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Patent No.:

US 11178545 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Hamid Majdabadi, Ottawa, CA;

Su Liu, Austin, TX (US);

Iman Johari, Coquitlam, CA;

Tiberiu Suto, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/68 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 60/00 (2009.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/068 (2021.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 60/00 (2013.01); H04W 76/11 (2018.02);
Abstract

A method, system and computer program product includes receiving registration information by a plurality of offering participants, verifying that the secure wireless internet connections of each of the plurality of offering participants is acceptable, providing an interface to a receiving participant device, the interface configured to allow a receiving participant to view each of the secure wireless internet connections and make a selection, receiving the selection by the receiving participant to join a selected one of the secure wireless internet connections, authenticating connection initialization for the receiving participant to join the selected one of the secure wireless internet connections, and facilitating a secure access connection by the receiving participant to the selected one of the secure wireless internet connections. The computer system is a third party system controlled by a party other than any of the plurality of offering participants and the receiving participant.


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