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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2012
Applicants:
Thomas W. Kuehnel, Seattle, WA (US);
Shai Guday, Redmond, WA (US);
James M. Lyon, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described is a technology by which a target device automatically starts tethering on a source device. A target device sends a request to start tethering to the source device, which responds by starting tethering, independent of needing any user interaction on the source device. While tethering is operational, status messages may be exchanged between the source device and the target device.