WIRELESS SERVER ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20150143478A1
• Filed: 01/27/2015
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Myth Innovations, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Myth Innovations, Inc.
• Inventors: Luckett, James Albert Jr., Rowlee, Chad Michael, Fu, Shengli
• Granted Patent: US 9,529,512 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/4
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/82 data or demand driven
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0384 Wireless input, i.e. hardware and software details of wireless interface arrangements for pointing devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 1/20 Processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/377 for mixing or overlaying two or more graphic patterns G09G5/02, G09G5/397 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0218 Distributed architectures, e.g. distributed firewalls
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0227 Filtering policies mail message filtering H04L51/212
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 : Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 : using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 : Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/088 : using filters or firewalls
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 : Services making use of location information

Abstract

A wireless server access control system comprising a wireless server generating a local wireless communications network, the wireless server having a processor and a plurality of redundant data memory devices. A first wireless device coupled to the wireless server through the local wireless communications network. An access control system operating on the wireless server, the access control system configured to generate a user control on a user interface of the first wireless device to allow a user to permit or deny access to the processor and the data memory devices of the wireless server by a second wireless device through the local wireless communications network.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A wireless server access control system comprising:

a wireless server generating a local wireless communications network, the wireless server having a processor, a first operating system, a second operating system and a plurality of redundant data memory devices, the first operating system different from the second operating system;

a first wireless device operating the first operating system and coupled to the wireless server through the local wireless communications network;

a second wireless device operating the second operating system and coupled to the wireless server through the local wireless communications network; and

an access control system operating on the wireless server, the access control system configured to generate a user control on a user interface of the first wireless device to allow a user to permit or deny access to the processor and the data memory devices of the wireless server by the second wireless device through the local wireless communications network.

22. The wireless server access control system of claim 21 further comprising a mobile server interface application operating on the first wireless device, the mobile server interface application configured to generate one or more user controls to allow a user to identify one or more data sources from the second wireless device to be backed up to the wireless server.

23. The wireless server access control system of claim 21 further comprising a processor pooling application operating on the wireless server, the processor pooling application configured to allocate processor capacity for an application operating on the first wireless device to a processor of the second wireless device.

24. The wireless server access control system of claim 21, wherein the wireless server further comprises:

a first processor running a first operating system and a first application in cooperation with the first wireless device; and

a second processor running a second operating system and a second application in cooperation with the second wireless device.

25. The wireless server access control system of claim 24, wherein the first wireless device runs a first application with the first operating system and the second wireless device runs a second application with the second operating system, and the wireless server operates the first application and the second application in cooperation with the first wireless device and the second wireless device.

26. The wireless server access control system of claim 21 wherein the wireless server assigns unique coordinate data to the first wireless device that identifies a physical location of the first wireless device relative to an origin at the wireless server, and unique coordinate data to the second wireless device that identifies a physical location of the second wireless device relative to the origin at the wireless server.

27. The wireless server access control system of claim 26 wherein the unique coordinate data for the first wireless device and the unique coordinate data for the second device is in a virtual coordinate system.

28. The wireless server access control system of claim 26 wherein the unique coordinate data for the first wireless device and the unique coordinate data for the second wireless device is calibrated as a function of wireless signal strength.

29. The wireless server access control system of claim 21 further comprising a firewall system operating on the wireless server configured to prevent a device on an external network from directly accessing the first wireless device in a first area and the second wireless device in a second area over the local wireless network, wherein the first area is different from the second area.

30. The wireless server access control system of claim 21 further comprising a firewall system operating on the wireless server configured to prevent a device on an external network connected to the first wireless device from directly accessing the second wireless device over the local wireless network when the second wireless device is in a first area and to allow the device on the external network connected to the first wireless device to directly access the second wireless device over the local wireless network when the second device is in a second area that is different from the first area.

31. A method for controlling access to a wireless server comprising:

receiving a request at a wireless server over a local wireless network of the wireless server from a first wireless device to access the local wireless network;

determining whether the first device is a master device;

authenticating the first device if it is determined that the first device is the master device by comparing a key stored in a data memory device of the wireless server with a key generated from two or more data fields in a profile document stored on the first wireless device;

receiving a request at the wireless server over the local wireless network of the wireless server from a second wireless device to access the local wireless network; and

generating a user control on a user interface of the first wireless device to allow a user to permit or deny access to the wireless server by the second wireless device through the local wireless communications network.

