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Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 22, 2022
Applicant:

Plume Design, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ali Wahid, Atlanta, GA (US);

Arun Kalmanje, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Adam R. Hotchkiss, Richardson, TX (US);

William J. Mcfarland, Portola Valley, CA (US);

Assignee:

PLUME DESIGN, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/02 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 64/003 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods of geographically limiting a cellular gateway for a Wi-Fi network include obtaining a location of the cellular gateway; determining whether the cellular gateway is authorized to operate at the location on a given cellular network; and performing an action including any of blocking, allowing, or partially allowing operation of the cellular gateway on the cellular network. The method can be implemented by a cloud service, and wherein the location is determined by one of the cellular gateway and a user device connected to the cellular gateway.


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