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System and method for locating wired networks using wireless data

  • US 7,715,851 B2
  • Filed: 12/19/2003
  • Issued: 05/11/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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