- Patent Title: Virtual on-demand internet connectivity for management controllers
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Application No.: US17214632Application Date: 2021-03-26
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Publication No.: US11949662B2Publication Date: 2024-04-02
- Inventor: Mark Molander , Fred Bower, III , Chekim Chhuor
- Applicant: LENOVO Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
- Applicant Address: SG New Tech Park
- Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: SG New Tech Park
- Agency: Kunzler Bean & Adamson
- Agent Bruce R. Needham
- Main IPC: H04L67/14
- IPC: H04L67/14 ; H04L9/40

Abstract:
A method for virtual on-demand internet connectivity for management controllers is disclosed. The method includes starting, on a management controller of a computing device connected to a management network, a management session in response to a valid login request from an authorized system administrator computer. The method includes, after startup of the management session, establishing a proxy in a browser of a device with a connection to a public network. The proxy enables the management controller to send one or more internet requests through the proxy using the connection to the public network. The method includes providing information to the system administrator computer. The provided information includes information received by the management controller in response to the one or more internet requests.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220311745A1 VIRTUAL ON-DEMAND INTERNET CONNECTIVITY FOR MANAGEMENT CONTROLLERS Public/Granted day:2022-09-29
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