Patent ID: 8793772
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A dual mode device, comprising: a non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a program for enabling the dual mode device to access a wireless local area network (WLAN); and a processor that executes the program, wherein the processor executes the program so that the dual mode device detects presence of a WLAN access point, transmits information about the WLAN access point and about the dual mode device via a cellular network, and not through any WLAN access point, to a clearinghouse server, and accesses the WLAN access point via the WLAN in response to the clearinghouse server approving access and forwarding credentials to an operator of the WLAN access point based on the information received by the clearinghouse server from the dual mode device via the cellular network.