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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2008
Anirban Banerjee, Issaquah, WA (US);
David A. Roberts, Redmond, WA (US);
Hui Shen, Sammamish, WA (US);
Shawn Jiang, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Saurabh Mahajan, Redmond, WA (US);
Chris Gual, Seattle, WA (US);
Anirban Banerjee, Issaquah, WA (US);
David A. Roberts, Redmond, WA (US);
Hui Shen, Sammamish, WA (US);
Shawn Jiang, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Saurabh Mahajan, Redmond, WA (US);
Chris Gual, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A computing device configurable as a wireless network access point that can be controlled from multiple applications. The computing device provides an interface through which applications may input commands to change the state of the access point. The interface responds to these commands and other events, such as association or disassociation of a wireless client, in a manner that does not disrupt the applications or devices using the access point. To determine an appropriate response to any event, the interface may maintain state information, including a count of the number of applications and/or wireless devices that have taken action indicating an operating state of the wireless access point.