Intelligent network access controller and method
AssigneeTecore, Inc.
InventorsJay Salkini, Thomas V. Joseph, III
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Abstract
A method, implemented on a programmed processor, for controlling wireless communications to and from a wireless network includes provoking an access request from a wireless device to register the device with an intelligent network access controller; locking the wireless device to the controller; determining a category of the wireless device; if the determined category is a first category, preventing access to wireless communications using the wireless network; and if the determined category is a second category, directing the wireless device to re-attempt access with the wireless network.
Claims50
An intelligent network access controller tangibly embodying a program of instructions readable by the controller to perform a process, comprising:
- creating an overlay to a portion of one or more wireless networks and that dynamically controls access by wireless devices to an overlaid wireless network;
- attracting a wireless device to the controller and locking the wireless device to the controller to prevent access to the overlaid wireless network;
- receiving an identity of and determining an access level for the wireless device;
- and
- when the access level for the wireless device is allowed, redirecting the wireless device to access the overlaid wireless network.
A method, implemented on a programmed processor, for controlling wireless communications to and from a wireless network, comprising:
- creating, using an intelligent network access controller, an overlay over one or more wireless networks;
- provoking an access request from a wireless device to register the wireless device with the controller, comprising broadcasting a signal from the controller;
- in response to the access request, locking the wireless device to the controller;
- determining a category of the wireless device;
- when the determined category is a first category, preventing access to wireless communications using the wireless network;
- and
- when the determined category is a second category, directing the wireless device to re-attempt access with the wireless network.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a program of instructions that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to:
- provoke an access request from a wireless device to register the device with an intelligent network access controller (INAC);
- prevent access of the wireless device to a wireless network by locking the wireless device to the INAC;
- determine a category of the wireless device;
- when the determined category is a first category, continue to prevent access of wireless communications to the wireless network;
- and
- when the determined category is a second category, direct the wireless device to attempt access with the wireless network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.