US 2018/0027353 A1 · SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A GLOBAL WIRELESS INDIRECT INTERNET CONNECT SYSTEM

Abstract

A system and method of enabling a wireless device that has no directly accessible wireless Internet connection at a given location to make a data connection through a neighbouring different wireless device that does have directly accessible wireless Internet connection, to connect to the Internet. Specifically such indirect Internet connection does not require any authorization from any such other device, such as a server, other than between both wireless devices and additionally the wireless device that has no directly accessible wireless Internet connection does not require any credits from the wireless network to which the wireless device that does have directly accessible wireless Internet connection is connected to.

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Dependent claims

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A system including a first internet enabled wireless mobile device and at least a second internet enabled wireless mobile device, the first internet enabled wireless mobile device including at least two radio transceivers of which at least one transceiver is a first local area wireless transceiver, and at least one transceiver is a first cellular phone network transceiver, a first non-transitory storage medium, and a first computer program product embodied on the first non-transitory storage medium,

the first computer program product executable on the first internet enabled wireless mobile device to communicate with a second computer program product when executing on the second internet enabled wireless mobile device, the second internet enabled wireless mobile device including a second non-transitory storage medium, the second computer program product embodied on the second non-transitory storage medium, the second internet enabled wireless mobile device including at least two radio transceivers of which at least one transceiver is a second local area wireless transceiver and at least one transceiver is a second cellular phone network transceiver, the communication using the first local area wireless transceiver in communication with the second local area wireless transceiver,
wherein the first computer program product is executable on the first internet enabled wireless mobile device to operate said communication, in cooperation with the second computer program product when executing on the second internet enabled wireless mobile device, automatically, upon download of the first computer program product to the first internet enabled wireless mobile device, and upon download of the second computer program product to the second internet enabled wireless mobile device,
and wherein in the event the first internet enabled wireless mobile device has a direct internet data connection and the second internet enabled wireless mobile device has no direct internet data connection and the second computer program product when executing on the second internet enabled wireless mobile device, meaning executed on the device without internet connection to communicate with the device with internet connection via the communication to the first internet enabled wireless mobile device, using the second local area wireless transceiver, the first local area wireless transceiver, and the first computer program product when executing on the first internet enabled wireless mobile device, and the first computer program product is executable on the first internet enabled wireless mobile device to provide automatically an internet data connection via the communication to the second internet enabled wireless mobile device, using the first local area wireless transceiver, the second local area wireless transceiver, and the second computer program product when executing on the second internet enabled wireless mobile device, establishing automatically a bidirectional internet data connection via the communication
and further wherein, in the event the second internet enabled wireless mobile device has a direct internet data connection and the first internet enabled wireless mobile device has no direct internet data connection and the first computer program product when executing on the first internet enabled wireless mobile device, meaning executed on the device without internet connection to communicate with the device with internet connection via the communication to the second internet enabled wireless mobile device, using the first local area wireless transceiver, the second local area wireless transceiver, and the second computer program product when executing on the second internet enabled wireless mobile device,
and the second computer program product is executable on the second internet enabled wireless mobile device to provide automatically an internet data connection via the communication to the first internet enabled wireless mobile device, using the second local area wireless transceiver, the first local area wireless transceiver, and the first computer program product when executing on the first internet enabled wireless mobile device, establishing automatically a bidirectional internet data connection via the communication.

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A first internet enabled wireless mobile device forming part of a system including the first internet enabled wireless mobile device and at least a second internet enabled wireless mobile device, the first internet enabled wireless mobile device including at least two radio transceivers of which at least one transceiver is a first local area wireless transceiver, and at least one transceiver is a first cellular phone network transceiver, a first non-transitory storage medium, and a first computer program product embodied on the first non-transitory storage medium,

