Unified Patents is seeking prior art on at least claim 9 of US-8272037-B2. The patent is owned by Tranquility IP, LLC, a IP Edge entity, an NPE. The patent generally relates to improving the control of access by a terminal device in a WLAN environment having an access point for determining whether the device utilizes an IEEE 802.1x protocol by the access point communicating to the device, a packet, whereby if the devices utilizes a IEEE 802.1x protocol the device appropriately responds and otherwise the access point determines that the terminal device protocol does not employ a IEEE 802.1x protocol and selects an authentication mechanism compatible with the terminal device. The patent has been asserted against companies such as Netapp, Belden, and Cambium Networks. The link for litigation can be found here: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/litigation/caselist?patents=8272037&sort=-filed_date APEX STANDARDS has shared prior US patent art, non-US patent art, and Non-Patent Literature art as well as corresponding claim charting against the patent. Interested professionals may take them and craft work product from there. The link can be found here: https://www.apexstandards.com/pcc/US8272037B2_construction_vis_a_vis_charting_v_prior_art/ Techson IP has provided its Full validity-focused Limestone|Report https://www.limestonereport.com/ which includes: a list of highly relevant prior art patent leads - individually ranked to the claims and tiered by research efficiency; summary predictive analytics about the search; a full CPC technology profile. Interested professionals may take them and craft work products from there. The Full Report link is here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/report.limestoneip.com/Wn5VehD_vixvlDGx2_jbTe.full.html IPscreener shows an AI generated list of relevant prior art also helping Patroll searchers to faster read and understand of documents found by highlighting relevant passages. Access is free for the exploring the contest case, to view, comment and export identified texts. The link can be found here: https://my.ipscreener.com/token/KMRRj5NF4i9aWRULZwhnO0 View the Similar Documents (patents + scholarly publications) generated by Google Patents: Patents: https://patents.google.com/?q=~patent%2fUS8272037B2&before=filing:20030314 NPL: https://patents.google.com/?q=~patent%2fUS8272037B2&before=filing:20030314&patents=false&scholar ** PLEASE READ THE RULES FOR THIS CONTEST BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE. ** ** TO QUALIFY FOR CONSIDERATION, A CLAIM CHART IS REQUIRED. ** ** PLEASE USE THE PROVIDED CLAIM CHART AS A TEMPLATE ** ** PRIOR ART THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY CITED DURING PROSECUTION WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. **