Commandeering wireless access points during emergencies

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9986402
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15273642

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Systems and methods are described herein for providing emergency personnel and other users access to a communications network during an emergency situation, event, or scenario. In some embodiments, the systems and methods provide mobile devices with access to a communications network during an emergency situation, by receiving, at an access point to the communications network, a request from a mobile device to connect to the communications network via the access point, determining the request includes user credentials associated with authorizing a user of the mobile device to use services provided by the communications network during the emergency situation, and connecting the mobile device to the communications network via the access point based on the user credentials.

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T-MOBILE USA INC12920 SE 38TH STREET BELLEVUE WA 98006

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Noor, Mohammad Jamil Kirkland, US 3 40

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