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System and method for supporting a worker in a distributed work environment

Patent 6359711 Issued on March 19, 2002. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject May 20, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 082022 filed on 05/20/1998

US Classes:

398/58, Optical local area network (LAN)340/5.61, Wireless transceiver707/1, DATABASE OR FILE ACCESSING709/217REMOTE DATA ACCESSING

Examiners

Primary: Mullen, Thomas

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

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  • 0 192 894 EP. 09/13/1986
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International Class

H04B 010/20

Abstract

A distributed work environment is presented in which a plurality of mobile workers using portable computing devices can gain access to a network via network access stations installed within the work environment. Each network access station is associated with a physical location within the work environment and includes a unique station identifier that may be associated with the physical location. Upon connection to the network, the unique station identifier is provided to a location/association system on the network. Based on the unique station identifier, the location/association system may provide the worker associated with the computing device access to privileges and services associated with the physical location. The computing device may also provide to the location/association system a unique device identifier associated with the computing device and/or the worker's identity. Based on the unique device identifier, the location/association system may provide additional privileges and services in accordance with the worker's specified preferences.

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