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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2008
Applicants:
Timothy Gordon Godfrey, Overland Park, KS (US);
Michael Andrew Fischer, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
Timothy Gordon Godfrey, Overland Park, KS (US);
Michael Andrew Fischer, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
Intellectual Ventures I LLC, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A technique for enabling a secure, point-to-point wireless connection between a secondary computer (e.g., a personal digital assistant, etc.) and a primary computer (e.g., a notebook, a desktop, etc.) is disclosed. The primary computer is associated with an extended infrastructure through an access point. The present invention enables the secondary computer to communicate either with the associated primary computer or with an extended network indirectly through the access point.