Computer devices to establish network connections
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsWei Ze Liu, Christopher Charles Mohrman, Kimon Berlin, Jeffrey Kevin Jeansonne
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Abstract
A computer device includes a network interface to connect to a computer network, memory, and a processor connected to the network interface and the memory. The processor is to execute instructions stored in the memory. The instructions are to establish a connection with an auxiliary computer device and start a proxy to forward network communications between the auxiliary computer device and the computer network. The instructions are further to start the proxy in response to the computer device receiving a captive portal from the computer network.
Claims14
A computer device comprising:
- a network interface to connect to a computer network;
- memory;
- and
- a processor connected to the network interface and the memory, the processor to execute instructions stored in the memory, the instructions to:
- receive a captive portal from the computer network responsive to an attempt to connect to the computer network;
- detect a failure to connect to the computer network responsive to the attempt to connect to the computer network;
- in response to receiving the captive portal and detecting the failure:
- automatically establish a connection with an auxiliary computer device,
- start a proxy to forward network communications between the auxiliary computer device and the computer network, and
- forward the received captive portal to the auxiliary computing device to enable the auxiliary computing device to interact with the computer network via the proxy using the captive portal to enable the computer device to connect to the computer network.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium containing instructions that are executable by a processor to establish a direct connection between a computer device and an auxiliary computer device, which when executed cause the processor to:
- receive a captive portal from a computer network responsive to an attempt to connect to the computer network;
- detect a failure of the computer device to connect to the computer network responsive to the attempt to connect to the computer network;
- in response to receiving the captive portal and detecting the failure:
- automatically establish a connection with the auxiliary computer device,
- start a proxy to forward communications between the auxiliary computer device and the computer network, and
- forward the received captive portal to the auxiliary computer device to enable the auxiliary computing device to interact with the computer network via the proxy using the captive portal to enable the computer device to connect to the computer network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.