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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2014
Benu Networks, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Rajat Ghai, Sandwich, MA (US);
Benu Networks, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Abstract
A combination cellular and Wi-Fi hardware device has an IP interface that is configured to communicate with a first cellular network, a Wi-Fi network, or both. The combination cellular and Wi-Fi hardware device is configured to provide the network functionality (e.g., virtualized network cloud) that is required to facilitate communication and data flow between the IP interface and either a second cellular network or a cloud computing infrastructure network. The IF interface is accessed using a single IP address by a mobile device in wireless communication with the combination cellular and Wi-Fi hardware device. The single IP address is maintained when the mobile device switches between using the first cellular network and the Wi-Fi network to communicate with the combination cellular and Wi-Fi hardware device, and vice versa.