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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022

Filed:

May. 15, 2018
Applicant:

Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Matthew R. Alcorn, Durham, NC (US);

James G. McLean, Raleigh, NC (US);

Dharmesh N. Topiwala, Holly Springs, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 9/3226 (2013.01); H04L 63/0492 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04L 63/108 (2013.01); H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01);
Abstract

Granting guest devices access to a network using out-of-band authorization including receiving, over an out-of-band network, a password for an in-band network from a guest device, wherein the password is generated on the guest device; storing the password received over the out-of-band network as an authorized password for the in-band network; receiving, from the guest device using an in-band protocol, a request to join the in-band network, wherein the request to join the in-band network comprises the password previously received from the guest device over the out-of-band network; and granting the guest device access to the in-band network based on a determination that the password received in the request to join the in-band network matches the password previously received from the guest device over the out-of-band network.


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