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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:
Dec. 30, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 28, 2011
Applicants:

Mark Drovdahl, Seattle, WA (US);

Paulo Chow, North Bend, WA (US);

Sinclair M. Temple, Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Mark Drovdahl, Seattle, WA (US);

Paulo Chow, North Bend, WA (US);

Sinclair M. Temple, Seattle, WA (US);

Assignee:

T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 48/08 (2009.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 48/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/18 (2013.01); H04W 88/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

An intermediary device may be used to connect a telecommunications device to an existing secure network that is accessed by a computing device. The intermediary device may simplify connections to the secure network by connecting to the secure network without setting up a new connection to the secure network. The telecommunications device may connect to the computing device, via the intermediary device, using a secondary network, which enables the telecommunications device to access the secure network through the computing device. In some instances, the computing device may operate to bridge a connection with the telecommunications device and perform some or all of the functions of the intermediary device.


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