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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2011
Joseph Tu-long Deu-ngoc, Maryhill, CA;
Jeremy Thompson, Waterloo, CA;
Scott Peter Gammon, Waterloo, CA;
Joseph Tu-Long Deu-Ngoc, Maryhill, CA;
Jeremy Thompson, Waterloo, CA;
Scott Peter Gammon, Waterloo, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A method for monitoring use of a mobile hotspot function in a wireless device, comprising: storing a last access time for a client within a memory of the wireless device, the last access time being a time when the hotspot function last performed a network address translation for the client; determining whether a difference between a current time and the last access time exceeds a threshold; and, if the difference exceeds the threshold, generating an indication that the mobile hotspot function is not in use by the client.