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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:
Jul. 11, 2017

Filed:

Jan. 04, 2013
Applicant:

Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;

Inventors:

Niko Kiukkonen, Veikkola, FI;

Janne Marin, Espoo, FI;

Jukka Reunamaki, Tampere, FI;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 8/00 (2013.01); H04W 76/023 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments are disclosed for configuring a mobile wireless hotspot in a wireless network. Example embodiments of the invention include a method comprising: transmitting, by a user's mobile hotspot device, to a cloud server, a message including a description of user specific device connectivity configurations to enable a wireless device, to automatically connect to the mobile hotspot device as a tethered wireless device; and receiving from the user's wireless device a connection request to become a tethered wireless device based on the description of user specific device connectivity configurations that the user's wireless device has received from the cloud server.


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