Mobile user authentication over WIFI using IPX networks

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing computer program code for:

• receiving, from a client device via a public network, an authentication request for the client device to access an online system, the authentication request comprising identification information for the client device;
• determining a mobile network operator of a plurality of mobile network operators to authenticate the client device, the plurality of mobile network operators using an internetwork packet exchange protocol (IPX) to exchange information;
• transmitting the identification information to the mobile network operator via a private network executing the IPX protocol and associated with the determined mobile network operator;
• receiving, from the mobile network operator via the private network, an authentication vector, the authentication vector for identifying the client device having the identification information;
• receiving, from the client device via the public network, a verification indicating that the client device has the identification information included in the authentication vector;
• and
• in response to the verification that the client system has the identification information, transmitting, to the client device via the public network, an authentication for the client device to access the online system.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a datastore comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium computer program code that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the processors to execute a method for:
• receiving, from a client device via a public network, an authentication request for the client device to access an online system, the authentication request comprising identification information for the client device;
• determining a mobile network operator of a plurality of mobile network operators to authenticate the client device, the plurality of mobile network operators using an internetwork packet exchange protocol (IPX) to exchange information;
• transmitting the identification information to the mobile network operator via a private network executing the IPX protocol and associated with the determined mobile network operator;
• receiving, from the mobile network operator via the private network, an authentication vector, the authentication vector for identifying the client device having the identification information;
• receiving, from the client device via the public network, a verification indicating that the client device has the identification information included in the authentication vector;
• and
• in response to the verification that the client system has the identification information, transmitting, to the client device via the public network, an authentication for the client device to access the online system.