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Apparatus and methods for transparent handling of browser proxy configurations in a network gateway device

a technology of network gateway device and proxy configuration, applied in the direction of radio transmission, transmission, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of confusion and plurality of technical support calls, and users do not have the technical skills required

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-02-09
THE BOEING CO
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This approach allows for user-friendly and transparent browser redirection, reducing technical support calls and enabling access to networks with different proxy configurations, particularly beneficial in mobile and intermittently connected environments.

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Some users do not have the technical skills required, for example, to change a proxy configuration on their devices.
Even those who do have such skills may find that, after changing their configuration in order to access one network, they have invalidated a configuration required to access another network.
Such problems can generate confusion and a plurality of technical support calls.

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[0017] The following description of the preferred embodiments is merely exemplary in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention, its application, or uses.

[0018] According to one aspect, the invention provides systems and methods capable of improving web browser redirection. As described below, enablement and support of web browser redirection can be improved, for example, in situations wherein a domain name is non-resolvable and / or upstream network infrastructure is unavailable. Improvements in accordance with principles of the present invention make it possible to provide browser redirection in a more user-friendly manner than possible using current redirection methods. In various implementations, a fake address may be provided to a network client in response to a web access request, to enable redirection of the browser, for example, where the domain name is non-resolvable and / or upstream network infrastructure is unavailable.

[0019] In some configurations, browser re...

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Abstract

A method of providing web browsers with access to a foreign network via a network gateway device. The browsers are installed on clients of the gateway device and have different proxy settings. Web requests from a browser are intercepted during a browser pre-login phase. Based on the intercepted web requests, the browser is accommodated in configuring a proxy mode. The method includes intercepting and redirecting web requests from the proxy-mode-configured browser to provide access to the network. These steps are performed for each of a plurality of browsers installed on a single client.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 563,859 filed on Apr. 20, 2004, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 563,889 filed on Apr. 20, 2004, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to supporting use of one or more browser proxy configurations on clients of a network gateway device. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] In many environments such as hotel rooms, coffee shops, and book stores, access to the Internet may be made available through a gateway device to customers who bring their own laptops or other electronic devices. From a user's viewpoint, local network access services controlled by a gateway device can be described as a “foreign network” because the network configuration and behavior may be unlike that exhibited by the user's home network. [0004] Users of a foreign network generally do not want to have to co...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F15/16G06F15/173G06F17/30H04B7/185H04L29/06H04L29/08H04L29/12
CPCG06F17/30887G06F17/30902H04B7/18506H04L29/12066H04L29/1282H04L67/02H04L61/6013H04L63/00H04L63/30H04L67/2814H04L61/1511G06F16/9566G06F16/9574H04L61/4511H04L61/59H04L67/563
Inventor TAZUMA, STANLEY K.
Owner THE BOEING CO
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