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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2017
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Simon Ringland, London, GB;
Francis Scahill, London, GB;
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Abstract
A method for the automatic pairing of a device () wirelessly with a user's secure WLAN provided by an access point (), the pairing access point (), that provides the secure wireless LAN and a second wireless LAN (e.g. a public Wi-Fi hotspot). A connection is established automatically between the device () and a wireless LAN provided by an available access point () using security credentials stored on the device (). If it is determined that the available access point () is also the pairing access point (), using the established connection to securely transfer second security credentials from the available access point () to the device (). The transferred second security credentials can then be used to establish a secure connection between the device () and the first secure wireless LAN provided by the pairing access point ().