Patent ID: 9025532
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for providing both cell phone functionality and WLAN access point functionality by a cell phone, the method comprising: communicatively connecting a WLAN radio of the cell phone to a separate WLAN-enabled device, wherein the WLAN radio is coupled to an access point (AP) functions block to provide WLAN functions of the cell phone; communicatively connecting a cellular radio of the cell phone to a cellular system having a cellular-based data service, wherein the cellular radio is coupled to the WLAN radio; and passing data between the separate WLAN-enabled device and the cellular system, under control of the AP functions block, through the WLAN radio and the cellular radio of the cell phone and using the cellular-based data service such that the cell phone functions as a WLAN access point for the separate WLAN-enabled device.