Transient mobile application capture in a restricted area

• US 9,635,491 B2
• Filed: 07/10/2014
• Issued: 04/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Des Pommare, Jean-Nicolas, Jouan, Mehdi, Savalle, Sebastien, Bar, Pascal
• Primary Examiner(s): Prez-Gutirrez, Rafael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pannell, Mark G.
• Application Number:
  US14/328,389
• Publication Number:
  US 20160014660A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,020 Days
• Field of Search: 455410, 455411, 4554561, 370901, 370912, 370913
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/00 Security arrangements; Authentication; Protecting privacy or anonymity
• 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 12/30 Security of mobile devices; Security of mobile applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/64 using geofenced areas
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/77 Graphical identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system that may allow a mobile device to access a transient mobile application while the user is in a restricted area. The system may include a mobile device, a handover device, a network, a captive portal server, and an application server. The mobile device may interact with a handover device to automatically connect to the network. Once connected to the network, the captive portal server may connect the mobile device to a captive portal. The mobile device may then automatically launch a browser and be redirected to a web address of a transient mobile application. The user may interact with the application while the user is connected to the network and within a restricted area. Once the user leaves the restricted area, he/she may no longer have access to the transient mobile application.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a mobile device;

a near field communication (NFC) tag to store wireless local area network (WLAN) login credentials and transmit the login credentials to the mobile device using a static connection handover protocol, wherein;

the mobile device is adapted to automatically connect to the WLAN after receiving the login credentials; and

the mobile device checks a standard public uniform resource locater (URL) to detect the presence of a captive portal;

a captive portal server to authorize and authenticate the mobile device and to connect the mobile device to the captive portal, wherein the captive portal server is a hotspot gateway comprising a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server, a domain name service (DNS), and a proxy server; and

an application server to host a hypertext-markup language 5 (HTML5) transient mobile application, wherein

after the mobile device is connected to the network and the captive portal, the captive portal server to redirect the mobile device to an address of the transient mobile application using a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) 302 redirect mechanism;

the mobile device is adapted to automatically launch a web browser application after being redirected by the captive portal server;

the transient mobile application cannot be accessed outside a restricted area associated with the network; and

the HTML5 transient mobile application is packaged for being executed in Web Views on the mobile device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the captive portal is a local captive portal.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the captive portal is a remote captive portal.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein a user of the mobile device is prompted to download a permanent version of the transient mobile application prior to leaving the restricted area for use outside of the restricted area.

5. A method comprising:

interacting with a near field communication (NFC) tag using a mobile device;

storing wireless local area network (WLAN) login credentials using the NFC tag;

transmitting the login credentials to the mobile device using a static connection handover protocol, wherein;

the mobile device is adapted to automatically connect to the WLAN after receiving the login credentials; and

the mobile device checks a standard public uniform resource locater (URL) to detect the presence of a captive portal;

authorizing and authenticating, via a captive portal server, the mobile device and to connect the mobile device to the captive portal, wherein the captive portal server is a hotspot gateway comprising a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server, a domain name service (DNS), and a proxy server; and

hosting, via an application server, a hypertext-markup language 5 (HTML5) transient mobile application, wherein;

after the mobile device is connected to the network and the captive portal, the captive portal server to redirect the mobile device to an address of the transient mobile application using a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) 302 redirect mechanism;

the mobile device is adapted to automatically launch a web browser application after being redirected by the captive portal server;

the transient mobile application cannot be accessed outside a restricted area associated with the network; and

the HTML5 transient mobile application is packaged for being executed in Web Views on the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the captive portal is a local captive portal.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the captive portal is a remote captive portal.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein a user of the mobile device is prompted to download a permanent version of the transient mobile application prior to leaving the restricted area for use outside of the restricted area.

9. A non-transitory computer programmable product having storing instructions, which when executed by at least one data processor, result in operations comprising:

interacting with a near field communication (NFC) tag using a mobile device;

storing wireless local area network (WLAN) login credentials using the NFC tag;

transmitting the login credentials to the mobile device using a static connection handover protocol, wherein;

the mobile device is adapted to automatically connect to the WLAN after receiving the login credentials; and

the mobile device checks a standard public uniform resource locater (URL) to detect the presence of a captive portal;

authorizing and authenticating, via a captive portal server, the mobile device and to connect the mobile device to the captive portal, wherein the captive portal server is a hotspot gateway comprising a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server, a domain name service (DNS), and a proxy server; and

hosting, via an application server, a hypertext-markup language 5 (HTML5) transient mobile application, wherein;

after the mobile device is connected to the network and the captive portal, the captive portal server to redirect the mobile device to an address of the transient mobile application using a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) 302 redirect mechanism;

the mobile device is adapted to automatically launch a web browser application after being redirected by the captive portal server;

the transient mobile application cannot be accessed outside a restricted area associated with the network; and

the HTML5 transient mobile application is packaged for being executed in Web Views on the mobile device.

10. The non-transitory computer programmable product of claim 9, wherein the captive portal is a local captive portal.

11. The non-transitory computer programmable product of claim 9, wherein the captive portal is a remote captive portal.

12. The non-transitory computer programmable product of claim 9, wherein a user of the mobile device is prompted to download a permanent version of the transient mobile application prior to leaving the restricted area for use outside of the restricted area.