Wireless internet system and method
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. A computing device comprising:
- at least one 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 associated with the computing device; 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 using a second public IP address distinct from the first public IP address, with the second public IP address associated with the given device.
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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 copied to the STA the security information gained through the wired connection, thus setting the security parameters for the STA.
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1. A computing device comprising:
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at least one 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 associated with the computing device; 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 using a second public IP address distinct from the first public IP address, with the second public IP address associated with the given device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a first wireless access point (AP) connected to an IP based network, the first wireless AP having a first AP Identification (APID); a proxy server connected to the IP based network and adapted to act as a proxy of at least a subset of computing devices that connect via the first wireless AP; and a first computing device having a user interface, wherein the first computing device is adapted to; wirelessly connect to the IP based network via the first wireless AP; wirelessly communicate with other wireless enabled computing devices; enable a user of the first computing device to interact, through the user interface, with destinations over the IP based network, through the first wireless AP, using a first public IP address associated with the first computing device; provide a second computing device of the other wireless enabled computing devices with access to the IP based network by causing the first computing device to serve the second computing device as a second AP having a second APID, distinct from the first APID, and provide the second computing device access to the IP based network via the first AP; and tunnel data traffic from the second computing device, through the first computing device, through the first AP, through the IP network, to the proxy server, wherein the proxy server acts as a proxy of the second computing device and the data traffic is secure from the first computing device and the first AP and the second computing device operates on the IP based network using a second public IP address distinct from the first public IP address, with the second public IP address associated with the second computing device. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method comprising:
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wirelessly connecting a first computing device to an IP based network via a first wireless access point (AP) having a first AP Identification (APID), wherein the first computing device wirelessly communicates with other wireless enabled computing devices; enabling a user of the first computing device to interact, through a user interface of the first computing device, with destinations over the IP based network, through the first wireless AP, using a first public IP address associated with the first computing device; providing a second computing device of the other wireless enabled computing devices with access to the IP based network via the first wireless AP by causing the first computing device to serve the second computing device as a second AP having a second APID, distinct from the first APID, and provide the second computing device access to the IP based network via the first AP; and tunneling data traffic from the second computing device, through the first computing device, through the first AP, through the IP network, to a proxy server, wherein the proxy server acts as a proxy of the second computing device and the data traffic is secure from the first computing device and the first AP and the second computing device operates on the IP based network using a second public IP address distinct from the first public IP address, with the second public IP address associated with the second computing device. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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