Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamic provisioning of a firewall role to user devices
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Application No.: US15282297Application Date: 2016-09-30
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Publication No.: US10257165B2Publication Date: 2019-04-09
- Inventor: Ahmad Arash Obaidi
- Applicant: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Bellevue
- Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bellevue
- Agency: Han Santos, PLLC
- Main IPC: H04L29/06
- IPC: H04L29/06 ; H04W4/80 ; H04W12/12 ; H04L29/08 ; H04W4/08

Abstract:
A system and method of providing security service to a mobile traffic network are provided. A local network group comprising a plurality of user devices that are subscribed to the security service is created. One of the plurality of the user devices is selected to act as a firewall for the plurality of user devices of the local network group. The selected user device is provisioned to act as a firewall for the local network group. A message is sent to the plurally of user devices of the local network group to route communication through the selected user device via a short range wireless communication technology.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180097775A1 DYNAMIC PROVISIONING OF A FIREWALL ROLE TO USER DEVICES Public/Granted day:2018-04-05
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