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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Sprint Communications Company L.p., Overland Park, KS (US);
Inventors:
Sridhar Machiraju, Burlingame, CA (US);
Jean Bolot, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hao Chen, Kensington, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sprint Communications Company L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 36/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 67/04 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention is directed to associating a wireless device with a basestation. A connection request is received from the wireless device. The wireless device is authenticated to the basestation. A token-transfer-request message is received. The wireless device is associated with the basestation by transferring a token associated with the wireless device to the basestation.