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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:
Apr. 26, 2022

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2018
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Roque Rios, III, Middletown, NJ (US);

Luis Ramos, Columbia, CT (US);

James Gordon Beattie, Jr., Bergenfield, NJ (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2019.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

According to one aspect disclosed herein, a provider device can receive, from a requester device, a network access request requesting, on behalf of the requester device, access to a Wi-Fi network associated with a network provider and provided, at least in part, by a network device. In response, the provider device can prompt the network provider to accept or deny the requester device access to the Wi-Fi network. The provider device can receive input indicating that the network provider accepts the network access request, and in response to the input, can create a network access package that includes a secure network access configuration to be utilized by the network device to establish, at least in part, a secure connection with the requester device to provide the requester device access to the Wi-Fi. The provider device can encrypt the network access package to create an encrypted network access package.


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