# US 2014/0155120 A1 · Wireless network sharing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0155120 A1 - Document ID: US20140155120A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/880,469 - Filed: 2011-10-20 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2010-10-20 - Assignees: Yota Devices Ipr Ltd. - Applicants: Yota Devices Ipr Ltd. - Inventors: Sergey Karmanenko; Alim Polyakh; Dmitry Alekseevich Gorilovsky - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140155120A1 ## CPC - H04M 1/72469: for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons - G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]} - G06F 1/1694: {the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer} - G06F 1/26: Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof (for memories G11C) - H04M 1/0202: {Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets (constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03)} - H04M 1/035: {Improving the acoustic characteristics by means of constructional features of the housing, e.g. ribs, walls, resonating chambers or cavities} - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - H04M 2250/22: including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract The field of the invention relates to mobile devices operable to provide sharing of a wireless network. There is provided a mobile device operable to provide instant and automatic sharing of a wireless network in response to a single action by a user, the single action comprising a physical contact gesture with the mobile device by the user, or a voice activation command by the user. ## Claims ### Claim 1 Mobile device operable to connect to the internet via a mobile phone network; in response to a single action by a user, provide instant and automatic sharing of a wireless network in response to a single action by a user, wherein at least one second device is wirelessly connectable to the mobile device via the shared wireless network; enable the at least one second device to access the internet via the shared wireless network wherein, the single action comprising comprises at least one of: a physical contact gesture with the mobile device by the user; and a voice activation command by the user. ### Claim at position 2 2-5. (canceled) ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) Mobile device of claim 1, adapted to enable the at least one second device to access files on the mobile device via the shared wireless network. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) Mobile device of claim 1 including a hard switch, a software switch, a hidden mechanical button, wherein the single action by the user comprises pressing the hard switch, the software switch or the hidden mechanical button of the mobile device. ### Claim at position 5 8-9. (canceled) ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) Mobile device of claim 1 including a squeeze control, wherein the single action by the user comprises activating a squeeze control of the mobile device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) Mobile device of claim 1 including capacitor sensor strips operable to detect when the user has picked up the device, wherein the single action by the user comprises picking up the mobile device. ### Claim at position 8 12-15. (canceled) ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) Mobile device of claim 1, wherein the mobile device comprises a touch screen and a further bistable screen. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) Mobile device of claim 16, wherein the physical contact gesture is received over the bistable screen. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) Mobile device of claim 17, wherein the touch screen at least partially overlaps the bistable screen and the physical contact gesture if further received over the touch screen. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) Mobile device of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is operable to define a limited set of users who may connect to the device to enable instant and automatic sharing of a wireless network with the limited set of users. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) Mobile device of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is operable to provide a wireless connection to a personal computer, to enable that computer to connect to the internet. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) Mobile device of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is operable to provide a wireless connection to two personal computers, to enable file sharing or resource sharing between those two personal computers. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) Mobile device of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is operable to provide for file synchronization for files that are shared using automatic sharing of a wireless network via the mobile device. ### Claim at position 16 23-29. (canceled) ### Claim 30 (depends on 1) Mobile device of claim 1, wherein the instant and automatic sharing of the wireless network is performed when the device is already turned on and connected to a mobile phone network. ### Claim 31 (depends on 1) Mobile device of claim 1, wherein the device is operable to connect to a wireless dongle, the mobile device further operable to view a file structure of files stored on the wireless dongle. ### Claim 32 (depends on 31) Mobile device of claim 31, wherein the device is operable to: view the file structure of files stored on the wireless dongle in a web browser running on the mobile device; and print a file on the dongle at a printer in connection with the dongle at a printer in connection with the dongle or in connection with the mobile device. ### Claim at position 20 33-34. (canceled) ### Claim 35 (depends on 1) Mobile device of claim 1, wherein the device is further operable to connect to a wireless dongle; and stream audio, video or image files to the wireless dongle in response to a request from the wireless dongle to the mobile device to access a streaming source via the internet. ### Claim at position 22 36-38. (canceled) ### Claim 39 (depends on 1) Mobile device of claim 1 further operable to disable the sharing of the wireless network in response to a further single action by the user, the further single action comprising at least one of a physical contact gesture with the mobile device by the user, and a voice activation command by the user. ### Claim at position 24 40-44. (canceled) ### Claim 45 (depends on 1) Mobile device of claim 1, wherein the shared wireless network is a Wi-Fi network. ### Claim at position 26 46-51. (canceled)