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Location determined network access

  • US 9,112,879 B2
  • Filed: 05/12/2009
  • Issued: 08/18/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A network authentication system, comprising:

  • a locationing server to interface with a network access device to establish communications between a client device and an internal network, to determine a location of the client device, to determine whether the client device is within an authorized physical location to communicate over the internal network, to determine a communications level to be granted to the client device based on the physical location of the client device and to grant the determined communications level to the client device in response to a determination that the client device is within the authorized physical location, to perform a time-out function in response to a determination that the client device is outside of the authorized physical location, to grant the determined communication level to the client device in response to the client device being within the authorized physical location prior to expiration of the time-out function, and to deny access to the internal network by the client device in response to a determination that the client device is outside of the authorized physical location following expiration of the time-out function;

    wherein the locationing server comprises an independent and separate apparatus from the client device; and

    a hardware processor to implement the locationing server.

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