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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
May. 26, 2023
Uipco, Llc, San Antonio, TX (US);
Michael J. Maciolek, Kerrville, TX (US);
Donnette L. Moncrief Brown, San Antonio, TX (US);
Manfred Amann, San Antonio, TX (US);
Snehal Desai, Richardson, TX (US);
Nicole Ferretti, Plano, TX (US);
Chung Shing Sheldon Lee, South Jordan, UT (US);
Martin Lopez, Frisco, TX (US);
Kelsey Anne O'brien, Austin, TX (US);
Melissa Jane Porter, Lutz, FL (US);
Sayeef Rahim, Allen, TX (US);
Eric David Schroeder, San Antonio, TX (US);
Steven J. Schroeder, Oak Point, TX (US);
Joseph Michael Vesco, Sparks, NV (US);
United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US);
Abstract
A communication device is disclosed. Specifically, the communication device may be a telephone service powered hotspot that plugs into a telephone jack of a Public Switched Telephone Network. The telephone plug of the hotspot provides power and a telephone connection for the hotspot. The hotspot may include a modem that can use the telephone connection to connect the hotspot to an Internet Service Provider. By using such a connection, the modem can provide dial-up internet connectivity for the hotspot. The hotspot can use the power supply to provide a wired or wireless power source for nearby devices after a disaster disables usual power sources. The hotspot can use the internet access from the modem to provide wired or wireless internet access for the nearby devices. However, because dial-up connectivity can have a very limited bandwidth, the hotspot may throttle applications when the bandwidth requires such throttling.