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US 9,313,176 B2Granted
System and method for establishing a secure wireless communication path
AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorsFrederick C. Rogers, Lyle T. Bertz, Jeremy R. Breau, Salvador Cerda, Jr., Gene S. Mitchell
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Abstract
A communication system automatically provides a secure communication link between a device and a network. A switch initiates a wireless link between the switch and the network. Then, a secure communication path is created between the switch and the network. When a device is linked to the switch, the device is automatically granted access to the secure communication path created by the switch.
Claims20
A communication switch comprising:
- a plurality of communication ports configured to connect to a plurality of devices;
- a wireless interface configured to establish a wireless link to a network;
- a processing system configured to initiate a secure path to a control node over the wireless link, exchange communications with ones of the devices that are connected to the communication ports, and exchange the communications over the secure path with the control node;
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- the processing system is further configured to determine if a software update is available for the connected devices, and if the software update is available, to transfer the software update to the connected devices through the communication ports.
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A method of operating a communication switch having communication ports, the method comprising:
- establishing a wireless link to a network;
- initiating a secure path to a control node over the wireless link;
- exchanging communications with devices that are connected to the communication ports and exchanging the communications over the secure path with the control node;
- determining if a software update is available for the connected devices, and if the software update is available, then transferring the software update to the connected devices through the communication ports.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.