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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2014
Motorola Mobility Llc, Libertyville, IL (US);
Jerome Vogedes, Milwaukee, WI (US);
William Hede, Lake in the Hills, IL (US);
Ajit Kumar Panda, Vernon Hills, IL (US);
GOOGLE TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A mobile device system and related method are disclosed by which the device is able to communicate wirelessly not only via a Wide Area Network (WAN) communication link but also via an alternate communication link such as a Wi-Fi communication link. In one embodiment, the method includes detecting an availability of an additional (alternate) communication link made possible via an access point (AP), determining whether one or more first criteria relating to one or both of the AP and the device have been met and, provided that the one or more first criteria are met, automatically launching a browser to communicate with one or both of the AP and a remote server. The method further includes determining based upon one or more interactions whether one or more second criteria have been met and, provided that the one or more second criteria are met, conducting communications via the additional communication link.