Automatic detection of required network key type
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1. A method comprising:
- prompting a user for a pass phrase to connect an apparatus comprising at least one processor to a network, wherein the apparatus is a hybrid wireless communication device configured to transmit and receive electronic information including phone calls through a cellular network and a WiFi network; and
wherein the network is an encrypted WiFi network and the pass phrase is encrypted into a WEP key to connect to the encrypted WiFi network;
receiving the pass phrase;
determining, automatically, by the at least one processor, a type of encryption for the pass phrase to connect to the network;
causing, at least in part, authentication of the apparatus using the type of encryption determined for the pass phrase,wherein the determination of the type of encryption includes encrypting, automatically, the pass phrase based on each available encryption type from a plurality of available encryption types, prior to attempting authentication of the apparatus by using each respective encrypted pass phrase; and
if connecting to the encrypted WiFi network using the WEP key fails, encrypting, automatically, the pass phrase into a hexadecimal value to connect to the encrypted WiFi network.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses in automatic detection of a required network key type are described. In one embodiment, a client device prompts a user for a pass phrase, receives a pass phrase and automatically determines the encryption type for the pass phrase to connect to a network. The client device then communicates with a server to authenticate the client device.
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1. A method comprising:
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prompting a user for a pass phrase to connect an apparatus comprising at least one processor to a network, wherein the apparatus is a hybrid wireless communication device configured to transmit and receive electronic information including phone calls through a cellular network and a WiFi network; and
wherein the network is an encrypted WiFi network and the pass phrase is encrypted into a WEP key to connect to the encrypted WiFi network;receiving the pass phrase; determining, automatically, by the at least one processor, a type of encryption for the pass phrase to connect to the network; causing, at least in part, authentication of the apparatus using the type of encryption determined for the pass phrase, wherein the determination of the type of encryption includes encrypting, automatically, the pass phrase based on each available encryption type from a plurality of available encryption types, prior to attempting authentication of the apparatus by using each respective encrypted pass phrase; and if connecting to the encrypted WiFi network using the WEP key fails, encrypting, automatically, the pass phrase into a hexadecimal value to connect to the encrypted WiFi network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:
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prompting a user for a pass phrase to connect the apparatus to a network, wherein the apparatus is a hybrid wireless communication device configured to transmit and receive electronic information including phone calls through a cellular network and a WiFi network, wherein the network is an encrypted WiFi network and the pass phrase is encrypted into a WEP key to connect to the encrypted WiFi network; receiving the pass phrase; determining, automatically, a type of encryption for the pass phrase to connect to the network; causing, at least in part, authentication of the apparatus using the type of encryption determined for the pass phrase, wherein the determination of the type of encryption includes encrypting, automatically, the pass phrase based on each available encryption type from a plurality of available encryption types, prior to attempting authentication of the apparatus by using each respective encrypted pass phrase; and if connecting to the encrypted WiFi network using the WEP key fails, encrypting, automatically, the pass phrase into a hexadecimal value to connect to the encrypted WiFi network. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following wherein the apparatus is a hybrid wireless communication device configured to transmit and receive electronic information including phone calls through a cellular network and a WiFi network; prompt a user for a pass phrase to connect the apparatus to a network, and to receive the pass phrase; determine, automatically, a type of encryption for the pass phrase to connect to the network, and cause, at least in part, authentication of the apparatus, wherein the determination of the type of encryption includes encrypting, automatically, the pass phrase based on every available encryption type from a plurality of available encryption types, prior to attempting authentication of the apparatus by using each respective encrypted pass phrase, wherein the network is an encrypted WiFi network and the pass phrase is encrypted into a WEP key to connect to the encrypted WiFi network; and if connecting to the encrypted WiFi network using the WEP key fails, encrypting, automatically, the pass phrase into a hexadecimal value to connect to the encrypted WiFi network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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