Wireless trust kiosk
OwnerVictor Lortzinventor
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a wireless trust kiosk is presented. In this regard, a trust agent is introduced to receive an out-of-band communication from a known wireless network provider, to use the communication to challenge the identity of a wireless network, and to connect to the wireless network if it is provided by the known wireless network provider. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving an out-of-band communication from a known wireless network provider;
- using the communication to challenge the identity of a wireless network;
- and
- connecting to the wireless network if it is provided by the known wireless network provider.
An electronic appliance, comprising:
- a processor;
- a wireless network interface controller;
- and
- a trust engine coupled with the processor and the wireless network interface controller, the trust engine to receive an out-of-band communication at a kiosk from a known wireless network provider, to use the communication to challenge the identity of a wireless network, and to connect to the wireless network if it is provided by the known wireless network provider.
A storage medium comprising content which, when executed by an accessing machine, causes the accessing machine to receive an out-of-band communication at a kiosk from a known wireless network provider, to use the communication to challenge the identity of a wireless network, and to connect to the wireless network if it is provided by the known wireless network provider.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a network interface;
- a memory;
- and
- control logic coupled with the memory and network interface, the control logic to receive an out-of-band communication at a kiosk from a known wireless network provider, to use the communication to challenge the identity of a wireless network, and to connect to the wireless network if it is provided by the known wireless network provider.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.