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US 2013/0294456 A1Published application
Security enclosure for a router
AssigneeCradlepoint, Inc.
InventorsSteven Wood, David Alan Johnson
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Abstract
A router comprises a local network interface and routing services. The router also includes a data exchanger interface that can be configured to connect to a data exchanger. A security enclosure is configured to cover the data exchanger when the data exchanger is connected to the data exchanger interface.
Claims22
A router, comprising:
- a local network interface;
- routing services;
- a data exchanger interface configured to connect to a data exchanger, the data exchanger configured to connect the router to a remote network, and wherein the data exchanger is a removable communication device;
- and
- a security enclosure configured to cover the data exchanger when the data exchanger is connected to the data exchanger interface, and wherein the security enclosure comprises an embedded antenna.
2 more elements
A router, comprising:
- a local network interface;
- routing services;
- a data exchanger interface;
- a data exchanger connected to the data exchanger interface and configured to connect the router to a remote network, and wherein the data exchanger is a removable communication device;
- a security enclosure covering the data exchanger;
- and
- an antenna embedded in the security enclosure and configured to connect to the data exchanger when the security enclosure covers the data exchanger.
4 more elements
A method of protecting a data exchanger connected to a router, wherein the data exchanger is configured to connect the router to a remote network, and further wherein the data exchanger is a removable communication device, the method comprising:
- connecting the data exchanger to a data exchanger interface of a router;
- and
- attaching a security enclosure to the router in a manner that protects the data exchanger from unauthorized access, wherein an antenna is embedded in and arranged entirely within an interior of the security enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.