Peden, Olathe, KS (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 36/32 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/0038 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 36/0022 (2013.01); H04W 36/32 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of providing a wireless communication link to a mobile communication device. The method comprises providing a first wireless communication link by a first WiFi access point (AP) to the mobile device, where the first AP broadcasts a first SSID, establishing a communication session between the mobile device and a destination communication device via the first wireless communication link, determining locations of the mobile device by a server, and, based on a change of the locations of the mobile device, sending a WiFi handoff command by the server to a second WiFi AP, where the WiFi handoff command comprises authentication credentials of the mobile device. The method further comprises providing a second wireless communication link based on the authentication credentials by a second AP to the mobile device, where the second AP broadcasts the first SSID and the communication session is continued over the second wireless communication link.


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