the first computer program product executable on the first internet enabled wireless mobile device to communicate with a second computer program product when executing on the second internet enabled wireless mobile device, the second internet enabled wireless mobile device including a second non-transitory storage medium, the second computer program product embodied on the second non-transitory storage medium, the second internet enabled wireless mobile device including at least two radio transceivers of which at least one transceiver is a second local area wireless transceiver and at least one transceiver is a second cellular phone network transceiver, the communication using the first local area wireless transceiver in communication with the second local area wireless transceiver,
wherein the first computer program product is executable on the first internet enabled wireless mobile device to operate said communication, in cooperation with the second computer program product when executing on the second internet enabled wireless mobile device, automatically, upon download of the first computer program product to the first internet enabled wireless mobile device, and upon download of the second computer program product to the second internet enabled wireless mobile device,
and wherein in the event the first internet enabled wireless mobile device has a direct internet data connection and the second internet enabled wireless mobile device has no direct internet data connection and the second computer program product when executing on the second internet enabled wireless mobile device, meaning executed on the device without internet connection to communicate with the device with internet connection via the communication to the first internet enabled wireless mobile device, using the second local area wireless transceiver, the first local area wireless transceiver, and the first computer program product when executing on the first internet enabled wireless mobile device, and the first computer program product is executable on the first internet enabled wireless mobile device to provide automatically an internet data connection via the communication to the second internet enabled wireless mobile device, using the first local area wireless transceiver, the second local area wireless transceiver, and the second computer program product when executing on the second internet enabled wireless mobile device, establishing automatically a bidirectional internet data connection via the communication,
and further wherein, in the event the second internet enabled wireless mobile device has a direct internet data connection and the first internet enabled wireless mobile device has no direct internet data connection and the first computer program product when executing on the first internet enabled wireless mobile device, meaning executed on the device without internet connection to communicate with the device with internet connection via the communication to the second internet enabled wireless mobile device, using the first local area wireless transceiver, the second local area wireless transceiver, and the second computer program product when executing on the second internet enabled wireless mobile device,
and the second computer program product is executable on the second internet enabled wireless mobile device to provide automatically an internet data connection via the communication to the first internet enabled wireless mobile device, using the second local area wireless transceiver, the first local area wireless transceiver, and the first computer program product when executing on the first internet enabled wireless mobile device, establishing automatically a bidirectional internet data connection via the communication.

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A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory storage medium, the computer program product executable on a first internet enabled wireless mobile device and the computer program product executable on at least a second internet enabled wireless mobile device, the first internet enabled wireless mobile device including at least two radio transceivers of which at least one transceiver is a first local area wireless transceiver, and at least one transceiver is a first cellular phone network transceiver,

the computer program product executable on the first internet enabled wireless mobile device to communicate with the computer program product when executing on the second internet enabled wireless mobile device, the second internet enabled wireless mobile device including at least two radio transceivers of which at least one transceiver is a second local area wireless transceiver and at least one transceiver is a second cellular phone network transceiver, the communication using the first local area wireless transceiver in communication with the second local area wireless transceiver,
wherein the computer program product is executable on the first internet enabled wireless mobile device to operate said communication, in cooperation with the computer program product when executing on the second internet enabled wireless mobile device, automatically, upon download of the computer program product to the first internet enabled wireless mobile device, and upon download of the computer program product to the second internet enabled wireless mobile device,
and wherein in the event the first internet enabled wireless mobile device has a direct internet data connection and the second internet enabled wireless mobile device has no direct internet data connection and the computer program product when executing on the second internet enabled wireless mobile device, meaning executed on the device without internet connection to communicate with the device with internet connection via the communication to the first internet enabled wireless mobile device, using the second local area wireless transceiver, the first local area wireless transceiver, and the computer program product when executing on the first internet enabled wireless mobile device, and the computer program product is executable on the first internet enabled wireless mobile device to provide automatically an internet data connection via the communication to the second internet enabled wireless mobile device, using the first local area wireless transceiver, the second local area wireless transceiver, and the computer program product when executing on the second internet enabled wireless mobile device, establishing automatically a bidirectional internet data connection via the communication,
and further wherein, in the event the second internet enabled wireless mobile device has a direct internet data connection and the first internet enabled wireless mobile device has no direct internet data connection and the computer program product when executing on the first internet enabled wireless mobile device, meaning executed on the device without internet connection to communicate with the device with internet connection via the communication to the second internet enabled wireless mobile device, using the first local area wireless transceiver, the second local area wireless transceiver, and the computer program product when executing on the second internet enabled wireless mobile device,
and the computer program product is executable on the second internet enabled wireless mobile device to provide automatically an internet data connection via the communication to the first internet enabled wireless mobile device, using the second local area wireless transceiver, the first local area wireless transceiver, and the computer program product when executing on the first internet enabled wireless mobile device, establishing automatically a bidirectional internet data connection via the communication, and
wherein only the computer program product executable on the internet enabled wireless mobile device that has no direct Internet connection will cause a beacon to be transmitted through the local area transceiver of the internet enabled wireless mobile device that has no direct Internet connection, to request for internet access from the computer program product executable on the internet enabled wireless mobile device that has direct Internet connection, via the communication, and wherein the communication does not require use of a virtual private network.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/548,351Filed 3 Feb 2016

Priority

GB 1501723.93 Feb 2015

Published

25 Jan 2018

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H04W 4/50
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: service provisioning or reconfiguring
H04W 88/04
Terminal devices: adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
H04W 4/80
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services using short range communication, e.g. near-field…
H04W 12/06
Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity: authentication

System and method for a global wireless indirect internet connect system

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System and method for a global wireless indirect internet connect system

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