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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:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
May. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles I. Cook, Louisville, CO (US);
Scott C. Bundy, Broomfield, CO (US);
Assignee:
Qwest Communications International, Inc., Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 ;
Abstract
A system and method for controlling network access for a wireless user subscriber unit having a device identity that utilizes listen-before-talk techniques. A base station is configured to transmit a set of device identities corresponding to a set of valid subscriber units. A user subscriber unit is configured to listen for a device identity corresponding to the user subscriber unit. Further, the user subscriber unit is configured to transmit a request for network access upon receiving the device identity corresponding to the user subscriber unit when network access is desired.