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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2022
Plume Design, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Miroslav Samardzija, Mountain View, CA (US);
Paul White, Burlingame, CA (US);
Dariusz Kopka, Warsaw, PL;
Quang Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Abinash Mahapatra, Cupertino, CA (US);
Nathaniel C. Amarose, San Francisco, CA (US);
PLUME DESIGN, INC., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for creating and implementing a Wi-Fi sharing community or global Wi-Fi network are provided. According to one implementation, a method includes a step of providing, for an owner of each of a plurality of independent Wi-Fi networks, an opportunity to enroll as a member of a Wi-Fi sharing community. For enrollment, each member agrees to designate a portion of bandwidth of the member's Wi-Fi network for use by other members as a hotspot. Also, the method includes a step of issuing a digital certificate to each member to allow the member to utilize any Wi-Fi network in the Wi-Fi sharing community.