US Patent 8452858 Method and apparatus for loading landing page

Patent 8452858 was granted and assigned to Novatel Wireless on May, 2013 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Novatel Wireless

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

8452858

Date of Patent

May 28, 2013

Patent Application Number

13465967

Date Filed

May 7, 2012

Patent Primary Examiner

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Lashonda Jacobs

Patent abstract

A Universal Serial Bus (USB) modem/Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) device is provided that when connected to a host device, presents itself as an Ethernet endpoint to the host device, without requiring additional software/drivers to be downloaded to the host device. Embedded in the USB modem/WWAN device are various modules that provide functionality allowing either automatic connection to the Internet or redirection to a local Web User Interface (UI) that a user may employ to configure the USB modem/WWAN device and/or manually connect to the Internet. Additionally, the USB modem/WWAN device employs predetermined rules to determine whether or not/how the redirection occurs, including in scenarios where wireless connectivity to the Internet is unavailable.