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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:
Oct. 25, 2016

Filed:

Jan. 08, 2015
Applicant:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Glen J. Anderson, Beaverton, OR (US);

Kathy Yuen, Portland, OR (US);

Jamie Sherman, Portland, OR (US);

Lenitra M. Durham, Beaverton, OR (US);

Richard Beckwith, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04W 76/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0668 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); H04B 7/18506 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 43/0817 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); H04W 76/045 (2013.01); B64C 2201/122 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system of using a drone for network connectivity, the system may comprise: a connectivity module to: detect an error associated with network traffic on a network connection utilized by a user device; query a connection datastore to retrieve at least one access point location that at least one device of the user has utilized within a predetermined period; a drone coordination module to: transmit configuration settings to a drone, the configuration settings including the at least one access point location and a mode of operation for the drone; and route at least a portion of the network traffic of the user device to the drone for transmission according to the configuration settings.


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