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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 26, 2021
Applicant:

Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., New Tech Park, SG;

Inventors:

Mark Molander, Cary, NC (US);

Fred Bower, III, Durham, NC (US);

Chekim Chhuor, Shanghai, CN;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/14 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0281 (2013.01); H04L 63/0236 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 67/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for virtual on-demand internet connectivity for management controllers is disclosed. The method includes starting, on a management controller of a computing device connected to a management network, a management session in response to a valid login request from an authorized system administrator computer. The method includes, after startup of the management session, establishing a proxy in a browser of a device with a connection to a public network. The proxy enables the management controller to send one or more internet requests through the proxy using the connection to the public network. The method includes providing information to the system administrator computer. The provided information includes information received by the management controller in response to the one or more internet requests.


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