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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2012
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
George Cherian, San Diego, CA (US);
Jouni Malinen, San Diego, CA (US);
Santosh Paul Abraham, San Diego, CA (US);
Peerapol Tinnakornsrisuphap, San Diego, CA (US);
Samir Kapoor, San Diego, CA (US);
Rolf De Vegt, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/023 (2013.01); H04L 63/18 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes, at a first device while the first device is connected to a wireless local area network (WLAN) and a second device is unconnected to the WLAN, establishing a secure channel to the second device using an EAP exchange. The method also includes sending at least one credential associated with the WLAN to the second device via the secure channel to enable the second device to connect to the WLAN.