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

Claim 8:
9. A computer-implemented method in 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 method comprising:
during manufacturing, receiving input for designation of a region code to be a non-specific region code;
storing the non-specific region code in a basic input/output system (BIOS) memory of the network device;
during boot up, checking the BIOS for a specific region code to regulate wireless transmissions at a physical location of operation;
responsive to receiving the non-specific region code from BIOS, requesting a specific region code from a region code server based on a network device identifier;
validating a license for the physical location of operation received from the region code server;
storing the specific region code of the license in a flash memory of the network device; and
conducting wireless transmissions according to parameters of the license.