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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2013
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (US);
Lusheng Ji, Randolph, NJ (US);
Jeffrey Pang, Berkeley, CA (US);
Jia Wang, Randolph, NJ (US);
Shobha Venkataraman, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Muhammad Zubair Shafiq, San Diego, CA (US);
Xiang-Yang Alex Liu, Okemos, MI (US);
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, East Lansing, MI (US);
Abstract
Techniques for sharing a cellular network connection amongst multiple devices over a local area network are provided that reduce cellular network load during crowded events. In an aspect, a devices is configure to perform operations that include scanning an area for another device that has established a first wireless cellular connection with a cellular network device of a cellular network and that enables an indirect connection of the device to the cellular network device via a direct connection of the device to the other device via a local network device. The operations further include, in response to identifying the other device as a result of the scanning, sending a request to the other device to connect to the other device via the local network device and to receive the indirect connection to the cellular network device.