Patent ID: 9497069
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for executing at least one policy at a network device, wherein the network device comprising a manual information input module, wherein the manual information input module comprises a plurality of components, wherein each of the plurality of the components is assigned with one or more policies, comprising: (a) obtaining information from a first component of the manual information input module; wherein the manual information input module is mounted on the network device; wherein the network device is capable of connecting to at least one accessible network; wherein the plurality of components of the manual information input module are selected from the group consisting of a switch, a knob switch capable of being pressed and turned, a display module with at least one key, a biased normally-closed switch, a biased normally-open switch, a touch sensor and a sound receiver; (b) determining whether to execute or to disable a first policy corresponding to the first component based on a position of the first component; (c) executing the first policy if the first component is in a first position; (d) disabling the first policy if the first component is in a second position; (e) further comprising obtaining information from a second component of the manual information input module; (f) when multiple policies are corresponding to the second component, executing or disabling one or more policies from the multiple policies based on position of the second component and position of the first component; wherein one or more policies from the multiple policies can be continued to be executed; (g) wherein the one or more policies are assigned to each of the plurality of components of the manual information input module by a user or administrator of the network device; wherein the assigning comprising the steps of: (h) executing a second policy and connecting to a first accessible network if the second component is set to a third position and the first component is set to the first position; (i) executing a third policy and connecting to a second accessible network if the second component is set to a fourth position and the first component is set to the first position; and (j) executing a fourth policy and forming a bonded connection using connections established through the first and second accessible networks if the second component is set to a fifth position and the first component is set to the first position: