Mobile Application Identification and Control Through WiFi Access Points
AssigneeBlue Coat Systems, Inc.
InventorsQing Li, Gregory S. Clark
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Abstract
A network access point secures a WiFi network, and acts as a picocell, by identifying applications running on computer-based devices, such as mobile phones, tablet computers, and the like, that seek to access the Internet (or another network) via the access point and applying network access policies to data communications by those applications according to application, location, context, device and/or user characteristics.
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A network access point comprising a processor and a memory, the memory storing processor executable instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to enforce network access policies against data communications seeking to access a computer network via the network access point over a wireless communication channel.
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