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 neighboring 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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 3, 2016
Date of Patent:
March 5, 2019
Assignee:
SID LIMITED
Inventors:
Jose Merino, Michael Camilleri, Simon Wilkinson