Patent ID: 9642001
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for controlling external data network use of a client device via a mobile access point (AP) in a mobile terminal, the method comprising: determining, by a host device comprising the mobile terminal set as the mobile AP, whether a data-less mode is set; blocking, by the host device, the client device from using the external data network via the mobile AP, if the data-less mode is set; permitting, by the host device, the client device to use the external data network via the mobile AP, if the data-less mode is released; releasing, by the host device, the data-less mode upon connection to a fixed AP when the data-less mode is set; and setting, by the host device, the data-less mode upon release of the connection to the fixed AP.