ACCESS POINT
First Claim
1. An access point, having a connection to a wide area network, and being configured to allow a device to connect thereto, and comprising an Application Programming Interface for allowing a remote application to connect to the access point over the wide area network, and to obtain information relating to the device connected to the access point.
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Abstract
An access point has a connection to a wide area network, and is configured to allow a device to connect thereto, and includes an Application Programming Interface for allowing a remote application to connect to the access point over the wide area network, and to obtain information relating to the device connected to the access point. In particular, the access point is configured to allow a device to connect thereto over a wireless interface, and to provide bearer translation such that traffic over the wireless interface can be directed over the wide area network. The Application Programming Interface may then allow the application to obtain information relating to a connection status of a wireless device associated with the access point.
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- 1. An access point, having a connection to a wide area network, and being configured to allow a device to connect thereto, and comprising an Application Programming Interface for allowing a remote application to connect to the access point over the wide area network, and to obtain information relating to the device connected to the access point.
- 5. An access point as claimed in 2, wherein the Application Programming Interface allows the remote application to obtain information relating to the device connected to the access point over the wireless interface.
- 17. An access point, having a connection to a wide area network, and being configured to allow a device to connect thereto over a wireless interface, and to provide bearer translation such that traffic over the wireless interface can be directed over the wide area network, the access point further comprising an Application Programming Interface for allowing an application to connect to the access point, and to obtain information relating to a connection status of a device associated with the access point.
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21. A core network node, connected over a wide area network to a plurality of access points, wherein the core network node comprises a database linking each of a plurality of wireless device identities to at least one respective access point of said plurality of access points, and containing an updatable IP address for each of said access points, and wherein, in response to a query from an application referring to a wireless device identity, the core network node supplies said updatable IP address for the access point linked to the wireless device identity.
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22. A core network node as claimed in claim 22 wherein, when a wireless device may be connected to a plurality of said access points, the core network node supplies an IP address of a mobility server, which is in turn able to direct a message from the application to an appropriate one of said plurality of said access points.
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