Patent ID: 9749856
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method in a wireless system, comprising: transmitting, by a machine type device via a device-to-machine connection, information relating to the machine type device and/or a service offered by the machine type device; receiving, by the machine type device from a mobile device, a request for authorization to receive the service provided by the machine type device, the request including information of an identity of the mobile device assigned by a cellular system, contacting, by the machine type device, the cellular system to authenticate and/or authorise the mobile device, the contacting causing the mobile device to have an access facility to the cellular system, receiving, by the machine type device, authentication and/or authorisation from the cellular system, and enabling, by the machine type device, communications for the mobile device to access the service from the machine type device via the device-to-machine connection when the mobile device is connected to the cellular system.