TETHERING OF MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICES

Embodiments of computer-implemented methods, systems, computing devices, and computer-readable media are described herein for tethering of mobile wireless devices. In some embodiments, a computing device configured for tethering may include a processor and a tethering application operated by the pro...

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Main Authors DAVE, Manish, GOWDA, Bhaskar D, HASSAN, Vishwa, SHEKHAR, Mrigank, CHANDRASEKHAR, Akshay
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 14.12.2016
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Summary:Embodiments of computer-implemented methods, systems, computing devices, and computer-readable media are described herein for tethering of mobile wireless devices. In some embodiments, a computing device configured for tethering may include a processor and a tethering application operated by the processor to associate a first mobile wireless device with a community of mobile wireless devices eligible for tethering to the first mobile device based on eligibility criteria; identify, among the community of mobile devices, a second mobile wireless device to tether with the first mobile device, based on communication information exchange among the mobile wireless devices in the community, including the first mobile device; and based on a result of the identifying, cause the first mobile device to tether to the second mobile device, so as to enable the first mobile device to connect to a wireless communication network via the second mobile device. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20140778713