Method of authentication via a secure wireless communication system
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsRobert Hancock, Eleanor Hepworth, Stephen McCann
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Abstract
A method of authentication via a secure wireless communication system; the method comprising sensing that a mobile device has come within range of a secure network; initiating a program within the mobile device offering the user a plurality of authentication options; processing the chosen authentication option and providing requested user data to a service provider for the secure network, only if the chosen authentication option within the mobile device permits provision of the requested user data.
Claims11
A method of authentication via a secure wireless communication system, the method comprising:
- sensing that a mobile device has come within range of a secure network;
- initiating a program within the mobile device offering a user a plurality of authentication options, wherein the offering of authentication options includes
- obtaining a local address from a domain name server (DNS) on the mobile device, and
- obtaining, from a first server on the mobile device, a page offering the plurality of authentication options;
- processing a chosen authentication option and providing requested user data to a service provider for the secure network, only when the chosen authentication option within the mobile device permits provision of the requested user data.
A method of authentication via a secure wireless communication system, the method comprising:
- sensing that a mobile device has come within range of a secure network;
- initiating a program within the mobile device offering a user a plurality of authentication options, wherein the offering of authentication options includes
- obtaining a local address from a domain name server (DNS) on the mobile device, and
- obtaining, from a local proxy server on the mobile device, a page offering the plurality of authentication options;
- processing a chosen authentication option and providing requested user data to a service provider for the secure network, only when the chosen authentication option within the mobile device permits provision of the requested user data.
A method of authentication via a secure wireless communication network, comprising:
- displaying a browser on a mobile device;
- obtaining a local address from a domain name server (DNS) on the mobile device;
- obtaining, by the browser from a first server of on the mobile device, a HyperText Markup Language (HTML) page offering a plurality of authentication options;
- displaying the HTML page;
- and
- processing a chosen authentication option and providing requested user data to a service provider for the secure network, only when the chosen authentication option within the mobile device permits provision of the requested user data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.