Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Maintaining network connectivity
- Patent Title (中): 维护网络连接
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Application No.: US12877903Application Date: 2010-09-08
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Publication No.: US08228837B2Publication Date: 2012-07-24
- Inventor: Irfan Sheriff , Robert Greenwalt , Winthrop Saville
- Applicant: Irfan Sheriff , Robert Greenwalt , Winthrop Saville
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee: Google Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04W4/00
- IPC: H04W4/00 ; H04B7/14 ; H04Q7/20 ; G06F15/16

Abstract:
A network device may select between two or more network connections based on a determination of whether the network device can access general Internet resources via an available, higher-preference network without providing additional (e.g., OSI Model Layer Seven) login credentials. In one example, a network device includes a first network interface configured to maintain a connection to a first network gateway, a second network interface configured to connect to a second, different network gateway upon determining that the second network gateway is both available and preferable over the first network gateway, and means for determining whether a remote network resource is currently accessible via the second network gateway. When the remote network resource is accessible via the second network gateway, the second network interface maintains the connection to the second network gateway.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110310787A1 MAINTAINING NETWORK CONNECTIVITY Public/Granted day:2011-12-22
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