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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:
Mar. 29, 2016

Filed:

Apr. 26, 2013
Applicant:

Boingo Wireless, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (US);

Inventors:

Charles G. Hoecker, Pasadena, CA (US);

Niels Jonker, Reston, VA (US);

Assignee:

BOINGO WIRELESS, INC., Los Angeles, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 88/00 (2009.01); H04W 48/18 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 24/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04L 63/0876 (2013.01); H04W 24/00 (2013.01); H04W 76/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/005 (2013.01); H04W 48/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for monitoring wireless network access, and use of a detected wireless network connection are described. A client component (e.g., software component), or client, can be downloaded to a computing device, which leverages off of the computing device's ability to locate and establish a network connection. The client component listens for network connection activity, and determines whether the device has established a network connection with a network known to the client. If the client determines that a network connection has been established to a known network, the client uses the network connection to log the user onto the network.


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