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AUTOMATED WIRELESS DEVICE PROVISIONING AND AUTHENTICATION

  • US 20150264051A1
  • Filed: 08/14/2014
  • Published: 09/17/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for automatically provisioning a device to wirelessly connect to an access point, the method comprising:

  • advertising an online signup (OSU) extended service set (ESS) and a production ESS, the OSU ESS sufficient for establishing wireless signaling between the device and the access point for the purposes of completing an OSU operation and the production ESS sufficient for establishing wireless signaling between the device and the access point for the purposes of providing network access, the access point requiring an authentication for the device from an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server prior to granting network access; and

    while the device is connected to the OSU ESS;

    i) facilitating determination of a service provider (SP) associated with the device;

    ii) facilitating transmission of an OSU request from the device to an OSU server associated with the service provider for the purposes of conducting the OSU operation, including facilitating delivery of a credential and a selection policy from the OSU server to the device following successful completion of the OSU operation, the AAA server requiring the credential prior to issuing the authentication to the access point and the selection policy at least partially provisioning the device to connect to the production ESS; and

    iii) facilitating use of a subscription construct for the purposes of authorizing entitlements associated with the device.

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