Sharing protected/locked wi-fi access points
AssigneeWavemax Corp.
InventorEduardo Velasco
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Abstract
In some implementations, a Wi-Fi access point that is secured using WEP, WPA or WPA2 or other protection method(s) is further mapped, located and seamlessly accessed through a key that is preshared (PSK) by the Wi-Fi access point through a cloud based application over the Internet, thus a mobile device can access the Internet via the Wi-Fi access point using the PSK without the operator of the mobile device entering the PSK. The PSK is transmitted in encrypted form to the mobile device via a 3G/4G network.
Claims20
A method of communication by a shared Wi-Fi access point to a mobile device and to a next-generation network (NGN), the method comprising:
- determining whether the mobile device is authorized and authenticated to associate with the shared Wi-Fi access point;
- establishing a 802.11 wireless session with the mobile device when the mobile device is determined to be authorized and authenticated to associate with the shared Wi-Fi access point;
- communicating with the mobile device through the 802.11 wireless session, wherein data is transferred between the mobile device and the shared Wi-Fi access point;
- receiving from the mobile device via the 802.11 wireless session a Radius start-accounting message for the NGN;
- transmitting to the NGN a usage accounting start message;
- receiving from the mobile device and via the 802.11 wireless session a usage interim accounting message, for the NGN;
- transmitting to the NGN the usage interim accounting message;
- receiving from the mobile device via the 802.11 wireless session a usage stop accounting message for the NGN;
- and
- transmitting to the NGN the usage stop accounting message.
A method of communication of a shared Wi-Fi access point between a mobile device and a next-generation network (NGN), the method comprising:
- determining whether the mobile device is authorized and authenticated to associate with the shared Wi-Fi access point;
- establishing a 802.11 wireless session with the mobile device;
- communicating with the mobile device through the 802.11 wireless session, wherein data is transferred between the mobile device and the shared Wi-Fi access point;
- receiving from the mobile device via the 802.11 wireless session a Radius accounting message for the NGN;
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- transmitting to the NGN the Radius accounting message.
A method of communication of a shared Wi-Fi access point between a mobile device and a next-generation network (NGN), the method comprising:
- determining in reference to a preshared secret key whether the mobile device is authorized and authenticated to associate with the shared Wi-Fi access point;
- and
- establishing a 802.11 wireless session with the mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.