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US 2017/0290074 A1Published application
Methods and systems for connecting to a wireless network
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorYiu Leung Lee
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described for connecting to a wireless network. In an aspect, when a wireless device is brought to an area in which two wireless networks are accessible, for example a public network and a private network, the device can reject a connection to the public network and connect to the private network based on an association between the device and the user.
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A method comprising:
- transmitting, by a gateway device, a first network signal associated with a first service set identifier (SSID) and a second network signal associated with a second SSID;
- receiving, by the gateway device and from a user device, a request to connect the user device to a first network based on the first SSID;
- determining whether the user device is associated with the gateway device;
- rejecting the request to connect the user device to the first network based on the user device being associated with the gateway device;
- receiving, from the user device, a request to connect the user device to a second network based on the second SSID;
- and
- connecting the user device to the second network.
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A method comprising:
- transmitting, by a gateway device, a first network signal associated with a first service set identifier (SSID) of a first network, wherein communications with the first network are governed by a first policy;
- receiving, by the gateway device and from a user device, a request to connect the user device to the first network based on the first SSID;
- determining a network identifier (ID) associated with the user device;
- determining a second policy associated with the network ID;
- connecting the user device to the first network;
- and
- applying the second policy to communications by the user device with the first network.
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A method comprising:
- storing, at a location accessible to a gateway device, policy data comprising one or more network identifiers and one or more access policies associated with each of the one or more network identifiers;
- transmitting, by the gateway device, at least a first network signal associated with a first service set identifier (SSID);
- receiving, by the gateway device and from a user device, a request to connect the user device to a first network based on the first SSID, wherein the request to connect the user device comprises a network identifier associated with the user device;
- retrieving, responsive to the policy data comprising the network identifier associated with the user device, the one or more access policies associated with the network identifier associated with the user device;
- connecting the user device to the first network based on the first SSID;
- and
- applying the one or more access policies associated with the network identifier to communications by the user device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.