Activity-triggered provisioning of portable wireless networks
First Claim
1. A method to provision portable Wi-Fi service by a portability provider, comprising:
- processing user registration, comprising;
receiving user identification; and
receiving network parameters governing the user'"'"'s personal network;
receiving an electronic message containing an indication of user activity related to at least one location or time; and
in response to receiving the electronic message containing an indication of user activity related to at least one location or time;
associating the user registration with the user activity;
determining at least one available place or time for portable Wi-Fi service, based on associating the user registration with the user activity and the at least one related location or time; and
configuring a network with network parameters governing the user'"'"'s personal network to activate portable Wi-Fi service to the user at the at least one available place or time,wherein the network further comprises an access point adapted to;
receive parameters governing access to a plurality of Wi-Fi networks, receive configuration of an activation time and a deactivation time for each of the plurality of Wi-Fi networks, receive a plurality of Wi-Fi device identifiers, provide indication of the activity and activity time of each Wi-Fi device identifiable by one of the Wi-Fi device identifiers, activate each of the plurality of Wi-Fi networks according to the received parameters governing access to the network at the activation time for each network, and deactivate each of the plurality of Wi-Fi networks at the deactivation time for each network.
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Abstract
Apparatus and associated methods relate to configuring a network remote from a user'"'"'s personal network, with parameters governing the user'"'"'s personal network, in response to user activity, and at a location and time based on the user activity. In an illustrative example, the network may be a Wi-Fi network. The user'"'"'s personal network may be, for example, the user'"'"'s home SSID for accessing the user'"'"'s personal Wi-Fi access device. In some examples, the user activity may be a request for access to the remote network using the user'"'"'s home SSID. The requested access may be provided at a time and location agreed to with an SSID portability provider. Various examples may advantageously provide portable access to the Internet, for example, using the user'"'"'s home SSID already configured on the user'"'"'s devices so that the user'"'"'s devices can seamlessly and securely access the Internet via the remote network.
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13 Claims
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1. A method to provision portable Wi-Fi service by a portability provider, comprising:
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processing user registration, comprising; receiving user identification; and receiving network parameters governing the user'"'"'s personal network; receiving an electronic message containing an indication of user activity related to at least one location or time; and in response to receiving the electronic message containing an indication of user activity related to at least one location or time; associating the user registration with the user activity; determining at least one available place or time for portable Wi-Fi service, based on associating the user registration with the user activity and the at least one related location or time; and configuring a network with network parameters governing the user'"'"'s personal network to activate portable Wi-Fi service to the user at the at least one available place or time, wherein the network further comprises an access point adapted to;
receive parameters governing access to a plurality of Wi-Fi networks, receive configuration of an activation time and a deactivation time for each of the plurality of Wi-Fi networks, receive a plurality of Wi-Fi device identifiers, provide indication of the activity and activity time of each Wi-Fi device identifiable by one of the Wi-Fi device identifiers, activate each of the plurality of Wi-Fi networks according to the received parameters governing access to the network at the activation time for each network, and deactivate each of the plurality of Wi-Fi networks at the deactivation time for each network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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