Wireless network system
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorAlan H. Karp
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Abstract
A wireless network system provides for a wireless access point. The wireless access point is configured to receive data, from a wireless computing device, that is encrypted using encryption key data and to determine if the encryption key data corresponds to a home computing device or a visitor computing device. An IP address is assigned to the wireless computing device to identify it on the network system. The IP address is assigned based upon the encryption key data.
Claims19
A method of granting network access to a wireless computing device, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving data encrypted using predetermined encryption key data from a wireless computing device via a wireless connection;
- said encryption key data corresponds to a predetermined user class;
- and
- assigning an Internet protocol (IP) address to said wireless computing device that is indicative of said predetermined user class, based upon said encryption key data.
A wireless access point configured to receive data, encrypted using predetermined encryption key data, from a wireless device and to assign an Internet Protocol (IP) address to said wireless device to identify it on a network.
A wireless access point comprising:
- controller
- memory;
- wireless transceiver for exchanging data with a wireless computing device;
- connector for connecting to a network;
- and
- said controller is configured to receive data, encrypted using predetermined encryption key data, from a wireless device and to assign an Internet Protocol (IP) address to said wireless device to identify said wireless device on said network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.