Method, Apparatus, and System for Authenticating WIFI Network

A system for authenticating a WI-FI network, comprising:

• a terminal;
• an associated authentication center coupled to the terminal;
• and
• a WI-FI authentication center coupled to the terminal and the associated authentication center,
• wherein the terminal is configured to:
• send a request message to the associated authentication center when the WI-FI network exists in an area in which the terminal is located, wherein the request message carries a user identifier;
• receive access verification information allocated to a user represented by the user identifier from the associated authentication center;
• send a login request to the WI-FI authentication center in the WI-FI network, wherein the login request carries the access verification information;
• receive authentication information from the WI-FI authentication center responding to the login request, wherein the authentication information carries a user identifier obtained by the WI-FI authentication center corresponding to the access verification information;
• and
• determine that the WI-FI network is a secure network when the user identifier carried in the authentication information is the same as the user identifier carried in the request message,
• wherein the WI-FI authentication center is configured to:
• receive the login request from the terminal for logging into the WI-FI network in which the WI-FI authentication center is located;
• send, to the associated authentication center, the access verification information carried in the login request;
• receive the user identifier corresponding to the access verification information from the associated authentication center;
• add the user identifier to the authentication information;
• and
• send, to the terminal, the authentication information carrying the user identifier, and
• wherein the associated authentication center is configured to:
• allocate the access verification information to the user identifier when receiving the request message that carries the user identifier;
• store the user identifier and the access verification information allocated to the user identifier;
• notify the access verification information to the terminal used by the user represented by the user identifier;
• receive the access verification information from the WI-FI authentication center;
• query for the stored user identifier according to the access verification information;
• and
• feedback the found user identifier to the WI-FI authentication center.

A terminal, comprising:

• a transceiver configured to:
• send a request message to an associated authentication center when a WI-FI network exists in an area in which the terminal is located, wherein the request message carries a user identifier;
• receive access verification information allocated to a user represented by the user identifier from the associated authentication center;
• send a login request to a WI-FI authentication center in the WI-FI network, wherein the login request carries the access verification information;
• and
• receive authentication information from the WI-FI authentication center responding to the login request, wherein the authentication information carries a user identifier obtained by the WI-FI authentication center corresponding to the access verification information;
• a memory comprising instructions;
• and
• one or more processors coupled to the transceiver and the memory, wherein the instructions cause the one or more processors to be configured to determine that the WI-FI network is a secure network when the user identifier carried in the authentication information is the same as the user identifier carried in the request message.