# US 2014/0073288 A1 · Mobile device authorization, authentication and data usage accounting for mobile data offload in a network of shared protected/locked wifi access points > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0073288 A1 - Document ID: US20140073288A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/610,589 - Filed: 2012-09-11 - Published: 2014-03-13 - Earliest claimed: 2012-09-11 - Assignees: Wavemax Corp. - Inventors: Eduardo Velasco - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140073288A1 ## 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 a mobile device between a 3G/4G network, a NGN and a shared Wi-Fi access point, the method comprising: displaying a downloaded map of the shared Wi-Fi access points that are within proximity of the mobile device based on a GPS location of a device identification of the shared Wi-Fi access point that is within proximity of the mobile device based on a GPS location of the mobile device; scanning SSID beacons of the shared Wi-Fi access points to read signal strength and protection method of the SSID beacons, yielding a scanned list of shared SSIDs; transmitting via the 3G/4G network a request that includes current GPS coordinates of the GPS location of the mobile device and a user ID and a password to confirm the scanned list of shared SSIDs; receiving from the NGN a denial of authentication via the 3G/4G network; receiving from the NGN a denial of authorization via the 3G/4G network; receiving from the NGN an authentication and authorization message and the list of shared SSIDs and corresponding preshared secret keys (PSK) via the 3G/4G network; receiving from the NGN via the 3G/4G network a location based service communication on the mobile device; displaying the list of shared SSIDs in response to the receiving; receiving from the user a selected shared Wi-Fi access point SSID being a selection of a single SSID in the list of shared SSIDs; activating a Wi-Fi transceiver of the mobile device when the Wi-Fi transceiver is not activated; establishing a 802.11 wireless session with the shared Wi-Fi access point; communicating with the shared Wi-Fi access point through the 802.11 wireless session with the shared Wi-Fi access point, wherein data is transferred between the mobile device and the shared Wi-Fi access point; transmitting a Radius start-accounting message to the NGN via HTTPS and XML and via the 802.11 wireless session with the shared Wi-Fi access point; displaying the location based service communication on the mobile device from the NGN; transmitting at least one usage interim accounting message while the 802.11 wireless session with the shared Wi-Fi access point is active and while data is being transferred between the mobile device and the shared Wi-Fi access point; transmitting a usage stop accounting message when a user instruction to log out is received or when a Wi-Fi signal of the shared Wi-Fi access point is lost; turning off the Wi-Fi transceiver in the mobile device; and turning on a 3G data connection to enable a wireless data session to the 3G/4G network. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising: the downloaded map is downloaded via the 3G/4G network. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the user ID further comprises: an identification number of a SIM card of the mobile device or a MAC address of the mobile device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the location based service communication further comprises: an advertisement that is related to the GPS of the mobile device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprises: selecting between the 3G/4G network and the shared Wi-Fi access point for wireless data transmission. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprises: displaying access cost and signal strength of each SSID. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein establishing the 802.11 wireless session with the shared Wi-Fi access point further comprises: associating and automatically logging-in with the corresponding shared PSK of the selected shared Wi-Fi access point SSID. ### Claim 8 A method of communication of a mobile device between a 3G/4G network, a NGN and a shared Wi-Fi access point, the method comprising: displaying a downloaded map of shared Wi-Fi access points that are within proximity of the mobile device based on a GPS location of a device identification of the shared Wi-Fi access point within proximity of the mobile device based on the GPS location of the mobile device; scanning SSID beacons of the shared Wi-Fi access points to read signal strength and protection method of the SSID beacons, yielding a scanned list of shared SSIDs; transmitting via the 3G/4G network a request that includes current GPS coordinates of the GPS location of the mobile device, a user ID and a password to confirm the scanned list of shared SSIDs; and receiving from the NGN a message selected from a group of message including a denial of authentication via the 3G/4G network and a denial of authorization via the 3G/4G network. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8 further comprising: displaying the message indicating the denial of authentication. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8 further comprising: the map is downloaded via the 3G/4G network. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the user ID further comprises: an identification number of a SIM card of the mobile device or a MAC address of the mobile device. ### Claim 12 A method of communication of a mobile device between a 3G/4G network, a NGN and a shared Wi-Fi access point, the method comprising: displaying a downloaded map of shared Wi-Fi access points that are within proximity of the mobile device based on a GPS location of a device identification of the shared Wi-Fi access point that is within proximity of the mobile device based on the GPS location of the mobile device; scanning SSID beacons of the shared Wi-Fi access points to read signal strength and protection method of the SSID beacons, yielding a scanned list of shared SSIDs; transmitting via the 3G/4G network a request that includes current GPS coordinates of the GPS location of the mobile device and a user ID and a password to confirm the scanned list of shared SSIDs; and receiving from the NGN an authentication and authorization message and the list of shared SSIDs and corresponding preshared secret keys (PSK) via the 3G/4G network. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12 further comprising: displaying the list of shared SSIDs in response to the receiving; receiving from the user a selected shared Wi-Fi access point SSID being a selection of a single SSID in the list of shared SSIDs; activating a Wi-Fi transceiver of the mobile device when the Wi-Fi transceiver is not activated; establishing a 802.11 wireless session with the shared Wi-Fi access point; turning off a 3G data connection, which in some implementations includes disabling the 802.11 wireless data session to the 3G/4G network. communicating with the shared Wi-Fi access point through the 802.11 wireless session with the shared Wi-Fi access point, wherein data is transferred between the mobile device and the shared Wi-Fi access point. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein establishing the 802.11 wireless session with the shared Wi-Fi access point further comprises: associating and automatically logging-in with the corresponding shared PSK of the selected shared Wi-Fi access point SSID. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13 further comprising: turning off the Wi-Fi transceiver in the mobile device; and turning on the 3G data connection to enable the 802.11 wireless data session to the 3G/4G network. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13 further comprising: transmitting a Radius start-accounting message to the NGN via HTTPS and XML and via the 802.11 wireless session with the shared Wi-Fi access point; transmitting at least one usage interim accounting message while the 802.11 wireless session with the shared Wi-Fi access point is active and while data is being transferred between the mobile device and the shared Wi-Fi access point; and transmitting a usage stop accounting message when a user instruction to log out is received or when a Wi-Fi signal of the shared Wi-Fi access point is lost. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12 further comprising: the map is downloaded via the 3G/4G network. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the user ID further comprises: an identification number of a SIM card of the mobile device or a MAC address of the mobile device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprises: selecting between the 3G/4G network and the shared Wi-Fi access point for wireless data transmission. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising: displaying access cost and signal strength of each SSID.