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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard E White, Cary, IL (US);
Mark G Demange, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
380 44 ;
Abstract
User device (12) classes are established in a communications network (100). An access point (10) utilizes a first password to create an encryption key, then generates a plurality of secondary passwords for use by devices (12). User device (12) classes are established by assigning a secondary password to a respective class of users, determining the network access permitted the class, determining the network services provided to the class and finally assigning the secondary password to a device (12') seeking to communicate within the network (100).