Network access based on social-networking information

E Tseng, M Talwar, A Potra, MJMK Toksvig… - US Patent …, 2016 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request at a wireless access point from a
client system to access a network through the wireless access point. The wireless access …

Social connections through tagable apparel

RV Abhyanker - US Patent App. 14/100,034, 2014 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0003. An entity (eg, an individual, a family, a company, a team, an
organization, a non-profit institution) may express its interests (eg, beliefs, favorite bands …

Network planning with availability guarantees

SS Ahuja, Y Smirnov, AI Nikolaidis… - US Patent …, 2020 - Google Patents
A system and method for network planning with certain guarantees is disclosed. The system
receives data characterizing various aspects of a backbone network, such as the nodes of …

Content publishing for personalized content aggregation platform

JK Trimper, MP Ruffini, S Subramanian… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
Network devices provide, to a content source device, an uplink user interface to describe
and upload video content. The network devices receive, via the uplink user interface …

Leveraging online identities to grant access to private networks

IIME Perrone, JB Lanza, JA Indriolo - US Patent 9,178,883, 2015 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Traditionally, when a user wishes to connect his or her mobile device (eg,
laptop computer) to a Wi-Fi hotspot, that user is directed to a portal page of a captive portal …

Network-visitability detection

ANB Garcia, M Kaal - US Patent 10,419,411, 2019 - Google Patents
A state of visitability of a network interface can be determined by transmitting, via a network
interface, a security request including data of a trigger. The security request can be …

Selection of a mesh access point in a wireless mesh network

M Vecera, J Pechanec - US Patent 10,142,927, 2018 - Google Patents
An example method of transmitting data to a destination node in a wireless communications
network includes detecting, at a wireless device, a plurality of mesh nodes connected to a …

Social cloud application-mediated mobile data hotspot sharing

S Friedl, S Chervets - US Patent 9,215,005, 2015 - Google Patents
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving a message that
offers use of a first mobile device as a mobile hotspot for enabling access to a local network; …

Systems and methods for providing secure access to local network devices

WE Sobel, B McCorkendale - US Patent 9,525,664, 2016 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Home networks are connecting an ever-increasing num ber of devices in
the home, allowing home users to manage, operate, and automate a variety of home …

Network access based on social-networking information

E Tseng, M Talwar, A Potra, MJMK Toksvig… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a request at a wireless access point from a
client system to access a network through the wireless access point. The wireless access …