System and method for locating wired networks using wireless data
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1. A method comprising:
- retrieving, at a first device, a WAP identifier over a wireless connection corresponding to a wireless access point to which the first device is wirelessly connected;
identifying, at the first device, a physical location based upon the retrieved WAP identifier;
determining, at the first device, that the first device is connected to a computer network over at least two separate connections, wherein a first connection is the wireless connection and a second connection is a wired connection;
in response to determining that the first device is connected to the computer network over at least two separate connections, requesting, by the first device, location specific settings from a second device, wherein the request includes the WAP identifier;
in response to receiving the request that includes the WAP identifier at the second device, retrieving at the second device the location specific settings that correspond to the WAP identifier from a nonvolatile data store;
transmitting the location specific settings from the second device to the first device over the wired connection;
receiving at the first device the location specific settings over the wired connection from the second device that correspond to the identified physical location; and
applying the location specific settings at the first device.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided for using a wireless network to determine a device'"'"'s physical location and retrieve location specific settings based upon the device'"'"'s physical location. A device'"'"'s physical location is determined by matching the identifier of the wireless access point (WAP) to which the device is connected with a list of WAP identifiers and corresponding location identifiers. The retrieved location identifier is then used to retrieve location specific settings that are applied at the device.
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1. A method comprising:
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retrieving, at a first device, a WAP identifier over a wireless connection corresponding to a wireless access point to which the first device is wirelessly connected; identifying, at the first device, a physical location based upon the retrieved WAP identifier; determining, at the first device, that the first device is connected to a computer network over at least two separate connections, wherein a first connection is the wireless connection and a second connection is a wired connection; in response to determining that the first device is connected to the computer network over at least two separate connections, requesting, by the first device, location specific settings from a second device, wherein the request includes the WAP identifier; in response to receiving the request that includes the WAP identifier at the second device, retrieving at the second device the location specific settings that correspond to the WAP identifier from a nonvolatile data store; transmitting the location specific settings from the second device to the first device over the wired connection; receiving at the first device the location specific settings over the wired connection from the second device that correspond to the identified physical location; and applying the location specific settings at the first device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more processors; a memory coupled to the processors; a nonvolatile storage device accessible from the processors; a wireless network interface for wirelessly connecting the apparatus to a computer network; software stored in the memory and executed by the processors, the software effective to; retrieve, at the apparatus, a WAP identifier over a wireless connection corresponding to a wireless access point to which the apparatus is wirelessly connected through the wireless network interface; identify, at the apparatus, a physical location based upon the retrieved WAP identifier; determine, at the apparatus, that the apparatus is connected to a computer network over at least two separate connections, wherein a first connection is the wireless connection through the wireless access point and a second connection is a wired connection; in response to determining that the apparatus is connected to the computer network over at least two separate connections, requesting, by the apparatus, location specific settings from a second apparatus, wherein the request includes the WAP identifier; in response to receiving the request that includes the WAP identifier at the second apparatus, retrieving at the second apparatus the location specific settings that correspond to the WAP identifier from a nonvolatile data store; transmitting the location specific settings from the second apparatus to the apparatus over the wired connection; receive at the apparatus the location specific settings over the wired connection from the second apparatus that correspond to the identified physical location; and apply the location specific settings at the apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer readable medium encoded with instructions capable of being executed by a computer which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to implement a method of configuring location specific settings, the method comprising:
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retrieving, at a first device, a WAP identifier over a wireless connection corresponding to a wireless access point to which the first apparatus is wirelessly connected through a wireless network interface; identifying, at the first apparatus, a physical location based upon the retrieved WAP identifier; determining, at the first apparatus, that the first apparatus is connected to a computer network over at least two separate connections, wherein a first connection is the wireless connection through the wireless access point and a second connection is a wired connection; in response to determining that the first device is connected to the computer network over at least two separate connections, requesting, by the first device, location specific settings from a second device, wherein the request includes the WAP identifier; in response to receiving the request that includes the WAP identifier at the second device, retrieving at the second device the location specific settings that correspond to the WAP identifier from a nonvolatile data store; transmitting the location specific settings from the second device to the first device over the wired connection; receiving at the first apparatus the location specific settings over the wired connection from the second apparatus that correspond to the identified physical location; and applying the location specific settings at the first apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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