Native application hotspot

• US 9,590,884 B2
• Filed: 07/03/2013
• Issued: 03/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Toksvig, Michael John McKenzie, Hughes, Charles J., Tseng, Erick
• Primary Examiner(s): Lazaro, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chang, Julian
• Application Number:
  US13/935,216
• Publication Number:
  US 20150012640A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,343 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/41 where a single sign-on provides access to a plurality of computers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/44 Program or device authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0218 Distributed architectures, e.g. distributed firewalls
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0236 Filtering by address, protocol, port number or service, e.g. IP-address or URL
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0884 by delegation of authentication, e.g. a proxy authenticates an entity to be authenticated on behalf of this entity vis-à-vis an authentication entity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes detecting interception of data sent by the computing device to a first network resource through a communication network. The first network resource corresponds to a particular domain of the communication network. The method also includes determining whether the communication network is administered by the particular domain; and automatically generating a request to access the communication network that identifies a second network resource based at least in part on the determination. The second network resource is configured to authenticate a user to the particular domain of the communication network. The method also includes sending the request to the second network resource to access the communication network.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by a computing device, detecting interception, by a default network resource, of data sent to a communication network;

by the computing device, in response to the detected interception of data, determining that the communication network is administered by a particular domain associated with an application of the computing device;

by the computing device, automatically generating a request to access the communication network that identifies a network resource of the particular domain in response to the determination that the communication network is administered by the particular domain associated with the application of the computing device, the network resource of the particular domain being configured to authenticate a user to the particular domain of the communication network; and

by the computing device, redirecting the request from the default network resource to the network resource of the particular domain.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the computing device is a client device of a user;

the default network resource comprises an authentication server; and

the network resource of the particular domain comprises one or more server computing devices of a social-networking system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein redirecting the request bypasses a captive network support of a user by a router of the communication network.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the router is a Wi-Fi access point.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising automatically checking in a user at a geolocation associated with the router.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the communication network is the Internet; and

the particular domain is a second-level domain (SLD) of the Internet.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the SLD is FACEBOOK.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the intercepted data corresponds to interactions between the application of the computing device and the default network resource.

9. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software configured when executed to:

detect interception, by a default network resource, of data sent to a communication network;

in response to the detected interception of data, determine that the communication network is administered by a particular domain associated with an application of a computing device;

automatically generate a request to access the communication network that identifies a network resource of the particular domain in response to determining that the communication network is administered by the particular domain associated with the application of the computing device, the network resource of the particular domain being configured to authenticate a user to the particular domain of the communication network; and

redirect the request from the default network resource to the network resource of the particular domain.

10. The media of claim 9, wherein:

the computing device is a client device of a user;

the default network resource comprises an authentication server; and

the network resource of the particular domain comprises one or more server computing devices of a social-networking system.

11. The media of claim 9, wherein redirecting the request bypasses a captive network support of a user by a router of the communication network.

12. The media of claim 11, wherein the router is a Wi-Fi access point.

13. The media of claim 11, wherein the software is further configured to automatically check in a user at a geolocation associated with the router.

14. The media of claim 9, wherein:

the communication network is the Internet; and

the particular domain is a second-level domain (SLD) of the Internet.

15. The media of claim 14, wherein the SLD is FACEBOOK.

16. The media of claim 9, wherein the data sent to a default network resource corresponds to interactions between the application of the computing device and the default network resource.

17. A device comprising:

a processor; and

one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the processor and embodying software that is operable when executed to;

detect interception, by a default network resource, of data sent to a communication network;

in response to the detected interception of data, determine that the communication network is administered by a particular domain associated with an application of the device;

automatically generate a request to access the communication network that identifies a network resource of the particular domain in response to determining that the communication network is administered by the particular domain associated with the application of the device, the network resource of the particular domain being configured to authenticate a user to the particular domain of the communication network; and

redirect the request from the default network resource to the network resource of the particular domain.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein:

the device is a client device of a user;

the default network resource comprises an authentication server; and

the network resource of the particular domain comprises one or more server computing devices of a social-networking system.

19. The device of claim 17, wherein sending the request bypasses a captive network support of a user by a router of the communication network.

20. The device of claim 19, wherein the software is further configured to automatically check in a user at a geolocation associated with the router.

21. The device of claim 19, wherein the router is a Wi-Fi access point.

22. The device of claim 17, wherein:

the communication network is the Internet; and

the particular domain is a second-level domain (SLD) of the Internet.

23. The device of claim 22, wherein the SLD is FACEBOOK.

24. The device of claim 17, wherein the intercepted data corresponds to interactions between the application of the device and the default network resource.