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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2017
At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);
Ming-Ju Ho, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Patrick Mascarenhas, Marietta, GA (US);
Iftekhar Alam, Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Methods are apparatus are disclosed to improve a network connection of a cellular-enabled device via a connected vehicle. An example method disclosed herein include receiving an indication that a first cellular-enabled device is within range of a cellular-enabled vehicle to which the first cellular-enabled device has a connection relationship. When a first signal strength between the cellular-enabled vehicle and a cellular network is greater than a second signal strength between the first cellular-enabled device and the cellular network, the cellular-enabled vehicle is instructed to establish a first connection between the cellular-enabled vehicle and the cellular network using a first subscriber identifier stored in the first cellular-enabled device. The cellular-enabled vehicle is instructed to establish a second connection between the cellular-enabled vehicle and the first cellular-enabled device, and routing first cellular data associated with the first cellular-enable device between the cellular network and the first cellular-enable device via cellular-enabled vehicle.