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Systems and methods for automatic connection with a wireless network

DC
  • US 7,944,901 B2
  • Filed: 04/16/2010
  • Issued: 05/17/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A Mobile HotSpot, comprising:

  • a wide area network radio interface configured to enable communications between a wide area network and the Mobile HotSpot;

    a local area network radio interface configured to enable communications between the Mobile HotSpot and a computing device;

    a power button configured to cause the Mobile HotSpot to be powered on;

    volatile memory;

    non-volatile memory configured to store modem instructions and a modem function table for controlling the wide area network interface and router instructions and a router function table for controlling the local area network interface, the router instructions comprising an address offset indicating an address in the volatile memory; and

    a processor coupled with the volatile and non-volatile memory, the non-volatile memory having default instructions configured to cause the processor, in response to an activation of the power button, to load the modem instructions into the volatile memory, and to load the router instructions into the volatile memory at the address indicated by the offset, the modem and router instructions configured to cause the processor to perform the following also in response to an activation of the power button;

    automatically establish a data connection with a base station associated with the wide area network over the wide area network,automatically establish a data connection with client device over the local area network, andbe in a ready state to route data packets from the client device to the base station via the local area network data connection and the wide area network connection.

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