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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:
Jan. 10, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 30, 2017
Applicant:

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;

Inventors:

Zhong Wang, Shenzhen, CN;

Huajiang Gao, Beijing, CN;

Wei Gao, Beijing, CN;

Bangbang Huang, Beijing, CN;

Tie Liu, Shenzhen, CN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 12/068 (2021.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A Wi-Fi connection method and a device is provided. The method includes: searching an ambient environment of a device for a Wi-Fi access point, to obtain a list of Wi-Fi access points; determining a target access point in the list of Wi-Fi access points; sending a connection request to a device in which the target access point resides; receiving feedback information that is returned, according to the connection request, by the device in which the target access point resides, where the feedback information indicates whether the target access point is a portable Wi-Fi hotspot; and if the feedback information indicates that the target access point is a portable Wi-Fi hotspot, outputting prompt information, where the prompt information is used to remind a user of the device that the target access point is a portable Wi-Fi hotspot.


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