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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2011
Billy R. Anders, Jr., Bothell, WA (US);
Dennis Flanagan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Amer A. Hassan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Yatharth Gupta, Bellevue, WA (US);
Billy R. Anders, Jr., Bothell, WA (US);
Dennis Flanagan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Amer A. Hassan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Yatharth Gupta, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A mechanism for a wireless device to obtain access to network connectivity through a WAN-enabled device. The wireless device may use peer-to-peer communication to request the WAN-enabled device enter a mode in which it serves as an access point to its WAN. The wireless device may then associate with the WAN-enabled device in its role as an access point to access connectivity services. Such a capability may be used, for example, to allow a wireless computing device to gain access to the Internet through a smartphone or other device that has Internet access, and can also be configured to communicate in accordance with the Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi Direct standards.