32. The method of claim 31 further comprising generating one or more user controls to allow a user to identify one or more data sources to be backed up to the wireless server.

33. The method of claim 31 further comprising allocating processor capacity for an application operating on the first wireless device to a processor of the second wireless device.

34. The method of claim 31 further comprising running a first operating system on a first processor of the wireless server and running a second operating system on a second processor of the wireless server.

35. The method of claim 34, further comprising running the first operating system on the first device and running the second operating system on the second device.

36. The method of claim 31 further comprising:

assigning unique coordinate data to the first wireless device that identifies a physical location of the first wireless device; and

assigning unique coordinate data to the second wireless device that identifies a physical location of the second wireless device.

37. The method of claim 36 wherein the unique coordinate data for the first wireless device and the unique coordinate data for the second device identifies the physical location of the first wireless device and the physical location of the second wireless device relative to a physical location of the wireless server.

38. The method of claim 36 wherein the unique coordinate data for the first wireless device and the unique coordinate data for the second wireless device is stored in three predetermined data fields of a network address field.

39. The method of claim 31 further comprising preventing a device on an external network from directly accessing the first wireless device and the second wireless device over the local wireless network using a firewall.

40. In a wireless server access control system having a wireless server generating a local wireless communications network, the wireless server having a processor and a plurality of redundant data memory devices, a first wireless device coupled to the wireless server through the local wireless communications network, an access control system operating on the wireless server, the access control system configured to generate a user control on a user interface of the first wireless device to allow a user to permit or deny access to the processor and the data memory devices of the wireless server by a second wireless device through the local wireless communications network, a mobile server interface application operating on the first wireless device, the mobile server interface application configured to generate one or more user controls to allow a user to identify one or more data sources to be backed up to the wireless server, a processor pooling application operating on the wireless server, the processor pooling application configured to allocate processor capacity for an application operating on the first wireless device to a processor of the second wireless device, a first processor running a first operating system, a second processor running a second operating system, a firewall system operating on the wireless server configured to prevent a device on an external network from directly accessing the first wireless device and the second wireless device over the local wireless network, and to prevent a device on an external network connected to the first wireless device from directly accessing the second wireless device over the local wireless network, wherein the first device runs the first operating system and the second device runs the second operating system, wherein the wireless server assigns unique coordinate data to the first wireless device that identifies a physical location of the first wireless device, and unique coordinate data to the second wireless device that identifies a physical location of the second wireless device, wherein the unique coordinate data for the first wireless device and the unique coordinate data for the second device identifies the physical location of the first wireless device and the physical location of the second wireless device relative to a physical location of the wireless server, wherein the unique coordinate data for the first wireless device and the unique coordinate data for the second wireless device is stored in three predetermined data fields of a network address field, a method, comprising:

receiving a request at a wireless server over a local wireless network of the wireless server from a first wireless device to access the local wireless network;

determining whether the first device is a master device;

authenticating the first device if it is determined that the first device is the master device by comparing a key stored in a data memory device of the wireless server with a key generated from two or more data fields in a profile document stored on the first wireless device;

receiving a request at the wireless server over the local wireless network of the wireless server from a second wireless device to access the local wireless network;

generating a user control on a user interface of the first wireless device to allow a user to permit or deny access to the wireless server by the second wireless device through the local wireless communications network;

generating one or more user controls to allow a user to identify one or more data sources to be backed up to the wireless server;

allocating processor capacity for an application operating on the first wireless device to a processor of the second wireless device;

running a first operating system on a first processor of the wireless server and running a second operating system on a second processor of the wireless server;

running the first operating system on the first device and running the second operating system on the second device;

assigning unique coordinate data to the first wireless device that identifies a physical location of the first wireless device;

assigning unique coordinate data to the second wireless device that identifies a physical location of the second wireless device;

preventing a device on an external network from directly accessing the first wireless device and the second wireless device over the local wireless network using a firewall; and

wherein the unique coordinate data for the first wireless device and the unique coordinate data for the second device identifies the physical location of the first wireless device and the physical location of the second wireless device relative to a physical location of the wireless server, and the unique coordinate data for the first wireless device and the unique coordinate data for the second wireless device is stored in three predetermined data fields of a network address field.