US 11,864,214 B2
Multiple party Wi-Fi router in a wireless network
Michael Kahn, Cherry Hill, NJ (US); John D. Ogden, Media, PA (US); Linh Nguyen, Broomall, PA (US); Dave Scott Swingle, Moorestown, NJ (US); Alpha Kamara, Secane, PA (US); Michael Agnew, Philadelphia, PA (US); and Ramesh Manikandan Kumarasamy, Upper Chichester, PA (US)
Assigned to ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed by ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/476,628.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/106,528, filed on Oct. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0132510 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/53 (2023.01); H04W 12/084 (2021.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/20 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/53 (2023.01) [H04W 12/084 (2021.01); H04W 48/20 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gateway device for client access delegation for a network device in a wireless network, the wireless network configured to communicatively interconnect the gateway device, a network admin client device, a super-user client device, and one or more second-party client devices, the gateway device comprising:
a memory having instructions stored thereon, wherein the network admin client device is associated with a first group of users, and wherein the one or more second-party client devices and the super-user client device are associated with a second group of users; and
a processor configured to execute the instructions on the memory to cause the gateway device to:
receive a super-user client device authorization request from the network admin client device, wherein the super-user client device authorization request specifies that the super-user client device is granted access by the network admin client device to control access to the wireless network for the second group of users to an unused portion of available bandwidth, and wherein the unused portion of available bandwidth is bandwidth not used by the first group of users;
connect the super-user client device to the gateway device;
receive a second-party client device access authorization from the super-user client device, wherein the second-party client device access authorization identifies a second-party client device of the one or more second-party client devices and one or more access rights to be provided; and
connect the second-party client device to the gateway device.