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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.