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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2011
Applicant:
Brian O. Wood, Eagan, MN (US);
Inventor:
Brian O. Wood, Eagan, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0853 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products are disclosed for registering devices for network access. Embodiments include receiving, by a registration module, a media access control (MAC) address associated with a network adapter of a device; registering, by the registration module, the device, including associating the MAC address with a guest account at or before the time of registration of a guest; and allowing, by the registration module, the registered device to access a network.