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Intelligent gate distributed use and device network access management on personal area network

  • US 7,194,251 B2
  • Filed: 02/22/2002
  • Issued: 03/20/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for managing access to a network, comprising:

  • providing wireless communication in a network;

    providing a plurality of distributed firewall units in the network, each firewall unit configured to provide wireless access to the network for a set of valid wireless access devices associated with the firewall unit;

    receiving, at a particular one of the plurality of distributed firewall units, an identification code transmitted wirelessly from a wireless access device, said identification code a media access control number of the wireless access device;

    determining whether said identification code is valid for the particular firewall unit grant network access to the wireless access device;

    granting network access at the particular firewall unit to said wireless access device when said identification code is valid;

    denying network access at the particular firewall unit to said wireless access device when said identification code is not valid.

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