Sony patents phone feature to share internet connection with other devices
Sony describes a method where a phone uses its existing cellular connection to create a secondary wireless link for another device. The phone sends a request to a server to set up this link and then displays a notification on its screen to inform the user.
In the filing’s own words
A wireless communication device of the present disclosure provides a second wireless access link with another wireless communication, on the basis of a first wireless access link with a base station. The wireless communication device includes one or a plurality of network interfaces, a user interface of the wireless communication device, provided for a user, and a processor. The processor transmits a registration request or a start request related to provision of the second wireless access link, to a server device managing the provision of the second wireless access link via one or a plurality of network interfaces. The processor receives a notification about the provision of the second wireless access link, from the server device. The processor outputs at least part of the notification to the user interface.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A wireless communication device, the wireless communication device providing a second wireless access link with another wireless communication device based on a first wireless access link with a base station, the wireless communication device comprising: one or a plurality of network interfaces; a user interface of the wireless communication device, provided for a user; and a processor that transmits a registration request or a start request related to provision of the second wireless access link, to a server device managing the provision of the second wireless access link, via the one or a plurality of network interfaces, receives a notification about the provision of the second wireless access link from the server device, and outputs at least part of the notification, to the user interface.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
- Official title
- WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE
- Publication number
- US20260262018A1
- Application number
- 19165166
- Filed
- Feb 28, 2024
- Published
- Sep 3, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 18
Classified under
H04W 68/02 Electricity & electronicsH04W 4/40 Electricity & electronicsH04W 60/00 Electricity & electronicsMore from Sony in Networks & wireless
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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