US 12,335,740 B2
Resource connectivity for multiple devices
Jesse Johnston, San Jose, CA (US); James Daniel Hawkins, Los Angeles, CA (US); Shiba Sheikh, San Francisco, CA (US); Jonathan Mann, Venice, CA (US); and Claudius van der Merwe, Camden Wyoming, DE (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/304,327.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408268 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04M 1/72454 (2021.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01); H04W 12/64 (2021.01)
CPC H04W 12/64 (2021.01) [G06F 3/165 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04M 1/72454 (2021.01); H04M 1/72463 (2021.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computing device comprising:
at least a processor;
a display; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to perform operations including:
generating a user interface element that controls a network sharing status for a user account of the computing device, the network sharing status being one of an off state and an on state; and
responsive to detecting an interaction with the user interface element that sets the network sharing status to the on state:
identifying a locally stored network as shareable,
generating an instance of a network data type for the locally stored network, the network data type including a timestamp for the locally stored network representing a connection time for the locally stored network,
associating the instance with the user account, and
modifying the network sharing status associated with the user account to the on state, wherein associating the instance of with the user account provides the instance to another device associated with the user account.