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Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 02, 2014
Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Yong-Hae Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Chang-Yeon Yeo, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Jong-Mu Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/102 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and electronic device for network connection and authentication is disclosed herein. A control unit is configured to detect authentication information necessary to access a communication network, and detect whether the authentication information corresponding to the communication network is stored in a profile storing at least the authentication information for at least the communication network. A radio frequency (RF) processing unit configured to couple to the communication network in response to detecting that the authentication information is authenticated by an authentication server for the communication network.


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