US Patent 9986087 Methods of sharing a WiFi hotspot and associated electronic devices

Methods of sharing a WiFi hotspot are disclosed. The method includes: receiving, at a master device, a hotspot sharing request from a slave device; responding, by the master device, to the hotspot sharing request and collecting its current resource information; determining, by the master device, whether the slave device is permitted to access the WiFi hotspot of the master device based on the current resource information; if yes, transmitting, by the master device, a first notification message to the slave device to advise that it is permitted to join the WiFi hotspot, and initializing the WiFi hotspot to prepare for adding the slave device to the WiFi hotspot. Also disclosed is an electronic device.