Patent ID: 11907069
Assignee: FORTINET, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A network device for wireless transmissions, implemented at least partially in hardware and coupled in communication with a data communication network, for dynamic retrieval of region codes for network devices on data communication networks, the network device comprising:
a basic input/output system (BIOS) memory to, during manufacturing, receive input for designation of a region code to be a non-specific region code, wherein the BIOS memory to store the non-specific region code in a BIOS memory of the network device, and wherein during boot up, the BIOS is checked for a specific region code to regulate wireless transmissions at a physical location of operation;
a network communication interface, coupled to the BIOS memory, and responsive to receiving the non-specific region code from BIOS, to request a specific region code from a region code server based on a network device identifier, wherein the network communication interface receives response form the region code server including a license;
a processor, coupled to the network communication interface, to validate a license for the physical location of operation received from the region code server; and
a flash memory, coupled to the processor, to store the specific region code of the license in a flash memory of the network device,
wherein the network communication interface conducts wireless transmissions according to parameters of the license.