Method and Apparatus For Monitoring Wireless Network Access
First Claim
1. A method for execution on a client device of achieving login to a wireless network, the method comprising:
- identifying that a first component on the client device has established a connection with a wireless network; and
performing in a client utility on the device, in response to the identified network connection, a login procedure for authenticating the client device for use of the wireless network, wherein the login procedure performed by the client utility is wholly separate from the connection established by the first component to the wireless network.
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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 determined 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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26 Claims
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1. A method for execution on a client device of achieving login to a wireless network, the method comprising:
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identifying that a first component on the client device has established a connection with a wireless network; and
performing in a client utility on the device, in response to the identified network connection, a login procedure for authenticating the client device for use of the wireless network, wherein the login procedure performed by the client utility is wholly separate from the connection established by the first component to the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A machine-readable medium having program instructions stored thereon executable by a processing unit on a client device for achieving login to a wireless network by performing the steps of:
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identifying that a first component on the client device has established a connection with a wireless network; and
performing in a client utility on the device, in response to the identified network connection, a login procedure for authenticating the client device for use of the wireless network, wherein the login procedure performed by the client utility is wholly separate from the connection established by the first component to the wireless network.
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26. A device capable of achieving login to a wireless network, comprising:
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an operating system capable of establishing a low-level connection with a wireless network; and
a client utility, in response to the identified network connection, capable of performing a login procedure for authenticating the device for use of the wireless network, wherein the login procedure performed by the client utility is wholly separate from the connection established by the first component to the wireless network.
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