The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2007
Paul Roy, Seattle, WA (US);
Khalid Al-azzawe, Kirkland, WA (US);
Cale Carter, Redmond, WA (US);
Ambarish Chitnis, Redmond, WA (US);
Richard Masao Hawes, Mountain View, CA (US);
Paul Roy, Seattle, WA (US);
Khalid Al-Azzawe, Kirkland, WA (US);
Cale Carter, Redmond, WA (US);
Ambarish Chitnis, Redmond, WA (US);
Richard Masao Hawes, Mountain View, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A gateway controls access to a region of a network by either granting or denying a client machine access to the network region based on whether a particular program is running on the client machine. A program is installed on the client machine which sends a detectable indication that the program is running. When it is detected that the program is running, the gateway allows the client machine access to the network region. When the program is not detected to be running, the gateway denies the client machine access to the network region.