Applying wireless network connection profiles using windows management instrumentation

• US 20050135315A1
• Filed: 12/18/2003
• Published: 06/23/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Sinha, Suman K.
• Granted Patent: US 7,653,032 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/18 Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A device includes a wireless communication port to allow the device to communicate with a wireless network. The device also has at least two wireless network profiles and a distributed device management interface to manage the wireless network profiles. The device management interface is established by defining at least one wireless network adapter class and providing properties for the wireless network adapter class. A setting class is defined for wireless network adapter configurations and the wireless network adapter is associated with a wireless provider.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a wireless communication port to allow the device to communicate with a wireless network;

at least two wireless network profiles; and

a distributed device management interface to manage the wireless network profiles.

2. The device of claim 1, the wireless communication port being selected from the group comprised of:

an 802.11b port, an infrared port, and a radio frequency port.

3. The device of claim 1, the device further comprising at least one wireless network adapter and the distributed device management module to manage the wireless network adapter.

4. The device of claim 3, the wireless network adapter further comprising a hardware adapter.

5. The device of claim 3, the wireless network adapter further comprising a software adapter.

6. The device of claim 1, the distributed device management module further comprising a Web-Based Enterprise Management module.

7. The device of claim 1, the distributed device management module further comprising a wireless provider in accordance with Windows Management Instrumentation.

8. The device of claim 1, at least two wireless network profiles further comprising multiple wireless network profiles and the wireless provider to assist in the selection of a wireless network profile.

9. A method of establishing a wireless provider, comprising:

defining at least one wireless network adapter class;

providing properties for the wireless network adapter class;

providing a setting class for wireless network adapter configurations; and

associating the wireless network adapter class with a wireless provider.

10. The method of claim 9, providing properties further comprising providing at least one of the group comprised of:

band, radio state, registration state, adapter type and encryption.

11. The method of claim 9, providing a setting class further comprising providing a wireless adapter configuration class.

12. The method of claim 9, providing a setting class further comprising providing a preferred profile class.

13. The method of claim 12, providing a preferred profile class further comprising providing a preferred profile class having a method of applying profiles.

14. A method of managing wireless communications in a wireless device, comprising:

receiving a request for installed wireless adapters from a client application;

forwarding the request to a wireless provider;

providing classes having profiles to the client application; and

applying a method to determine the appropriate profile.

15. The method of claim 14, the method further comprising using the appropriate profile to access a wireless network.

16. The method of claim 15, the method further comprising allowing the device to be administered remotely.

17. A system, comprising:

a remote wireless device having a distributed device management module and at least two wireless network profiles; and

a network over which a system administration can access the distributed device management module to manage the wireless network profiles.

18. The system of claim 17, the distributed device management module further comprising a Web-Based Enterprise Management Module.

19. The system of claim 17, the distributed device management module further comprises a Windows Management Instrumentation module.

20. An article of machine-readable media containing instructions that, when executed, cause the machine to:

receive a request for installed wireless adapters from a client application;

forward the request to a wireless provider;

provide classes having profiles to the client application; and

apply a method to determine the appropriate profile.

21. The article of claim 20, the instructions when executed further causing the machine to use the appropriate profile to access a wireless network.

22. The article of claim 20, the instructions when executed further causing the machine to allow the device to be administered remotely.