Wireless internet system and method

• US 8,559,369 B2
• Filed: 02/22/2007
• Issued: 10/15/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Barkan Wireless Access Technologies, L.P. (Barkan GP, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Elad Barkan
• Inventors: Barkan, Elad
• Primary Examiner(s): Phillips, Hassan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sharma, Gautam
• Application Number:
  US12/665,978
• Publication Number:
  US 20100296441A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,427 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4633 Interconnection of networks using encapsulation techniques, e.g. tunneling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5007 Internet protocol [IP] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/35 Protecting application or service provisioning, e.g. securing SIM application provisioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0011 for data sessions of end-to-end connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0019 adapted for mobile IP [MIP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/18 for allowing seamless reselection, e.g. soft reselection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/11 Allocation or use of connection identifiers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/12 Setup of transport tunnels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/34 Selective release of ongoing connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/00 Wireless network protocols or protocol adaptations to wireless operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/10 Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

A method for providing a wireless Internet connection to WiFi-enabled devices (STAs) comprising: wirelessly connecting a first STA to the Internet through a first AP with a first SSID; remaining connected to the first Access Point (AP), the first STA creates a software-based wireless AP with a second SSID for wirelessly connecting other STAs to the Internet through the first STA. A software module running on the first STA allows a second STA a wide access to the Internet only if the second STA has a copy of the software module running installed and active therein. A method for configuring STAs to connect to a wireless network, comprising: a customer first connects a STA by wire to its network; a software on the STA copies to the STA the security information gained through the wired connection, thus setting the security parameters for the STA.

Claims

1. A computing device comprising:

a communication module adapted to;

(1) wirelessly connect said computing device to an IP based network via a first wireless access point (AP) having a first AP Identification (APID); and

(2) wirelessly communicate with other wireless enabled computing devices ;

a user interface and display adapted to allow a user of said computing device to interact with destinations over the IP based network, through the first wireless AP, using a first public IP address; and

an AP module adapted to;

(1) provide a given device of the other wireless enabled computing devices with access to the IP based network by causing said computing device to serve the given device as a second AP having a second APID, distinct from the first APID, and provide the given device access to the network via the first AP; and

(2) tunnel data traffic from the given device, through said computing device, through the first AP, through the IP network, to a proxy server, such that the proxy server acts as a proxy of the given device and the data traffic is secure from said computing device and first AP and the given device operates on the network with a public IP address distinct from the first public IP address.

2. A computing device according to claim 1, wherein the second APID is associated with the proxy server.

3. A computing device according to claim 2, wherein said AP module tunnels data traffic to the proxy server in response to the given device using the second APID.

4. A computing device according to claim 1, wherein said computing device is a mobile device.

5. A computing device according to claim 4, wherein said computing device is a cellular phone.

6. A computing device according to claim 4, wherein said computing device is a laptop computer.

7. A computing device according to claim 1, wherein said computing device prevents the other wireless enabled computing devices from accessing its inner network.

8. A computing device comprising:

a first communication module adapted to communicate over an IP network, using a first public IP address, via a first wireless access point (AP), the first wireless AP having a first AP Identification (APID);

a second communication module adapted to wirelessly communicate, as a second access point (AP) having a second APID, with other wireless enabled computing devices and provide the other wireless enabled computing devices access to the IP network via the first wireless AP, wherein data traffic from the other wireless enabled computing devices is tunneled by the second AP through the first AP to a proxy server such that the proxy server acts as a proxy of the other wireless enabled computing devices and the data traffic is secure from the first and second APs and the other wireless enabled computing devices operate on the IP network with a public IP address distinct from the first public IP address;

data storage adapted to store data, addressed to a destination on the IP network, received wirelessly via said second communication module, from a given device of the other wireless enabled computing devices;

transmission logic adapted to transmit the stored data to the destination, over the IP network, after communications between said computing device and the given device are disconnected, such that data may be uploaded from a client device to said computing device and subsequently uploaded by said computing device to a destination on the internet.

9. A computing device according to claim 8, wherein said computing device is a mobile device.

10. A computing device according to claim 9, wherein said computing device is a cellular phone.

11. A computing device according to claim 9, wherein said computing device is a laptop computer.

12. A computing device according to claim 8, wherein the computing device is further adapted to send to the given device, over the IP network, a confirmation once the data is completely transmitted to the destination.

13. Communication circuitry adapted to:

(1) generate a second access point identification (APID) associated with an access point (AP) having a first APID;

(2) provide a tunnel for wireless devices connecting to said AP using the second APID.