System and method for automatic redirection of wireless client to nearby wireless hotspot device

A method of redirecting a wireless client device to a wireless network hotspot device, the method comprising:

• generating, via a wireless network component, a wireless network;
• connecting, via a network connection component, the wireless client device to an access point (AP) of the wireless network;
• registering, via a registration component, the wireless network hotspot device by receiving and storing wireless network hotspot device login information from the wireless network hotspot device that enables connection with the wireless network hotspot device;
• determining, via a hotspot location determining component, a location of the wireless network hotspot device;
• determining, via a client location determining component, a location of the wireless client device;
• generating continuously, via a redirecting component, redirection instructions based on the location of the wireless network hotspot device and the location of the wireless client device, wherein the redirection instructions include the hotspot device internal SSID and Password information to enable the wireless client device to automatically switch between the AP and the wireless network hotspot device without any updates to the wireless client device current SSID;
• transmitting, via a communication component, a first redirection instruction to the wireless client device prior to losing a connection with the AP to instruct the wireless client device to redirect the connection from the AP to the wireless network hotspot device;
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• transmitting periodically a second redirection instruction to the wireless client device prior to losing the connection with the wireless network hotspot device to instruct the wireless client device to redirect the connection from the wireless network hotspot device back to the AP when the connection to the AP becomes available.

A non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by one or more computer processors, cause the one or more computer processors to perform at least the following:

• generating, via a wireless network component, a wireless network;
• connecting, via a network connection component, the wireless client device to an access point (AP) of the wireless network;
• registering, via a registration component, the wireless network hotspot device by receiving and storing wireless network hotspot device login information from the wireless network hotspot device that enables connection with the wireless network hotspot device;
• determining, via a hotspot location determining component, a location of the wireless network hotspot device;
• determining, via a client location determining component, a location of the wireless client device;
• generating continuously, via a redirecting component, redirection instructions based on the location of the wireless network hotspot device and the location of the wireless client device, wherein the redirection instructions include the hotspot device internal SSID and Password information to enable the wireless client device to automatically switch between the AP and the wireless network hotspot device updates to the wireless client device current SSID;
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• transmitting, via a communication component, a first redirection instruction to the wireless client device prior to losing a connection to with AP to instruct the wireless client device to redirect the connection from the AP to the wireless network hotspot device;
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• transmitting periodically a second redirection instruction to the wireless client device prior to losing the connection with the wireless network hotspot device to instruct the wireless client device to redirect the connection from the wireless network hotspot device back to the AP when the connection to the AP becomes available.

A wireless client device for communicating with a wireless network gateway and a wireless network hotspot device,

• the wireless network gateway being operable to create a wireless network to enable the wireless client device to communicate with the Internet via an access point (AP) of the wireless network when the wireless client device is in connection with the wireless network;
• the wireless network hotspot device being operable to create a wireless network hotspot to enable the wireless client device to communicate with the Internet via the wireless network
• hotspot when the wireless client device is in connection with the wireless network hotspot;
• the wireless network gateway including:
• a wireless network component, operable to generate a wireless network;
• a network connection component operable to connect the wireless client device to the AP of the wireless network;
• a registration component, operable to register the wireless network hotspot device by receiving and storing wireless network hotspot device login information from the wireless network hotspot device that enables connection with the wireless network hotspot device;
• a hotspot location determining component operable to determine a location of the wireless network hotspot device;
• a client location determining component operable to determine a location of the wireless client device;
• a redirecting component operable to generate continuously redirection instructions based on the location of the wireless network hotspot device and the location of the wireless client device;
• and a communication component operable to transmit a first redirection instruction to the wireless client device prior to losing a connection with the AP to instruct the wireless client device to redirect the connection from the AP to the wireless network hotspot device, and operable to periodically transmit a second redirection instruction to the wireless client device prior to losing the connection with the wireless network hotspot device to instruct the wireless client device to redirect the connection from the wireless network hotspot device back to the AP when the connection to the AP becomes available;
• the wireless client device comprising:
• a client device communication component, operable to wirelessly communicate with the wireless network gateway via the AP of the wireless network, to wirelessly communicate with the wireless network hotspot device via the wireless network hotspot and to receive the redirection instructions from the wireless network gateway, wherein the redirection instructions include the hotspot device internal SSID and Password information to enable the wireless client device to automatically switch between the AP and the wireless network hotspot device without any updates to the wireless client device current SSID;
• an on-boarding component, operable to login to the wireless network hotspot device based on the redirection instructions when a wireless connection between the client device communication component and the wireless network gateway via the AP of the wireless network is below a predetermined parameter level;
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• a monitoring component, operable to detect when the wireless connection between the client device communication component and the wireless network gateway via the AP of the wireless network is above the predetermined parameter level after the on-boarding component logs into the wireless network hotspot device based on the redirection instructions when the wireless connection between the client device communication component and the wireless network gateway via the AP of the wireless network is below the predetermined parameter level;
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• wherein the on-boarding component is further operable to login to the wireless network gateway via the AP of wireless network when the monitoring component detects that the connection between the client device communication component and the wireless network gateway via the wireless network is above the predetermined parameter level and after the on-boarding component has logged into the wireless network hotspot device based on the redirection instructions.