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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:
Feb. 13, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2015
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Jungwoo Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Soonhyun Cha, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Myungsu Kang, Seoul, KR;

Sunmin Hwang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/06 (2009.01); H04W 8/20 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/06 (2013.01); H04W 8/20 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a method of delivering policy information for offloading between different types of wireless communication systems by a first electronic device. The method includes: performing a tethering function; determining whether to release the tethering function; identifying a first electronic device connected based on the tethering function when the tethering function is released; delivering policy information for offloading between different types of wireless communication systems to the identified first electronic device; and releasing the tethering function after delivering the policy information to the first electronic device.


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