Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Robert Moskowitz

Donald A Zick

Michael J Klein

Paul V Hubner

Paul F Hubbard

Abby Charfauros

A method, apparatus, and system for detection of a network are described. A network list indicating a plurality of network identifiers associated with a mobile device is determined. Each network identifier identifies one or more access points for a respective wireless network. Locality information is determined based on one or more sensors of the mobile device. At least one of the plurality of network identifiers is selected based on the locality information. And a transmission of the selected network identifiers by the mobile device is initiated.

Method, apparatus, and system for network identifier supression

A first application at a first device selects one of multiple encapsulation format types based on a cost or bandwidth associated with a network, or associated with a link of the network, connected between the first application at the first device and a second application at a second device. The first application receives, at the first application from Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) layers above an OSI session layer, payload data associated with a session, and generates one or more session layer encapsulated blocks of the payload data using the selected one of the multiple encapsulated format types. The first application encrypts the payload data, and other data of the one or more session layer encapsulated blocks, and passes the encrypted session layer encapsulated block to OSI layers below the session layer for sending to the second application at the second device.

Session layer data security

An Enhanced Shared Secret Provisioning Protocol (ESSPP) provides a novel method and system for adding devices to a network in a secure manner. A registration process is launched at two network devices together within a predetermined time interval. These two devices then automatically register with each other. When two devices running ESSPP detect each other, they exchange identities and establish a key that can later be used by the devices to mutually authenticate each other and generate session encryption keys. With ESSPP, two ESSPP devices that are attempting to register with each other will only provision a key when they detect that they are the only two ESSPP devices on the wireless network running ESSPP. If additional devices running ESSPP are detected, the ESSPP protocol is either terminated or suspended.

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