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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2010
Dominique Fortier, Issaquah, WA (US);
Jeremiah C. Spradlin, Woodinville, WA (US);
Poonam Sigroha, Bothell, WA (US);
Alistair Fulton, Seattle, WA (US);
Dominique Fortier, Issaquah, WA (US);
Jeremiah C. Spradlin, Woodinville, WA (US);
Poonam Sigroha, Bothell, WA (US);
Alistair Fulton, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A network policy system is described herein that allows computing devices to manage and control various networking decisions based on a specific policy defined by a policy administrator that may include the device manufacturer, information technology (IT) personnel maintaining the devices, or the network provider. The policies can include many factors defined by the policy administrator under various conditions, including cost, power consumption, central processing unit (CPU) time, battery life, use of pooled minutes, and so forth. Packet routing in the device happens today primarily based on hardcoded factors such as bandwidth availability or cost, but there may be other considerations that appeal to policy administrators. The network policy system allows the policy administrator to define one or more flexible policies suited to the administrator's purpose.