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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2005
Aaron Cunningham, Redmond, WA (US);
Alok Sinha, Redmond, WA (US);
Bill Begorre, Redmond, WA (US);
David G. Thaler, Redmond, WA (US);
David Jones, Seattle, WA (US);
Marieke I. Watson, Seattle, WA (US);
Patrice L. Miner, Kirkland, WA (US);
Aaron Cunningham, Redmond, WA (US);
Alok Sinha, Redmond, WA (US);
Bill Begorre, Redmond, WA (US);
David G. Thaler, Redmond, WA (US);
David Jones, Seattle, WA (US);
Marieke I. Watson, Seattle, WA (US);
Patrice L. Miner, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Discovery of a network to which a device is in communication and classifying the network is disclosed. The network may be classified as a network already known or a new network signature may be created where the network signature is made up of a network id, a link id and a hop id.