52 results about "Internet Connection Sharing" patented technology

Methods and systems are described for simplified creation of, connection to, and termination from an ad hoc wireless network. Graphical user interfaces are used to guide users though creation and joining ad hoc network. The option to share one user's Internet connection with the entire ad hoc network is also described. The ad hoc networks described can provide some managed services traditionally unavailable in ad hoc networks, such as IP address assignment and name resolution services. The ad hoc networks can be created with termination criteria, such that a computer's connection to the ad hoc network is automatically terminated and previous network configuration settings are restored when one or a combination of termination criteria are met.

Provisioning remote access points for use in a telecommunication network. A remote access point contains identity information established during manufacturing; this identity information may be in the nature of a digital certificate. The identity information is stored in the remote access point, and may be stored in a Trusted Platform Module if present. When the remote access node is powered up in unprovisioned state, outside the manufacturing environment, it attempts to establish an internet connection via a first wired interface, and queries a user for information representing the TCP / IP address of its controller via a second wired interface. Once an internet connection is present, and a TCP / IP address has been provided, the remote access point attempts to connect to the controller at that address. The controller may filter connection requests through a whitelist of approved remote access points. Once a connection is established, controller and access point exchange and verify each other's identities. This may be done through the exchange and verification of digital certificates. Provisioning information is downloaded from controller to remote access point and installed. This may be done via a tunnel such as an encrypted tunnel. Software updates may be applied. The provisioned remote access point is placed in operation.

Methods and apparatus are provided for configuring sharing of an Internet connection at first and second devices. A program for configuring the Internet connection is transmitted from the first device to a second device via a cable. The program is stored in the first device. Messages are exchanged between the first device and the second device, via the cable, for configuration of network interfaces of the first device and the second device, after the second device executes the program. Network interfaces of the first device and the second device are configured in accordance with the program and the messages exchanged between the first device and the second device. The Internet connection of at least one of the first device and the second device is shared based on the configured network interfaces.

A one-box system and process for controlling Internet usage by users on a network. The system controls usage by combining two or more of the following functions into a single operating unit: 1) monitoring and logging internet access on a user and / or work station basis; 2) preventing or authorizing access on a user and / or work station basis to ULR's (or groups of URL's) that have been previously designated an inappropriate or appropriate, respectively, for that user or work station; 3) preventing or authorizing the downloading of files with any pre-designated file extension to any user or workstation; 4) blocking of peer-to-peer access of any pre-designated Internet file-sharing or other service (such as Kazaa, RealPlayer, AOL Instant Messaging, etc); 5) periodically or immediately alerting a designated representative of the attempt by any user or work station to access of pre-determined inappropriate site or file; 6) allowing remote review of the Internet activity log for any user by anyone (such as a student's parents) with knowledge of that user's log-in information (i.e., name and password); and 7) caching downloaded Internet objects for subsequent in-network retrieval. The system and process of this invention can also be configured to perform the traditional firewall function as well.

A CE device such as an Internet protocol TV (IPTV), Internet-enabled digital radio, Internet-enabled game console. Instead of or in addition to device-centric authentication, user-centric authentication may be used with an Internet TV server which stores information on the preferences of each user and which also enables users to login to the Internet TV service from any enabled device. By means of the server the user can recommend Internet TV content to other system users on a buddy list, and should a buddy accept a user's recommendation and view recommended content the user is rewarded for each successful referral and the referring user's credibility rating improves.

The present invention relates to a medical monitoring device with remote transmission function, comprising: a measuring unit; a storage unit; a mail server unit to provide mail sending / receiving service; a network server unit to provide Internet connection service; a web server unit to provide web-interfaced services; and an IP selection unit to provide a plurality of IP addresses connectable to the Internet and automatically set a different IP address for Internet connection periodically or each time the monitoring device is turned on, and send the set IP address to a designated e-mail box; wherein the stored medical data are made available for query via web interface.

A method and system for providing an "Always-On" Internet device is disclosed. The Always-On Internet device can be turned on constant due to its use of low power components, while a conventional PC cannot afford to. The Internet device acts as a "hub" for all the network and peripheral connections of the PC. The Internet device can be connected to the Internet and then connected to the conventional PC. The PC's keyboard, video monitor, and mouse connections are re-directed to the Internet device, which then connects to the PC at the PC's keyboard, video and mouse connectors. The Internet device has a switching gear unit that KVM functionality and Internet Connection Sharing, the control of which is transferred between the PC and the Internet device, depending on whether the PC is on or off.

