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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:
Jan. 15, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2004
Sheung L. LI, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sheung L. Li, Mountain View, CA (US);
Atheros Communications, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus to wirelessly control network devices is described. In one embodiment, a wireless device is used to control at least one host device using a network. In one aspect, a wireless device receives and determines a response to network control signals received thereto. In another aspect, a wireless device controls a host sleep sequence to allow a network to remotely power a host device between an active and passive state. In one aspect, a wireless device provides one or more network identification responses to signals received from the network. In another aspect, a network provides an alert to a third party such as a network administrator if the network determines a wireless device is absent from the network due to a loss of signal therefrom.