Patent ID: 9674884
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: detecting, at a mobile device, a Wi-Fi access point having a service set identification (SSID); determining that the detection of the Wi-Fi access point is associated with activating a mobile hotspot operation on the mobile device based at least in part on the SSID of the Wi-Fi access point, wherein determining based at least in part on the SSID of the Wi-Fi access point comprises determining that the SSID of the Wi-Fi access point is associated with Wi-Fi connectivity between the mobile device and the Wi-Fi access point determined to be lost or intermittent for or inaccessible to the mobile device; in response to the determining, activating a mobile hotspot operation on the mobile device; receiving, from an additional device different than the Wi-Fi access point, a connection request to access the mobile device as a mobile hotspot; and granting, in response to the connection request, the access to the additional device.