On device number lock driven key generation for a wireless router in wireless network security systems
OwnerRavi K. KOSARAJU, Krishnamohan DANTAMinventors
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Abstract
The present invention solve the problems in the prior art by a embedding a number lock system on the router which serves as a input mechanism for entering the shared key or a shared seed which generates a shared key. A combination of numbers and letters may be used on the dials of the number lock. There is a slider to set the security protocol in use or turn it off. Once the user sets his key combination using the number lock on the device and sets a security mechanism he can go to his computer or a PDA or any device that supports Wi-Fi he will use the same mechanism that he does today with existing technology to enter the shared key and select the security mechanism.
Claims18
A method for a user, having a wireless computing device having a user interface, to set up an encryption scheme in a wireless access point, the wireless access point having a number lock system, the computing device being connected to the wireless access point, the method having the following steps:
- providing the user on the user interface with a display with a section for selecting a key;
- providing the user on the user interface with a display with a section for selecting a security type;
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- providing, from the wireless computing device to the wireless access point, the selected key to the wireless access point.
A computer program product in a computer readable medium for operating in a system comprising a network I/O, a CPU, and one or more databases, for implementing a method for easily securing a wireless network using number lock driven WEP key generation for the wireless router, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing the user on the user interface with a display with a section for selecting a key;
- providing the user on the user interface with a display with a section for selecting a security type;
- and
- providing, from the wireless computing device to the wireless access point, the selected key to the wireless access point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.