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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Alexandre de Queiroz Baltar, Sao Paulo, BR;
Claudio Einicker Garrido, Rio de Janeiro, BR;
Marcos Vinicius Landivar Paraiso, Sao Paulo, BR;
Marco Aurelio Stelmar Netto, Sao Paulo, BR;
Sergio Varga, Sao Paulo, BR;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method (and structure) to connect a mobile device to a local Wi-Fi network includes providing an input capability for a user of the mobile device to request to make a connection to a local Wi-Fi network. A processor on the mobile device retrieves, from a memory device of the mobile device, a listing of registered local Wi-Fi networks available at the user's current location. A request to connect to a selected one of the registered local Wi-Fi networks listed on the retrieved listing of registered local Wi-Fi networks is transmitted from the mobile device. The mobile device is connected to the selected registered local Wi-Fi network upon receipt of an indication by the selected registered local Wi-Fi network that the user has been validated and verified as trustable.