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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2011
Sumeet Singh Bhatia, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Mankesh Ahluwalia, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Narothum Saxena, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Michael Shannon Irizarry, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
Sumeet Singh Bhatia, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Mankesh Ahluwalia, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Narothum Saxena, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Michael Shannon Irizarry, Barrington Hills, IL (US);
United States Cellular Corporation, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A way for managing use of a mobile wireless device in a tethering configuration is described. The disclosed mobile wireless system is configured to receive a message packet issued from a device tethered to the mobile wireless device. The system determines whether the mobile wireless device is permitted to pass messages on behalf of tethered devices by referencing a profile with which the mobile device is associated. The mobile wireless system discards the received message packet in response to determining from the profile that the mobile wireless device is not permitted to pass messages on behalf of tethered devices. Moreover, a number of ways for monetizing the supported tethering mode are described such that a service provider is adequately compensated for the increased demand on the mobile wireless network resources arising from support for the tethering mode of operation for a mobile wireless device.