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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 05, 2013
Applicant:

Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);

Inventors:

Lyle T. Bertz, Lee's Summit, MO (US);

Charles Brent Hirschman, Overland Park, KS (US);

Christian Erik Seagren, Pleasanton, KS (US);

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04W 74/00 (2009.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/006 (2013.01); H04L 61/1511 (2013.01); H04L 67/325 (2013.01); H04W 4/025 (2013.01); H04L 69/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

A communication system provides selective access to target wireless communication devices. A naming server system receives naming system registration messages from target wireless communication devices and address requests from user devices. The naming server system determines if the current time is within the access schedule for the target wireless communication device. If the current time is within the access schedule for the target wireless communication device, then the naming server system returns the IP address for the target wireless communication device. If the current time is not within the access schedule for the target wireless communication device, then the naming server system will respond with a timeframe when the target wireless communication device will be available for access.


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