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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:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2003
Daniel R. Simon, Redmond, WA (US);
Paramvir Bahl, Sammamish, WA (US);
Helen Jiahe Wang, Issaquah, WA (US);
Daniel R. Simon, Redmond, WA (US);
Paramvir Bahl, Sammamish, WA (US);
Helen Jiahe Wang, Issaquah, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An exemplary router performs actions including: receiving at least one certificate from an end device, the at least one certificate issued by another router; ascertaining if the other router is a member of a predetermined neighborhood; determining if the at least one certificate is valid; and if the other router is ascertained to be a member of the predetermined neighborhood and the at least one certificate is determined to be valid, recognizing the end device as privileged. An exemplary mesh router is capable of establishing a wireless mesh network with other mesh routers, the mesh router is further capable of designating a neighborhood administrator mesh router; and the mesh router is adapted to grant privileged status to a particular end device associated with a particular certificate issued by a particular mesh router when the particular mesh router is a member of a neighborhood of the designated neighborhood administrator mesh router.
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