US 12,323,896 B2
Device, system and method for facilitating internet access
Dennis Beltran Mendiola, Ventura, CA (US)
Assigned to VOXP PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
Appl. No. 17/765,272
Filed by VOXP PTE. LTD., Singapore (SG)
PCT Filed Sep. 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/SG2019/050495
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/066737, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0345974 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 40/02 (2009.01); H04W 28/082 (2023.01); H04W 88/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 40/02 (2013.01) [H04W 28/082 (2023.05); H04W 88/10 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a first communication module operable to obtain network access via a first wireless path using a first radio access technology, wherein the first radio access technology is a cellular technology;
a second communication module operable to communicate, via a second radio access technology, with at least one disparate apparatus that is operable to obtain network access via a second wireless path; and
a control unit operable to:
determine whether to provide the network access via the first and/or via the second wireless path to at least one user terminal via the second radio access technology based on a network traffic of at least one of the first wireless path and the second wireless path; and
alter a frequency channel and/or a transmission power used by the second communication module at least in part based on an interference level caused by licensed and/or unlicensed use of the frequency channel;
wherein the apparatus is configured to provide a compensation, in particular a digital currency, credit and/or token, to the disparate apparatus, if network access is provided via the second wireless path.