Patent ID: 7363022
Filing Date: 2008-04-22
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A normal-communications inhibitor, comprising: an electronic device comprising a representation of data; the data comprising a program for inhibiting normal wireless communications via at least one wireless local area network between a wireless device and at least one resource; the program being configured to allow or inhibit normal communications between the wireless device and the at least one resource based on a compliance determination of whether the wireless device complies with at least one policy; the compliance determination being based on at least one structure/function determination of at least one aspect of the structure or function of the wireless device performed by the program executed on the wireless device; wherein the normal communications of the mobile unit is inhibited if the mobile unit cannot be authenticated; and wherein the at least one policy is selected from a collection of one or more candidate policies based on an identifier of an access point.