Wireless trusted point of access to a computer network
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1. A communication system, comprising:
- a computer network comprising a plurality of interconnected member computer devices; and
at least one of said plurality of member computer devices being a printing device capable of communicating with a mobile wireless device, said printing device being configured to establish and track one or more interactions between said mobile wireless device and said computer network;
wherein said mobile wireless device is capable of communicating with said computer network directly through said printing device without said mobile wireless device being a member of said computer network such that said printing device operates as a proxy for the mobile wireless device with respect to the computer network.
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Abstract
A communication system includes a computer network that includes a plurality of interconnected computer devices. The communication system further includes at least one network device capable of communicating with one or more mobile wireless devices. The network device is part of the computer network and is capable of communicating with a mobile wireless device without the mobile wireless device being a member of the computer network.
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1. A communication system, comprising:
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a computer network comprising a plurality of interconnected member computer devices; and at least one of said plurality of member computer devices being a printing device capable of communicating with a mobile wireless device, said printing device being configured to establish and track one or more interactions between said mobile wireless device and said computer network; wherein said mobile wireless device is capable of communicating with said computer network directly through said printing device without said mobile wireless device being a member of said computer network such that said printing device operates as a proxy for the mobile wireless device with respect to the computer network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A communication system, comprising
a computer network comprising a plurality of interconnected member computer devices; -
at least one of said plurality of member computer devices being a printing device capable of communicating with a mobile wireless device, said at least one printing device being configured to establish and track one or more interactions between said mobile wireless device and said computer network, with said at least one printing device further comprising; a network card communicating with said computer network over a wire link; a modem adapted for communicating with said mobile wireless device in a wireless manner; and a bridge communicating with said modem and with said network card and relaying communications between said modem and with said network card; wherein said mobile wireless device is capable of communicating directly with said network through said printing device without said mobile wireless device being a member of said computer network such that said printing device operates as a proxy for the mobile wireless device with respect to the computer network.
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11. A wireless access method for a computer network, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a communication initiation in a printing device, wherein said printing device is a member of said computer network, said communication initiation being received from a mobile wireless device; in said printing device, verifying an identity of said mobile wireless device; and relaying communications between said mobile wireless device and said computer network, with said printing device performing the relaying such that the printing device operates as a proxy for the mobile wireless device with respect to the computer network; wherein said mobile wireless device communicates with said computer network without being a member of said computer network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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