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Granted Patent B2
US 9,699,832 · App. 15/062,308 · Granted Jul 4, 2017

Distributed cellular client network

Inventors: Darryl M. Adderly (Morrisville, NC); Jonathan W. Jackson (Durham, NC); Ajit Jariwala (Cary, NC); Eric B. Libow (Raleigh, NC)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
H04W88/04H04W4/008H04W12/06H04W76/023H04W84/042
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,699,832
App. No.
15/062,308
Granted
Jul 4, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A second cellular client delegates cellular communication to a first cellular client. The first cellular client determines that the first cellular client has been assigned to perform cellular communication for the second cellular client. The first cellular client receives a transmission from a cellular service-provider antenna intended for the second cellular client. The first cellular client sends a first command based on the transmission to the second cellular client. The first command instructs the second cellular client to enable the cellular functionality of the second cellular client.

Claims (14)

1. A method comprising:

sending, by a first cellular client, a sharing request to share cellular communication with other cellular clients;

receiving, by the first cellular client, a response from a second cellular client that the second cellular client will share cellular communication with the first cellular client;

assigning, by the first cellular client, the first cellular client to perform cellular communication for the second cellular client;

sending, by the first cellular client, an authentication request to the second cellular client for an authentication credential, the authentication credential configured for use in performing cellular communication for the second cellular client;

receiving, by the first cellular client, the authentication credential from the second cellular client;

receiving, by the first cellular client, a transmission from a cellular service-provider antenna intended for the second cellular client; and

sending, by the first cellular client and based on the transmission, a first command to the second cellular client that instructs the second cellular client to enable the cellular functionality of the second cellular client.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the assigning is based on a battery status of the first cellular client and the second cellular client.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the assigning is based on an operation status of the first cellular client and the second cellular client.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the assigning is based on a cellular signal of the first cellular client and the second cellular client.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the transmitting is performed by a close-range wireless network.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

transmitting, by the first cellular client, a status regarding the second cellular client to the cellular service provider.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2016
From: ADDERLY, DARRYL M.; JACKSON, JONATHAN W.; JARIWALA, AJIT; LIBOW, ERIC B.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037904/0598 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14742845 · Jun 18, 2015
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