# US 8,811,363 B2 · Next generation network services for 3G/4G mobile data offload in a network of shared protected/locked Wi-Fi access points > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,811,363 B2 - Document ID: US8811363B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/610,739 - Filed: 2012-09-11 - Published: 2014-03-13 - Granted: 2014-08-19 - Earliest claimed: 2012-09-11 - Assignees: Wavemax Corp. - Applicants: Eduardo Velasco - Inventors: Eduardo Velasco - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8811363B2 ## CPC - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - H04L 12/1403: {Architecture for metering, charging or billing} - H04L 12/145: {trading network capacity or selecting route based on tariff} - H04L 12/1453: {Methods or systems for payment or settlement of the charges for data transmission involving significant interaction with the data transmission network} - H04M 15/93: {using near field or similar technologies} - H04W 4/24: Accounting or billing - H04M 2215/2046: Hybrid network - H04W 80/04: Network layer protocols, e.g. mobile IP [Internet Protocol] - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract In some implementations, a Wi-Fi access point that is secured using WEP, WPA or WPA2 or other protection method(s) is further mapped, located and seamlessly accessed through a key that is preshared (PSK) by the Wi-Fi access point through a cloud based application over the Internet, thus a mobile device can access the Internet via the Wi-Fi access point using the PSK without the operator of the mobile device entering the PSK. The PSK is transmitted in encrypted form to the mobile device via a 3G/4G network. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of communication by a next-generation network with a mobile device, with a 3G/4G network and with a shared Wi-Fi access point, the method comprising: receiving from the mobile device via the 3G/4G network a request for a list of shared SSIDs, the request including GPS coordinates of the mobile device, a user ID and a password; generating the list of shared SSIDs and a list of corresponding preshared secret keys in a one-for-one correspondence between the shared SSIDs and corresponding preshared secret keys; wherein the shared SSIDs are in a vicinity of the mobile device based on the GPS coordinates; transmitting the list of shared SSIDs and the corresponding preshared secret keys to the 3G/4G network; and accounting data usage of a 802.11 wireless session between the mobile device and the shared Wi-Fi access point, wherein the accounting data usage of the 802.11 wireless session between the mobile device and the shared Wi-Fi access point further comprises: receiving from the mobile device via the shared Wi-Fi access point a usage start-accounting message; receiving from the mobile device via the shared Wi-Fi access point a usage interim accounting message; and receiving from the mobile device via the shared Wi-Fi access point a usage end-accounting message. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising: registering the mobile device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising: registering the shared Wi-Fi access point. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising: registering the mobile device; and registering the shared Wi-Fi access point. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein registering the shared Wi-Fi access point is performed after the registering the mobile device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises: transmitting a location based service communication via the 3G/4G network. ### Claim 7 A method of communication by a next-generation network with a mobile device, with a 3G/4G network and with a shared Wi-Fi access point, the method comprising: receiving from the mobile device via the 3G/4G network a request for a list of shared SSIDs, the request including GPS coordinates of the mobile device, a user ID and a password; generating the list of shared SSIDs and corresponding preshared secret keys in a one-for-one correspondence between the shared SSIDs and corresponding preshared secret keys in a vicinity of the mobile device based on the GPS coordinates; transmitting the list of shared SSIDs and the corresponding preshared secret keys to the 3G/4G network, receiving from the mobile device via the shared Wi-Fi access point a usage start-accounting message; starting accounting a 802.11 wireless session between the mobile device and the shared Wi-Fi access point; receiving from the mobile device via the shared Wi-Fi access point a usage interim accounting message; and receiving from the mobile device via the shared Wi-Fi access point a usage end-accounting message. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7 further comprising: registering the mobile device; and registering the shared Wi-Fi access point. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein registering the shared Wi-Fi access point is performed after the registering the mobile device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7 further comprising: transmitting a location based service communication via the 3G/4G network. ### Claim 11 A method of communication by a next-generation network with a mobile device, with a 3G/4G network and with a shared Wi-Fi access point, the method comprising: registering the shared Wi-Fi access point; registering the mobile device; receiving from the mobile device via the 3G/4G network a request for a list of shared SSIDs, the request including GPS coordinates of the mobile device, a user ID and a password; generating the list of shared SSIDs and corresponding preshared secret keys in a one-for-one correspondence between the shared SSIDs and corresponding preshared secret keys in a vicinity of the mobile device based on the GPS coordinates; transmitting the list of shared SSIDs and the corresponding preshared secret keys to the 3G/4G network, receiving from the mobile device via the shared Wi-Fi access point a usage start-accounting message; starting accounting a 802.11 wireless session between the mobile device and the shared Wi-Fi access point; receiving from the mobile device via the shared Wi-Fi access point a usage interim accounting message; and receiving from the mobile device via the shared Wi-Fi access point a usage end-accounting message. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein registering the shared Wi-Fi access point is performed after the registering of the mobile device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 further comprising: transmitting a location based service communication via the 3G/4G network. ### Claim 14 An apparatus of communication between a mobile device, a 3G/4G network and a shared Wi-Fi access point, the apparatus comprising: a receiver of a request for a list of shared SSIDs from the mobile device via the 3G/4G network, the request including GPS coordinates of the mobile device, a user ID and a password; a transmitter of the list of shared SSIDs and corresponding preshared secret keys to the 3G/4G network, the transmitter operably coupled to the receiver, and a data usage tracker of a 802.11 wireless session between the mobile device and the shared Wi-Fi access point, the data usage tracker operably coupled to the transmitter. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising: a generator of the list of shared SSIDs and corresponding preshared secret keys in a one-for-one correspondence between the shared SSIDs and corresponding preshared secret keys in a vicinity of the mobile device based on the GPS coordinates, the generator operably coupled to the receiver. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising: a registrar of the shared Wi-Fi access point, the registrar operably coupled to the transmitter; and a registrar of the mobile device, wherein the registrar of the of the mobile device operably coupled to the transmitter. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the shared Wi-Fi access point is registered after the mobile device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising: a transmitter of a location based service communication via the 3G/4G network. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The apparatus of claim 18 further comprising: a receiver of a usage start accounting message; an initiator of accounting of the 802.11 wireless session between the mobile device and the shared Wi-Fi access point; a receiver of a usage interim accounting message; and a receiver of a usage end-accounting message. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the location based service communication further comprises: an advertisement that is related to a GPS locale of the mobile device.