US 12,248,791 B2
Providing a captive portal to manage a driver application for a peripheral device
Michael Tsirkin, Yokneam Illit (IL)
Assigned to Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed by RED HAT, INC., Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed on Nov. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/514,943.
Application 18/514,943 is a continuation of application No. 16/788,865, filed on Feb. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,822,931.
Prior Publication US 2024/0095040 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 9/44 (2018.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 13/10 (2006.01); H04L 67/00 (2022.01); H04L 67/63 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 9/4411 (2013.01) [G06F 13/102 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04L 67/63 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
providing, by a client device, a first request for a connection with a peripheral device over a wireless network provided by the peripheral device;
receiving a message granting the connection to the wireless network;
providing a second request to access a first web page at an address;
receiving a second web page associated with a driver application for the peripheral device instead of the first web page; and
launching the driver application by using a first link that facilitates an installation of the driver application and a second link that launches the driver application.