WIRELESS SECURITY CONFIGURATION

• US 20140226819A1
• Filed: 04/25/2014
• Published: 08/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Dittrich, Wolfgang
• Granted Patent: US 9,467,860 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 380/270
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/43 wireless channels
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2123 Dummy operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2129 Authenticate client device independently of the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/65 Environment-dependent, e.g. using captured environmental data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/73 Access point logical identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/77 Graphical identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

An apparatus, method and computer-readable storage medium to efficiently connect to wireless access point(s). An electronic device may capture coded information. The coded information may include a security key to connect to a wireless access point, and the coded information may be an image, an audio clip, text, or a video. The coded information may be steganographically encoded. The coded information may be captured from a display of a second electronic device. The second electronic device may include the wireless access point.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method to connect a first device wirelessly to a network comprising:

at the first device, capturing coded information, wherein the coded information includes a security key to connect to a wireless access point, wherein the coded information is at least one of an image, an audio clip, and a video, and wherein the at least one of an image, an audio clip, and a video, is steganographically encoded;

decoding the coded information to obtain the security key; and

using the obtained security key to connect the first device to the wireless access point.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the coded information is captured from one of a display of an electronic device and an audio output of the electronic device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the electronic device includes the wireless access point.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the coded information is at least two of the image, the audio clip, a text, and the video, and at least one of the image, the audio clip, the text, and the video, is steganographically encoded.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless access point is secured by one of Wi-Fi Protected Access, Wi-Fi Protected Access II, and Wired Equivalent Privacy.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the coded information includes an identifier identifying the wireless access point.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the coded information is an audio clip captured from an audio output of the electronic device.

8. A computer-implemented method comprising:

coding information including a security key, wherein the security key is required to connect to a wireless access point and the coded information is one of an image, an audio clip, and a video, and wherein the coding is performed using a steganographic algorithm; and

at least one of a) displaying the coded information on a display of an electronic device and b) playing the coded information via at least an audio speaker of the electronic device.

9. An apparatus comprising:

at least one of a camera and a microphone to capture coded information, wherein the coded information includes a security key to connect to a wireless access point, and the coded information is one of an image, an audio clip, and a video, and wherein the one of an image, an audio clip, and a video is steganographically encoded;

a processor for executing computer instructions, the processor configured to;

decode the coded information to obtain the security key, and

use the obtained security key to connect to the wireless access point.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the coded information is an image captured from a display of an electronic device.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the electronic device includes the wireless access point.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the wireless access point is secured by one of Wi-Fi Protected Access, Wi-Fi Protected Access II, and Wired Equivalent Privacy.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the coded information includes an identifier identifying the wireless access point.

14. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the coded information is an audio clip captured from an audio output of the electronic device.

15. An apparatus comprising:

a processor for executing computer instructions, the processor configured to code information including a security key, wherein the security key is required to connect to a wireless access point and the coded information is one of an image, an audio clip, and a video, and wherein the one of an image, an audio clip, and a video is steganographically encoded; and

at least one of a) a display to display the coded information and b) at least an audio speaker to play the coded information.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodied with computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to execute instructions, the computer instructions comprising:

capturing coded information, wherein the coded information includes a security key to connect to a wireless access point, and the coded information is one of an image, an audio clip, and a video, and wherein the one of an image, an audio clip, and a video is steganographically encoded;

decoding the coded information to obtain the security key; and

using the obtained security key to connect a device to the wireless access point.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the coded information is captured from one of a display of an electronic device and an audio output of the electronic device.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the electronic device includes the wireless access point.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the coded information includes an identifier identifying the wireless access point.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the coded information is an audio clip captured from an audio output of the electronic device.