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Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 02, 2012
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Alexander Friedrich Kuscher, San Francisco, CA (US);

Trond Thomas Wuellner, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignee:

GOOGLE INC., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H04B 5/02 (2006.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/0031 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04B 5/0012 (2013.01); H04B 5/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

The subject technology discloses configurations for determining, at a first computing device, if a second computing device is within a predetermined distance of the first computing device. The subject technology then establishes, at the first computing device, a wireless near field communication (NFC) connection with the second computing device. Information for configuring a wireless tethering connection with the second computing device is then transmitted over the wireless NFC connection. Further, the subject technology receives, over the wireless NFC connection, confirmation that the wireless tethering connection has been configured.


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