IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0313363
(2011-12-07)
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등록번호 |
US-8180328
(2012-05-15)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Van De Groenendaal, Joannes G.
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Computer Associates Think, Inc.
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대리인 / 주소 |
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
35 인용 특허 :
15 |
초록
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The disclosure provides a wireless manager operable to receive a request from a mobile device to wirelessly communicate with a network, wherein the request may include information to dynamically identify a location associated with the mobile device. The wireless manager may be further operable to au
The disclosure provides a wireless manager operable to receive a request from a mobile device to wirelessly communicate with a network, wherein the request may include information to dynamically identify a location associated with the mobile device. The wireless manager may be further operable to automatically associate the mobile device with an access zone comprising one or more physical or logical characteristics, compare the location associated with the mobile device to the access zone, and authorize the mobile device to wirelessly communicate with the network if the location associated with the mobile device indicates that the mobile device does not violate the access zone.
대표청구항
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1. A processor for executing a wireless manager to configure and secure wireless access to a network, wherein the processor is configured to: display a graphical user interface that includes a map associated with a location in a network and multiple access points associated with the location in the
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A processor for executing a wireless manager to configure and secure wireless access to a network, wherein the processor is configured to: display a graphical user interface that includes a map associated with a location in a network and multiple access points associated with the location in the network;generate an access zone that identifies a geographic space associated with the location in the network in response to one or more inputs to the graphical user interface, wherein the one or more inputs to the graphical user interface define a polygon region that corresponds to the geographic space associated with the access zone;triangulate a physical position associated with a client device that requested wireless access to the network relative to the geographic space associated with the access zone, wherein the access zone includes one or more security parameters that control wireless access to the network relative to the geographic space associated with the access zone; andauthorize the client device to wirelessly access the network if the physical position associated with the client device does not violate the one or more security parameters associated with the access zone that control wireless access to the network. 2. The processor recited in claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to receive one or more signal strength measurements associated with the client device from one or more of the multiple access points associated with the location in the network, wherein the client device connected to the one or more of the multiple access points to request the wireless access to the network. 3. The processor recited in claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to execute a three-dimensional calculation with a projection onto a two-dimensional x-y plane based on the one or more signal strength measurements to triangulate the physical position associated with the client device based on the projection onto the two-dimensional x-y plane and a z-axis height associated with the one or more of the multiple access points. 4. The processor recited in claim 3, wherein the location in the network includes a building, the z-axis height associated with the one or more of the multiple access points depends on a floor in the building associated with the one or more of the multiple access points, and the triangulated physical position associated with the client device combines the projection onto the two-dimensional x-y plane with a desk height on the floor in the building associated with the one or more of the multiple access points. 5. The processor recited in claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to use one or more matrix algorithms to calculate an expected x, y, z position associated with the client device with a projection onto a two-dimensional x-y plane based on the one or more signal strength measurements to triangulate the physical position associated with the client device based on the projection onto the two-dimensional x-y plane and sixty-degree sectors associated with the one or more of the multiple access points. 6. The processor recited in claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to use one or more matrix algorithms to calculate an expected x, y, z position associated with the client device with a projection onto a two-dimensional x-y plane based on the one or more signal strength measurements to triangulate the physical position associated with the client device based on the projection onto the two-dimensional x-y plane and propagation models that address frequencies associated with the one or more of the multiple access points. 7. The processor recited in claim 1, wherein the physical position associated with the client device does not violate the one or more security parameters that control wireless access to the network if the physical position associated with the client device is inside the geographic space associated with the access zone. 8. The processor recited in claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to cause a wireless agent executing on the client device to disable wireless access to the network if the client device exits the geographic space associated with the access zone. 9. The processor recited in claim 1, wherein the physical position associated with the client device violates the one or more security parameters that control wireless access to the network if the physical position associated with the client device is inside the geographic space associated with the access zone. 10. A method for configuring and securing wireless access to a network, comprising: displaying a graphical user interface that includes a map associated with a location in a network and multiple access points associated with the location in the network;generating, by a processor executing a wireless manager, an access zone that identifies a geographic space associated with the location in the network in response to one or more inputs to the graphical user interface that define a polygon region that corresponds to the geographic space associated with the access zone;triangulating, by the processor executing the wireless manager, a physical position associated with a client device that requested wireless access to the network relative to the geographic space associated with the access zone, wherein the access zone includes one or more security parameters that control wireless access to the network relative to the geographic space associated with the access zone; andauthorizing, by the processor executing the wireless manager, the client device to wirelessly access the network if the physical position associated with the client device does not violate the one or more security parameters associated with the access zone that control wireless access to the network. 11. The method recited in claim 10, further comprising receiving, at the processor executing the wireless manager, one or more signal strength measurements associated with the client device from one or more of the multiple access points associated with the location in the network, wherein the client device connected to the one or more of the multiple access points to request the wireless access to the network. 12. The method recited in claim 11, further comprising executing, on the processor, a three-dimensional calculation with a projection onto a two-dimensional x-y plane based on the one or more signal strength measurements to triangulate the physical position associated with the client device based on the projection onto the two-dimensional x-y plane and a z-axis height associated with the one or more of the multiple access points. 13. The method recited in claim 12, wherein the location in the network includes a building, the z-axis height associated with the one or more of the multiple access points depends on a floor in the building associated with the one or more of the multiple access points, and the triangulated physical position associated with the client device combines the projection onto the two-dimensional x-y plane with a desk height on the floor in the building associated with the one or more of the multiple access points. 14. The method recited in claim 11, further comprising using, by the processor, one or more matrix algorithms to calculate an expected x, y, z position associated with the client device with a projection onto a two-dimensional x-y plane based on the one or more signal strength measurements to triangulate the physical position associated with the client device based on the projection onto the two-dimensional x-y plane and sixty-degree sectors associated with the one or more of the multiple access points. 15. The method recited in claim 11, further comprising using, by the processor, one or more matrix algorithms to calculate an expected x, y, z position associated with the client device with a projection onto a two-dimensional x-y plane based on the one or more signal strength measurements to triangulate the physical position associated with the client device based on the projection onto the two-dimensional x-y plane and propagation models that address frequencies associated with the one or more of the multiple access points. 16. The method recited in claim 10, wherein the physical position associated with the client device does not violate the one or more security parameters that control wireless access to the network if the physical position associated with the client device is inside the geographic space associated with the access zone. 17. The method recited in claim 16, further comprising causing, by the processor, a wireless agent executing on the client device to disable wireless access to the network if the client device exits the geographic space associated with the access zone. 18. The method recited in claim 10, wherein the physical position associated with the client device violates the one or more security parameters that control wireless access to the network if the physical position associated with the client device is inside the geographic space associated with the access zone.
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