Home Gateway with Dual SSID as a Wireless Hotspot/US

Abstract

In accordance with various aspects of the disclosure, systems and methods are illustrated for an apparatus comprising a modem component, a wireless communications component, at least one processor, and at least one tangible electronic memory storing data and numerous computer-executable modules to enable wireless hotspots with multiple network identifiers. Examples of at least some of the computer-executable modules includes, but is not limited to an input module, network identifier module, session management module, network management module, automatic location management module, authentication module, bandwidth negotiation module, billing interface module, and activity-based location module.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 establishing, from a wireless communication apparatus located on a premises, wireless communication sessions with a plurality of devices; and   allocating, by an off-premises computing apparatus, different amounts of wireless bandwidth of the wireless communication apparatus to each of the plurality of devices.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , where the off-premises computing device comprises a remote service provider network system. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , where a first device of the plurality of devices communicates with the wireless router on a private network, and a second device of the plurality of devices communicates with the wireless communication apparatus on a public network. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , where the allocating of the different amounts of wireless bandwidth of the wireless communication apparatus includes:
 first allocating a fixed amount of available wireless bandwidth to the first device; and   next allocating bandwidth from among remaining wireless bandwidth to the second device.   
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising:
 determining if sufficient bandwidth remains on the wireless communication apparatus before establishing a wireless communication session with a new device.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , comprising:
 storing a start time of a wireless communication session with a new device;   storing an end time of the wireless communication session with the new device; and   calculating, using a billing interface module, fee information for the new device based on the start time and end time.