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Technique for secure wireless LAN access

  • US 20040214570A1
  • Filed: 04/28/2003
  • Published: 10/28/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for enabling a mobile communications device to securely access a wireless Local Area Network (LAN), comprising the steps of:

  • receiving in the wireless LAN a request for access from the mobile communications device;

    authenticating the mobile communications device;

    establishing for the mobile communications device an encryption key;

    notifying the mobile communications device to invoke a user-executable program, which upon execution, configures the device with the encryption key so that communications traffic originated by the mobile communications device becomes encrypted with the encryption key.

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