Method and system for monitoring use of a mobile hotspot function in a wireless device
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsJoseph Tu-Long Deu-Ngoc, Jeremy Thompson, Scott Peter Gammon
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Abstract
A method for monitoring use of a mobile hotspot function in a wireless device, comprising: storing a last access time for a client within a memory of the wireless device, the last access time being a time when the hotspot function last performed a network address translation for the client; determining whether a difference between a current time and the last access time exceeds a threshold; and, if the difference exceeds the threshold, generating an indication that the mobile hotspot function is not in use by the client.
Claims22
A method for monitoring use of a mobile hotspot function in a wireless device, comprising:
- storing a last access time for a client within a memory of the wireless device, the last access time being a time when the mobile hotspot function last performed a network address translation for the client;
- determining whether a difference between a current time and the last access time exceeds a threshold;
- and,
- if the difference exceeds the threshold, generating an indication that the mobile hotspot function is not in use by the client.
A system for monitoring use of a mobile hotspot function, comprising:
- a processor coupled to memory and a display;
- and,
- at least one of hardware and software modules within the memory and controlled or executed by the processor, the modules including:
- a module for storing a last access time for a client within the memory, the last access time being a time when the mobile hotspot function last performed a network address translation for the client;
- a module for determining whether a difference between a current time and the last access time exceeds a threshold;
- and,
- a module for, if the difference exceeds the threshold, generating an indication that the mobile hotspot function is not in use by the client.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.