# US 2014/0071970 A1 · Sharing protected/locked wi-fi access points

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- Number: US 2014/0071970 A1
- Document ID: US20140071970A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/865,622
- Filed: 2013-04-18
- Published: 2014-03-13
- Earliest claimed: 2012-09-11
- Assignees: Wavemax Corp.
- Inventors: Eduardo Velasco
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140071970A1

## CPC

- H04W 12/06: Authentication
- H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information
- H04W 12/63: Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the determining is performed in reference to a preshared secret key.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the establishing further comprises:
associating and logging-in with a selected shared Wi-Fi access point.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising before the determining:
receiving from the mobile device a request to associate the mobile device with the shared Wi-Fi access point, the request including a preshared secret key.

### Claim 5

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; and
transmitting to the NGN the Radius accounting message.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein receiving from the mobile device via the 802.11 wireless session the Radius accounting message for the NGN further comprises:
receiving from the mobile device and via the 802.11 wireless session a Radius start-accounting message for the NGN;
receiving from the mobile device and via the 802.11 wireless session a usage interim accounting message for the NGN; and
receiving from the mobile device via the 802.11 wireless session a usage stop accounting message for the NGN.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6, wherein transmitting to the NGN the Radius accounting message further comprises:
transmitting to the NGN the usage accounting start message;
transmitting to the NGN the usage interim accounting message; and
transmitting to the NGN the usage stop accounting message.

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein the determining is performed in reference to a preshared secret key.

### Claim 9 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein the establishing further comprises:
associating and logging-in with a selected shared Wi-Fi access point.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising before the determining:
receiving from the mobile device a request to associate the mobile device with the shared Wi-Fi access point, the request including a preshared secret key.

### Claim 11

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.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11 further comprising:
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; and
transmitting to the NGN the Radius accounting message.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12, wherein receiving from the mobile device via the 802.11 wireless session the Radius accounting message for the NGN further comprises:
receiving from the mobile device and via the 802.11 wireless session a Radius start-accounting message for the NGN;
receiving from the mobile device and via the 802.11 wireless session a usage interim accounting message for the NGN; and
receiving from the mobile device via the 802.11 wireless session a usage stop accounting message for the NGN.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein transmitting to the NGN the Radius accounting message further comprises:
transmitting to the NGN the usage accounting start message;
transmitting to the NGN the usage interim accounting message; and
transmitting to the NGN the usage stop accounting message.

### Claim 15 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein the determining is performed in reference to the preshared secret key.

### Claim 16 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, further comprising before the determining:
receiving from the mobile device a request to associate the mobile device with the shared Wi-Fi access point, the request including the preshared secret key.

### Claim 17 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein the establishing further comprises:
associating and logging-in with a selected shared Wi-Fi access point.

### Claim 18 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11 further comprising:
transmitting to the NGN a Radius start-accounting message.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The method of claim 18 further comprising:
transmitting to the NGN a usage interim accounting message.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The method of claim 19 further comprising:
transmitting to the NGN a usage stop accounting message.