Access point providing multiple single-user wireless networks
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1. A method for managing a wireless communications network, comprising:
- accepting, from a user, a request to access a single-user service set at a specified location at a specified future time, the request including configuration information comprising a service set identifier and a password for the single-user service set;
transmitting the configuration information to an access point located at the specified location; and
configuring the access point to support, at the specified future time, the single-user service set having the service set identifier and password included in the request.
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Abstract
There is disclosed a method for managing a wireless communications network and a communications system. A request to access a single-user service set at a specified location at a specified future time is accepted from a user, the request including configuration information for the private service set. The configuration information is transmitted to an access point selected from a plurality of access points, the selected access point located at the specified location. The selected access point configures the single-user service set at the specified future time using the configuration information.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for managing a wireless communications network, comprising:
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accepting, from a user, a request to access a single-user service set at a specified location at a specified future time, the request including configuration information comprising a service set identifier and a password for the single-user service set; transmitting the configuration information to an access point located at the specified location; and configuring the access point to support, at the specified future time, the single-user service set having the service set identifier and password included in the request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A communications system, comprising:
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a server and a plurality of access points, the server comprising hardware and software to; accept, from a user, a request to access a single-user service set at a specified location at a specified future time, the request including configuration information comprising a service set identifier and a password for the single-user service set, and transmit the configuration information to an access point selected from the plurality of access points, the selected access point located at the specified location; the selected access point comprising hardware and software that, when configured using the configuration information, supports the single-user service set having the service set identifier and password included in the request at the specified future time. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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