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Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2005
Applicants:

Barbara Nelson, San Mateo, CA (US);

Roy David Albert, San Jose, CA (US);

Blair Thomas Bullock, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Inventors:

Barbara Nelson, San Mateo, CA (US);

Roy David Albert, San Jose, CA (US);

Blair Thomas Bullock, Pleasanton, CA (US);

Assignee:

iPass Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/36 (2013.01); H04L 63/0823 (2013.01); H04L 67/04 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04L 69/24 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment the method includes detecting a network indicator associated with a network, the network provided by a network provider. In one embodiment, after the detecting of the network indicator, the method includes obtaining from the network provider an actual attribute associated with the network. The method may also include determining, based on stored network information, whether the actual attribute matches an expected attribute for the network. If the actual attribute matches the expected attribute, the method may classify the network into one of a plurality of network classes.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Nelson, Barbara. (2015). System and method for actively characterizing a network (U.S. Patent No. 9088627). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9088627

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