| US 7,499,438 B2 | ||
| Controlling wireless access to a network | ||
| Brian L. Hinman, Los Gatos, Calif. (US); Pasquale Romano, Los Gatos, Calif. (US); and Philip Bednarz, Fremont, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to 2Wire, Inc., San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 13, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/35,452. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0153122 A1, Jul. 13, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04Q 7/24 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—338 | 31 Claims |

| 1. A method, comprising:
establishing communication with a wireless device configured with a network identifier, the wireless device comprising a class
of wireless device having a class of wireless application;
detecting the class of wireless device and the class of wireless application;
classifying the class of wireless device and the class of wireless application, in respect to each other, as a first category,
wherein the first category comprises a narrowband device with a resident narrowband application; and
providing a first class of access to a network to the first category.
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