Cellphone WLAN access point

摘要

An integrated cell phone/WLAN AP for providing cell phone functionality and cellular-based data connectivity to a WLAN enabled device. The cell phone AP comprises a WLAN radio, a WLAN AP coupled to the WLAN radio, a cellular radio coupled to the WLAN radio, for communicatively connecting to a cellular system having a cellular-based data service and passing data between the WLAN-enabled device and the cellular system, a cell phone function block coupled to the cellular radio for providing conventional cell phone functionality, and a power supply.

主权项

1. A cell phone access point (cell phone AP) providing both cell phone functionality and WLAN access point functionality to a cell phone, the cell phone AP comprising:
a WLAN radio for communicatively connecting to a separate WLAN-enabled device; an access point (AP) functions block coupled to the WLAN radio for providing WLAN access point functionality of the cell phone such that the cell phone functions as a WLAN access point for the separate WLAN-enabled device; a cellular radio coupled to the WLAN radio for communicatively connecting to a cellular system having a cellular-based data service and passing data between the separate WLAN-enabled device and the cellular system through the cell phone using the cellular-based data service; a cell phone functions block coupled to the cellular radio for providing cell phone functionality of the cell phone; and a power supply for providing power to the WLAN radio, the AP functions block, the cellular radio, and the cell phone functions block, wherein the WLAN radio, the AP functions block, the cellular radio, the cell phone functions block, and the power supply are contained within a housing of the cell phone.