WIRELESS ACCESS MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESSLY-ACCESSIBLE DEVICES
Wireless access management techniques for wirelessly-accessible devices are described. In one embodiment, for example, at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may comprise a set of instructions that, in response to being executed on a computing device, cause the computing device to identify a connection request of a mobile client based on a received connection establishment message, determine whether the connection request comprises an automatic connection request based on request attribute information contained in the connection establishment message, and in response to a determination that the connection request comprises an automatic connection request, generate a prompt for a confirmation that the connection request is to be granted. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
1 . At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions that, in response to being executed on a computing device, cause the computing device to:
identify a connection request of a mobile client based on a received connection establishment message;
determine whether the connection request comprises an automatic connection request based on request attribute information contained in the connection establishment message; and
in response to a determination that the connection request comprises an automatic connection request, generate a prompt for a confirmation that the connection request is to be granted.
2 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , comprising instructions that, in response to being executed on the computing device, cause the computing device to:
in response to a determination that the connection request comprises a manual connection request:
determine whether the mobile client comprises an approved device;
in response to a determination that the mobile client comprises an approved device, grant the connection request; and
in response to a determination that the mobile client does not comprise an approved device, generate the prompt for the confirmation that the connection request is to be granted.
3 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , comprising instructions that, in response to being executed on the computing device, cause the computing device to:
monitor one or more input devices to determine whether the confirmation has been received;
in response to a determination that the confirmation has been received, grant the connection request; and
in response to a determination that the confirmation has not been received, reject the connection request.
4 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , the connection establishment message to contain an information element (IE) comprising the request attribute information.
5 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 4 , the request attribute information to comprise a value in a field of the IE, the value to indicate whether the connection request comprises an automatic connection request or a manual connection request.
6 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 4 , the IE to comprise a vendor-specific IE.
7 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , the connection establishment message to comprise a Provision Discovery Request frame, a Group Owner (GO) Negotiation Request frame, or a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Invitation Request frame.
8 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , the computing device to comprise an all-in-one (AIO) computing device, the connection request to comprise a request for wireless connectivity to one or more devices via a wireless dock of the AIO computing device.
9 . An apparatus, comprising:
logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to identify a connection request of a mobile client based on a received connection establishment message, determine whether the connection request comprises an automatic connection request based on request attribute information contained in the connection establishment message, and in response to a determination that the connection request comprises an automatic connection request, generate a prompt for a confirmation that the connection request is to be granted.
10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , the logic to:
in response to a determination that the connection request comprises a manual connection request:
determine whether the mobile client comprises an approved device;
in response to a determination that the mobile client comprises an approved device, grant the connection request; and
in response to a determination that the mobile client does not comprise an approved device, generate the prompt for the confirmation that the connection request is to be granted.
11 . The apparatus of claim 9 , the logic to:
monitor one or more input devices to determine whether the confirmation has been received;
in response to a determination that the confirmation has been received, grant the connection request; and
in response to a determination that the confirmation has not been received, reject the connection request.
12 . The apparatus of claim 9 , the connection establishment message to contain an information element (IE) comprising the request attribute information.
13 . The apparatus of claim 12 , the request attribute information to comprise a value in a field of the IE, the value to indicate whether the connection request comprises an automatic connection request or a manual connection request.
14 . The apparatus of claim 12 , the IE to comprise a vendor-specific IE.
15 . The apparatus of claim 9 , the connection establishment message to comprise a Provision Discovery Request frame, a Group Owner (GO) Negotiation Request frame, or a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Invitation Request frame.
16 . An all-in-one (AIO) computing device comprising the apparatus of claim 9 , the connection request to comprise a request for wireless connectivity to one or more devices via a wireless dock of the AIO computing device.
17 . The AIO computing device of claim 16 , comprising:
at least one radio frequency (RF) transceiver; and
at least one RF antenna.
18 . A method, comprising:
identifying, by processing circuitry of a computing device, a connection request of a mobile client based on a received connection establishment message;
determining whether the connection request comprises an automatic connection request based on request attribute information contained in the connection establishment message; and
in response to a determination that the connection request comprises an automatic connection request, generating a prompt for a confirmation that the connection request is to be granted.
19 . The method of claim 18 , comprising:
in response to a determination that the connection request comprises a manual connection request:
determining whether the mobile client comprises an approved device;
in response to a determination that the mobile client comprises an approved device, granting the connection request; and
in response to a determination that the mobile client does not comprise an approved device, generating the prompt for the confirmation that the connection request is to be granted.
20 . The method of claim 18 , comprising:
monitoring one or more input devices to determine whether the confirmation has been received;
in response to a determination that the confirmation has been received, granting the connection request; and
in response to a determination that the confirmation has not been received, rejecting the connection request.
21 . The method of claim 18 , the connection establishment message to contain an information element (IE) comprising the request attribute information.
22 . The method of claim 21 , the request attribute information to comprise a value in a field of the IE, the value to indicate whether the connection request comprises an automatic connection request or a manual connection request.
23 . The method of claim 21 , the IE to comprise a vendor-specific IE.
24 . The method of claim 18 , the connection establishment message to comprise a Provision Discovery Request frame, a Group Owner (GO) Negotiation Request frame, or a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Invitation Request frame.
25 . The method of claim 18 , the computing device to comprise an all-in-one (AIO) computing device, the connection request to comprise a request for wireless connectivity to one or more devices via a wireless dock of the AIO computing device.