Patent ID: 9191975
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A location-unaware mobile computing device configured for offloading a collection of location-specific information, the location-unaware mobile computing device comprising: circuitry to: request automatically, from a location-aware mobile computing device configured to determine a current location of the location-aware mobile computing device, location-specific information for the determined current location when the location-unaware mobile computing device is unable to connect to a previously known wireless network identifier; receive the location-specific information from the location-aware mobile computing device; and process the location-specific information; and a transceiver to: establish a peer-to-peer connection with the location-aware mobile computing device using a private wireless network; and request and receive from the location-aware mobile computing device the location-specific information via the peer-to-peer connection of the private wireless network; wherein the private wireless network is established by the location-aware mobile computing device to provide the location-specific information; wherein the location-specific information was: determined by the location-aware mobile computing device prior to receipt of the request from the location-unaware mobile computing device, and transmitted by the location-aware mobile computing device via the peer-to-peer connection of the private wireless network to the location-unaware mobile computing device in response to receipt of the request from the location-unaware mobile computing device; wherein the location-specific information includes connectivity information for a second wireless network whose coverage area includes a location of the location-unaware mobile computing device when the location-unaware mobile computing device transmitted the request; wherein the location-unaware mobile computing device does not know the current location of the location-unaware mobile computing device; wherein the location-unaware mobile computing device is further configured to use the connectivity information to establish a connection with the second wireless network; and wherein the location-specific information includes Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates determined by the location-aware mobile computing device.