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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2018
Applicant:
T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventor:
Christopher Spanton, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/04 (2009.01); G06Q 20/38 (2012.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); G06F 16/182 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/04 (2013.01); G06F 16/1824 (2019.01); G06F 16/1834 (2019.01); G06Q 20/382 (2013.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.02);
Abstract
Systems and methods are described herein for providing mobile devices with peer to peer access to telecommunications networks. The network-based systems enable mobile devices associated with subscribers of the telecommunications networks to establish direct connections with other mobile devices (e.g., third party mobile devices of users that are not subscribers) over peer to peer (P2P) communication protocols. For example, a mobile device can, over a P2P connection, act as a Hotspot, Wi-Fi tether, or bridge for a third party or other mobile device requesting access to the networks.