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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2011
Stephen Sposato, Lafayette, CA (US);
Kevin Meng, San Ramon, CA (US);
Cheng-hong HU, San Ramon, CA (US);
Stephen Sposato, Lafayette, CA (US);
Kevin Meng, San Ramon, CA (US);
Cheng-Hong Hu, San Ramon, CA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A particular method includes receiving a request to access a secured wireless local network at a security device of the secured wireless local network from a wireless-enabled device that is not authorized to access the secured wireless local network when the request is received. The method includes receiving identification information from the wireless-enabled device at the security device. The method also includes automatically sending an access request message from the security device to at least one messaging address. The access request message provides a recipient of the access request message with at least a portion of the identification information and a selectable option to allow the wireless-enabled device access to the secured wireless local network without requiring user input of a network password associated with the secured wireless local network via the wireless-enabled device.