The invention discloses a power control based fast convergence adaptive method in an internet connection sharing (ICS) repeater. The method has the following advantage: an adjustable attenuator is installed behind a power amplifier of the repeater to control the output power. A power adjusting process comprises the following steps: (1) in the initial phase of echo cancellation, maintaining the attenuation value of the attenuator at the maximum betamax; (2) after maintaining the attenuation value at the maximum betamax for T1, gradually reducing the attenuation value, and adjusting the attenuation value by the attenuator once every T; and (3) when the attenuation value of the attenuator is adjusted to the minimum betamin, causing the power output of the repeater the reach the maximum and the system to enter into the stable working state. By the method disclosed by the invention, the transmitting power control technology can be introduced into the digital terrestrial television repeater, and is combined with the adaptive echo interference suppression technology, thus improving the convergence speed of the adaptive echo interference algorithm and effectively reducing the self-excitation risk of the repeater.

A system and method is provided for detecting, monitoring and maintaining an Internet Connection Sharing Device (ICSD). An ICSD may be connected to one or more devices, and / or applications associated with a Local Area Network (LAN), which devices, and / or applications, may attempt to detect, monitor and maintain the ICSD. Thus, a broadcast protocol for advertising status and services and a unicast request / response protocol are provided to facilitate such detection, monitoring and maintenance.

The invention aims at upgrading the operability of a portable telephone set by providing a linkage between the telephone function and the internet connection function.The invention provides call connection request acceptance means and system control means in a portable telephone set equipped with internet information transmission / reception means and call means to make possible conversation via a call during internet connection; output means to facsimile and internet information storage means to allow internet information to be output to a facsimile; telephone number / e-mail address storage means to report an unanswered terminating call to a specified mail address; reading-off means to read off internet information as a voice; and timer means, image input means and voice input means to send audio, image and / or video information cyclically or on demand.

A network connection sharing method is provided. A first electronic device is set as a hotspot by a first application program module of the first electronic device, so that a wireless network is shared by the first electronic device. After a service set identifier and a password of the wireless network are converted into a two-dimensional code image by the first application program module, the two-dimensional code image is outputted from an image output device of the first electronic device. After the two-dimensional code image is read by an image input device of a second electronic device and analyzed by a second application program module of the second electronic device, the service set identifier and the password are acquired. The second electronic device is connected to the wireless network according to the service set identifier and the password.

The invention discloses a user identifying method for internet connection sharing as well as a system and device thereof. The method comprises following steps of: acquiring first session information of transmission control protocol corresponding to the terminal by network side equipment according to a message transmitted by a terminal; then matching the first session information with the second session information of transmission control protocol with TCP connection that reported by a certified validated terminal; if the second session information matching with the first session information does exist, confirming that the terminal sending the message is a certified validated terminal; and otherwise, confirming that the terminal sending the message is an invalid terminal. The method can identify invalid users of internet connection sharing effectively with high accuracy and reliability.

The invention discloses a method, system and server for providing the service capability of signature service, which simultaneously maintains the service processing capability of the traditional MSC (Mobile Switching Center) in a soft switch network and transforms the MSC so that the AS in an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) network and the SCP (Service Control Point) in the soft switch network are triggered to carry out the service logic treatment when the EMSC (Electronic Mobile Switching Center) obtained after being improved determines the signature service information of a user to contain the signature service information in the IMS network and the signature service information in the soft switch network. Because the EMSC in the scheme of the embodiment of the invention can realize the communication of the IMS network and the soft switch network, compared with an ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) framework, the transformation amount of the network is less and the additional establishment TAS does not need to realize the support of telecommunication service.

Disclosed is an architecture for automating testing tasks, which would otherwise have to be done manually using actual hardware, by providing the capability to dynamically create many types of networked computing devices with different network configurations, eliminating the need to have actual test machines physically networked. Virtual endpoints are virtual computing devices networked to virtual adapters on a real computer. The virtual endpoints architecture comprises a miniport driver, a filter engine, virtual networked computing devices, a virtual stack, and a user mode to kernel mode interface. The virtual endpoints architecture technology can be used to test bridge and Internet connection sharing features as well as for testing any NDIS driver or client / server application. The virtual endpoints architecture lowers the cost of testing and allows for the ability to run the aforementioned types of tests in a batch nodal stress suite and without the need for large test network topologies.

A system for Internet connections, which connects a user terminal to a network. The system generally comprises a section for relaying a network connection from a user through an access point, a monitoring section for monitoring the network connection from the user through the access point, and a network connection fee calculation section for calculating a network connection fee for the user based on a monitoring result of the monitoring unit. The connection fee calculation section comprises a line connection fee calculation section for calculating a line connection fee for a line connection made by the user to the access point based on user signal source information, which is provided from a telephone company, and a charge amount calculation section for calculating a charge amount for the user based on the line connection fee, calculated by the line connection fee calculation section.

A multi-port VoIP telecommunications system that allows the user to gain access to telephone connectivity through the Internet by connecting directly to the Internet or by connecting to the Internet through the existing Internet connection of a computer or cell phone device.

