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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2009
Howard Neil Anglin, Austin, TX (US);
Kandagatla Chaitanya, Round Rock, TX (US);
Emily Jane Ratliff, Austin, TX (US);
Elizabeth Silva, Austin, TX (US);
Yvonne Marie Young, Bastrop, TX (US);
Howard Neil Anglin, Austin, TX (US);
Kandagatla Chaitanya, Round Rock, TX (US);
Emily Jane Ratliff, Austin, TX (US);
Elizabeth Silva, Austin, TX (US);
Yvonne Marie Young, Bastrop, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for controlling access to global computer network comprises a gateway computing device and one or more remote computer devices that are connected to the gateway computing device. The remote computer devices will gain access to the global computer network system via the gateway computing device. In one application, the remote computer devices can communicate directly with the gateway computing device to control access to the global computer network system. The gateway computing device has the capability to store information about each remote computer device in the system. The gateway computer device can communicate with the remote computer device through local area or wide area networks.