Method and device for controlling use of external data network via mobile access point

摘要

A method and a device for controlling external data network use via a mobile Access Point (AP) are provided. A host device set as the mobile AP determines whether a data-less mode is set, blocks a client device from using the external data network via the mobile AP, if the data-less mode is set, and permits the client device to use the external data network via the mobile AP, if the data-less mode is released. A client device connected to a mobile AP determines whether a data-less mode is set for a host device set as the mobile AP, if the client device is connected to the host device in a state of being connected to a wireless data network, maintains the connection to the wireless data network, if the data-less mode is set, and releases the connection to the wireless data network, if the data-less mode is released.

主权项

1. A method for controlling external data network use of a client device via a mobile access point (AP) in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
determining, by a host device comprising the mobile terminal set as the mobile AP, whether a data-less mode is set; blocking, by the host device, the client device from using the external data network via the mobile AP, if the data-less mode is set; permitting, by the host device, the client device to use the external data network via the mobile AP, if the data-less mode is released; releasing, by the host device, the data-less mode upon connection to a fixed AP when the data-less mode is set; and setting, by the host device, the data-less mode upon release of the connection to the fixed AP.