US 12,238,642 B2
System and method to detect and manage wireless tethering
Timothy Clark Bleidorn-Piper, Colorado Springs, CO (US)
Assigned to Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/133,253.
Application 18/133,253 is a continuation of application No. 17/168,691, filed on Feb. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,653,294.
Prior Publication US 2023/0247536 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 28/22 (2009.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 48/16 (2013.01) [H04W 28/22 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 88/16 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
at a first mobile communication device:
via a first wireless interface of the first mobile communication device, establishing a wireless communication link with a wireless access point, the wireless communication link providing the first mobile communication device access to a remote network;
at the first mobile communication device, implementing a second wireless interface;
via a notification wirelessly transmitted from the second wireless interface of the first mobile communication device, advertising availability of a wireless service provided by the second wireless interface, the notification wirelessly transmitted from the mobile communication device other than over the wireless communication link; and
wherein a data rate of communicating from the first wireless interface over the first wireless communication link through the wireless access point is adjusted based on the notification wirelessly transmitted from the first mobile communication device.