Proxy authentication for tethered devices
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsJeffrey Dyck, Marcello Lioy
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are presented herein for allowing a wireless communication device to perform a proxy authentication on behalf of a tethered device.
Claims8
A method for performing a proxy authentication of a device tethered to a wireless unit, comprising:
- intercepting a challenge directed to the tethered device;
- generating an appropriate response to the challenge without waiting for input from the tethered device;
- forwarding the challenge to the tethered device;
- and
- ignoring a challenge response received from the tethered device.
Apparatus within a wireless unit for performing a proxy authentication of a device tethered to the wireless unit, comprising:
- at least one memory element;
- and
- at least one processing element configured to execute a set of instructions stored upon the at least one memory element, the set of instructions for:
- intercepting a challenge directed to the tethered device;
- generating an appropriate response to the challenge without waiting for input from the tethered device;
- forwarding the challenge to the tethered device;
- and
- ignoring a challenge response received from the tethered device.
Apparatus for performing a proxy authentication of a device tethered to a wireless unit, comprising:
- means for intercepting a challenge directed to the tethered device;
- means for generating an appropriate response to the challenge without waiting for input from the tethered device;
- means for forwarding the challenge to the tethered device;
- and
- means for determining to ignore a challenge response received from the tethered device.
A method for performing a proxy authentication of a device tethered to a wireless unit, comprising:
- intercepting a challenge directed to the tethered device;
- forwarding the challenge to the tethered device;
- generating an appropriate response to the challenge without waiting for input from the tethered device;
- and
- ignoring a challenge response received from the tethered device.
Apparatus within a wireless unit for performing a proxy authentication of a device tethered to the wireless unit, comprising:
- at least one memory element;
- and
- at least one processing element configured to execute a set of instructions stored, upon the at least one memory element, the set of instructions for:
- intercepting a challenge directed to the tethered device;
- forwarding the challenge to the tethered device;
- generating an appropriate response to the challenge without waiting for input from the tethered device;
- and
- ignoring a challenge response received from the tethered device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.