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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2014
Bandwidthx Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Pertti Juhani Visuri, Fallbrook, CA (US);
Randy Salo, San Diego, CA (US);
Christian Van Hamersveld, San Diego, CA (US);
Dan Zagursky, San Diego, CA (US);
Brian Moses, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Johanna Katariina Visuri, Solana Beach, CA (US);
BandwidthX Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
The subject matter described herein includes managing access conditions and determining which access point to use by a wireless device based on terms and conditions (TCs) for allowing access (TCsAA) and terms and conditions for utilizing access (TCsUA) provided and updated by various parties in a system for alternative network access provision (ANAPS) comprising of a cloud based server system and a wireless device and its connection manager software system. The TCs may depend on a number of variables including one or more of the following: price, availability, relative signal strengths and communication speeds of different cellular base pay and or access points and connections through the stations or access points to the Internet or other backend systems, the location and possible motion of the device, the time of day, week, month or year as well as the cost of communication alternatives.