US 12,192,178 B2
Systems and methods for portable computing device protection
Kushal Arvind Shah, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/190,361.
Prior Publication US 2022/0286436 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 67/141 (2022.01); H04L 67/56 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0281 (2013.01) [H04L 63/1408 (2013.01); H04L 67/141 (2013.01); H04L 67/56 (2022.05)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, the method comprising:
configuring, by a computing device, a communication control device coupled with the computing device through a wired interface of the computing device and a first wired communication interface of the communication control device, wherein the communication control device further includes at least a first wireless communication circuit and a processor;
disabling, by the computing device, at least a second wireless communication circuit of the computing device, wherein the second wireless communication circuit performs a comparable function to the first wireless communication circuit, wherein the comparable function comprises wireless communications via at least one wireless communication protocol; and
establishing, by the computing device, a proxy network connection to route network traffic between an external network and the computing device via the first wireless communication circuit to enable secure communication between the computing device and the external network.