LOCATION-AWARE NETWORK ACCESS METHOD AND APPARATUS
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving or retrieving by a computing apparatus one or more user preferences for a user for accessing a network;
receiving or retrieving by the computing apparatus one or more location restrictions for a location; and
facilitating the user, by the computing apparatus, access to the network based at least in part on the one or more user preferences subject to the one or more location restrictions.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, and systems associated with and/or having components capable of, location-based network access are disclosed herein.
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving or retrieving by a computing apparatus one or more user preferences for a user for accessing a network; receiving or retrieving by the computing apparatus one or more location restrictions for a location; and facilitating the user, by the computing apparatus, access to the network based at least in part on the one or more user preferences subject to the one or more location restrictions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus, comprising:
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storage medium having stored therein a plurality of programming instructions designed to facilitate; receipt or retrieval of one or more user preferences of a user for accessing a network; receipt or retrieval of one or more location restrictions for a location; and access to the network by the user based at least in part on the one or more user preferences subject to the one or more location restrictions; at least one processor coupled with the storage medium to execute the programming instructions. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An article of manufacture, comprising:
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a storage medium; and a plurality of programming instructions stored in the storage medium adapted to program an apparatus to enable the apparatus to; request from a proxy server one or more location restrictions of a location to modify one or more user preferences of the apparatus for facilitating a user to access a network; receive the one or more location restrictions for the location from the proxy server; and modifying the one or more user preferences to subject the one or more user preferences to the one or more location restrictions. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A system, comprising:
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one or more processors; one or more networking interfaces coupled with the one or more processors; and one or more mass storage devices coupled with the one or more processors, and having programming instructions to be executed by the processor(s) and adapted to enable the system to; receive a request from a client device for one or more location restrictions for a location, for use to modify one or more user preferences of the client device for accessing a network; provide the client device, in response to the request, the one or more location restrictions; and facilitate access to the network by the client device, for a user, based at least in part on the user preferences modified by the one or more location restrictions. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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