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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
May. 07, 2013
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Billy Anders, Bothell, WA (US);
Amer Hassan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Aaron Cunningham, Redmond, WA (US);
Yatharth Gupta, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jonathan Dahlke, Redmond, WA (US);
Darene Lewis, Bothell, WA (US);
Ulrich Mueller, Redmond, WA (US);
Marco Piumatti, Woodinville, WA (US);
Ashraf Hamad, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An access point device is configured to improve usability of tethering, while improving battery life and managing data usage among and by the tethered devices. Both access point devices and client devices can remain in a low power state without a high power radio being powered until a shared network connection is to be used. To establish a connection to a network for the client device, the client device communicates with the access point device over a lower power communication device, such as a low power radio. The access point device activates its higher power radio. The two devices then connect over the high power radio, allowing the client device to then to use the access point device as a router to connect to a computer network.