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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:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2012
Applicants:
Phillip A. Mccoog, Portland, OR (US);
Sandi L. Schneider, Sweet, ID (US);
Inventors:
Phillip A. Mccoog, Portland, OR (US);
Sandi L. Schneider, Sweet, ID (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an embodiment, a method includes permitting a wireless client to wirelessly access an internal network of a Wi-Fi capable device. The method also includes presenting a reduced set of device functions to the client when the device operates in an open mode, and presenting an increased set of device functions to the client when the device operates in a secure mode.