The invention discloses a user roaming method. A BPF (Berkeley packet filter) is added to an ICS (internet connection sharing) enhanced network. The method includes: an mAGCF (mobile access gateway control function) receives call of UE (user equipment) of non-ICS enhanced network to set up request messages and then sends conversation invitation messages to the BPF; the BPF triggers third-party service control through L-iFC (local initial filter control) and transmits the received conversation inviting messages to an L-TAS (local telephony application server); and the L-TAS triggers CS (circuit switching) service control after receiving the conversation inviting messages and serves as an agency of the UE to set up a conversation with an opposite terminal after the triggering is complete. The invention further discloses the ICS enhanced network. Accessing of the UE of the non-ICS enhanced network to the ICS enhanced network is realized, communication service for the UE of the non-ICS enhanced network is realized, and accordingly compatibility of the UE of the non-ICS enhanced network to the ICS enhanced network is further realized, and services of a CS region can be realized based on an IMS (internet protocol multimedia subsystem).

An attached internet telephone device is disclosed herein, which is capable of adding an internet telephone function to a host having internet connection capacity but lacking an internet telephone function. The attached internet telephone device comprises a USB module, a memory module, a communication module, and a controller. The controller retrieves an internet telephone software program from the memory unit after a USB interface of the USB module is plugged into a USB interface of the host, and installs the software program to the host. After the installation is completed, under the control of the communication module, a user may perform internet telephone communication with the host that lacks the internet telephone function originally.

The invention discloses a low current earth routing system based on a CAN (controller area network) and a processing method of the system. The system mainly comprises a plurality of integrated microcomputer protection measurement and control devices capable of calculating and analyzing zero-sequence protection steady state components, wherein the integrated microcomputer protection measurement and control devices are connected by the CAN and share the respective zero-sequence protection steady state components obtained by calculation; when a line has an earth fault, all the protection devices detecting error states share respective zero-sequence component data simultaneously through the CAN; the most likely earth fault spot is found out by a routing principle; and the fault earth is lift by tripping so that the fault is removed securely. According to the low current earth routing system, the protection devices are used for analytical judgment of the steady state data when the earth fault happens, and large-area unwanted operation or refuse operation caused by limitation of a site environment and a single protection device routing condition is avoided effectively.

A control method and system for a device without the requirement for Internet connection relate to the technical field of startup of self-services, automatic vending and entertainment devices. The control system consists of the device, a mobile terminal, and a background system. The device comprises a device main body (1), a device identification display module (2), an authentication input module (3), a calculation module (4), an authentication module (5), a control module (6), and a synchronization module (7), wherein the device identification display module (2), the authentication input module (3), the calculation module (4), the authentication module (5), the control module (6) and the synchronization module (7) are respectively integrated and arranged in the device main body (1), and the mobile terminal is an intelligent handheld terminal (8). According to the control method and system for the device without the requirement for Internet connection, the mobile terminal only needs to communicate with the background by the network and the device does not need to be kept in connection with the network, so that not only can the advantages of convenience of the mobile Internet be sufficiently utilized, but also the manufacturing cost of the device is reduced and meanwhile, the subsequent maintenance pressure is reduced.

The invention provides an internet connection method of a network card and a network card. The method comprises the following steps: the network card acquires an IP address allocated by a base station after being connected with a client; the network card acquires an IP mask and a gateway address according to the IP address; the network card sends the IP address, the IP mask and the gateway address to the client after receiving an IP address allocation request from the client; and the network card returns a physical address to the client after receiving a physical address acquisition request from the client, so that the client can surf the internet according to the network card according to the IP address, the IP mask, the gateway address and the physical address. The technical scheme for internet connection, provided by the invention, can support various usage scenarios, and the internet connection way is very flexible, simple to implement and convenient to operate.

After approval by parent only, the disclosed method allows household PC to log on Internet. The system composed of PC, server, usersí» terminals and Internet includes following phases: setting information of userí»s terminal to PC; in the phase, inputting network address the PC user wants to access to, and server sends admission request for accessing the said address to the userí»s terminal setting up; confirming that userí»s terminal has received the said admission request, and userí»s response message is transferred to PC; based on transferred userí»s response message, controlling PC to connect to relevant network stations. The invention controls use of Internet not continently, controls connection to unhealthy and harmful network site.

The invention provides an Internet connection sharing (ICS) authentication system and an authentication method thereof. The ICS authentication system comprises an ICS optical disk, an optical disk playing machine, a management server, an authentication server, encrypted protection software, the end software of the management server and the end software of the authentication server. According to the authentication method provided by the invention, copyright information is affirmed by adopting a form of on-line authentication, local playing is realized, the fee is also charged according to times, and the condition that the copyrights of programs are instant and controllable is realized. The ICS authentication system and the authentication method thereof have the advantages that technical support which can realize the functions of network authentication, authorization management, user management, fee charging and the like is provided, and a novel content distributing mode is provided to a copyright owner; and a high bandwidth cost is saved for an operator.

Internet connection may come through a single host computer and sent to appliance computers, as in a laptop or camera. This application intends to automatically connect the appliances to the Internet established by the host computer by means of either electronic communication or preprogramming both computers with the same network access information.