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US 2003/0083062 A1Published application
Wireless trusted point of access to a computer network
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsEmiliano Bartolome, Gary L. Vondran JR.
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Abstract
A communication system includes a computer network that includes a plurality of interconnected computer devices. The communication system further includes at least one network device capable of communicating with one or more mobile wireless devices. The network device is part of the computer network and is capable of communicating with a mobile wireless device without the mobile wireless device being a member of the computer network.
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A communication system, comprising:
- a computer network comprising a plurality of interconnected member computer devices;
- and
- at least one of said plurality of member computer devices being a network member device capable of communicating with a mobile wireless device;
- wherein said mobile wireless device is capable of communicating with said computer network directly through said network member device without said mobile wireless device being a member of said computer network.
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A communication system, comprising:
- a computer network comprising a plurality of interconnected member computer devices;
- at least one of said plurality of member computer devices being a network member device capable of communicating with a mobile wireless device, with said at least one network member device further comprising;
- a network card communicating with said computer network over a wire link;
- a modem adapted for communicating with said mobile wireless device in a wireless manner;
- and
- a bridge communicating with said modem and with said network card and relaying communications between said modem and with said network card;
- wherein said mobile wireless device is capable of communicating directly with said network through said network member device without said mobile wireless device being a member of said computer network.
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A wireless access method for a computer network, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a communication initiation in a network member device of said computer network, said communication initiation being received from a mobile wireless device;
- verifying an identity of said mobile wireless device;
- and
- relaying communications between said mobile wireless device and said computer network, with said network member device performing the relaying;
- wherein said mobile wireless device communicates with said computer network without being a member of said computer network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.