Dynamic PSK for Hotspots
First Claim
1. A method for providing secured network access, the method comprising:
- receiving a request initiated by a user device located within a range of a hotspot, the request sent via an open communication network associated with the hotspot and concerning secured network access at the hotspot by the user device;
executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor generates a unique pre-shared key for the user device based on information in the received request;
transmitting the unique pre-shared key over the open communication network for display on a webpage accessible to the user device, wherein the user device uses the unique pre-shared key in a subsequent request for secured network access; and
storing in memory the unique pre-shared key in association with information regarding the user device, wherein secured network access is granted at the hotspot in response to the subsequent request by the user device, the subsequent request including the unique pre-shared key.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for providing secured network access are provided. A user device located within range of a hotspot initiates a request sent via an open communication network associated with the hotspot. The request concerns secured network access at the hotspot by the user device. A unique pre-shared key is generated for the user device based on information in the received request and transmitted over the open communication network for display on a webpage accessible to the user device. The unique pre-shared key is stored in association with information regarding the user device. The user device may then use the unique pre-shared key in subsequent requests for secured network access.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for providing secured network access, the method comprising:
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receiving a request initiated by a user device located within a range of a hotspot, the request sent via an open communication network associated with the hotspot and concerning secured network access at the hotspot by the user device; executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor generates a unique pre-shared key for the user device based on information in the received request; transmitting the unique pre-shared key over the open communication network for display on a webpage accessible to the user device, wherein the user device uses the unique pre-shared key in a subsequent request for secured network access; and storing in memory the unique pre-shared key in association with information regarding the user device, wherein secured network access is granted at the hotspot in response to the subsequent request by the user device, the subsequent request including the unique pre-shared key. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus for providing secured network access, the apparatus comprising:
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an interface for receiving an incoming requests initiated by a user device located within a range of a hotspot, the request sent via an open communication network associated with the hotspot and concerning secured network access at the hotspot by the user device; a processor for executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor generates a unique pre-shared key for the user device based on information in the received request, the unique pre-shared key transmitted over the open communication network for display on a webpage accessible to the user device; and a database in memory for storing the unique pre-shared key in association with information regarding the user device, wherein secured network access at the hotspot is subsequently granted in response to a subsequent request for secured network access by the user device, the subsequent request including the unique pre-shared key. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for providing secured network access, the system comprising:
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an access point associated with a hotspot, the access point providing both open access over an open communication network and secured network access based on a pre-shared key; and a hotspot controller comprising; an interface for receiving an incoming request initiated by a user device located within a range of the hotspot, the request sent via the open communication network and concerning secured network access at the hotspot by the user device; a processor for executing instructions stored in memory, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor generates a unique pre-shared key for the user device based on information in the received request, wherein the interface transmits the unique pre-shared key over the open communication network for display on a webpage accessible to the user device, wherein the user device uses the unique pre-shared key in a subsequent request for secured network access, and memory for storing the unique pre-shared key in association with information regarding the user device, wherein secured network access at the hotspot is granted in response to the subsequent request by the user device, the subsequent request including the unique pre-shared key. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, having embodied thereon a program executable by a processor to perform a method for providing secured network access, the method comprising:
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receiving a request initiated by a user device located within a range of a hotspot, the request sent via an open communication network associated with the hotspot and concerning secured network access at the hotspot by the user device; generating a unique pre-shared key for the user device based on information in the received request; transmitting the unique pre-shared key over the open communication network for display on a webpage accessible to the user device, wherein the user device uses the unique pre-shared key in a subsequent request for secured network access; and storing the unique pre-shared key in association with information regarding the user device, wherein secured network access is granted at the hotspot in response to the subsequent request by the user device, the subsequent request including the unique pre-shared key.
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