FACILITATION OF SEAMLESS SECURITY DATA TRANSFER FOR WIRELESS NETWORK DEVICES

• US 20160149911A1
• Filed: 11/24/2014
• Published: 05/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wolbach, Eric B., Bickerstaff, Robert W., Frias, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 9,565,185 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0846 based on copy from other elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0856 by backing up or archiving configuration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0869 Validating the configuration within one network element
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/02 for separating internal from external traffic, e.g. firewalls
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0892 by using authentication-authorization-accounting [AAA] servers or protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements

Abstract

Configuration and credential data associated with a wireless network can be stored by the wireless network or a by a gateway device associated with the wireless network. The configuration and credential data can be accessed via a user profile and pushed to unauthenticated wireless devices to authenticate the unauthenticated wireless devices for the wireless network. The configuration and credential data can be backed up via a manual, automatic, or semi-automatic back-up process.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a first network device comprising a processor, configuration data associated with network devices of a wireless network;

storing, by the first network device, the configuration data;

sending, by the first network device, the configuration data to a second network device;

in response to the sending the configuration data, generating, by the first network device, back-up data related to the configuration data;

receiving, by the first network device, an authentication request to authenticate a third network device from a customer premises equipment account; and

facilitating, by the first network device, a transmission of the back-up data to the third network device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the authentication request comprises receiving user account information data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user account information data is accessible via the second network device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration data comprises firewall setting data.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting, by the first network device, an authentication of the third network device via the second network device.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving, by the first network device, a validation of the authentication of the third network device via the second network device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

validating, by the first network device, an authentication of the third network device.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

receiving, by the processor, wireless network configuration data associated with a network device of a wireless network and a gateway device of the wireless network;

storing, by the memory, the wireless network configuration data in a data structure associated with a customer premises equipment account;

determining, by the processor, that another gateway device is communicating with the network device of the wireless network;

in response to the determining that the other gateway device is communicating with the network device, initiating, by the processor, a back-up, resulting in back-up data, of the network configuration data;

sending, by the processor, the back-up data to the data structure associated with the customer premises equipment account; and

sending, by the processor, the wireless network configuration data to the other gateway device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, by the processor, password data associated with the network device of the wireless network and the gateway device of the wireless network.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving, by the processor, a copy of the wireless network configuration data.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the copy is received in response to reception of a user input.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

validating, by the processor, an internet protocol address via the other gateway device.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

validating, by the processor, a user-credential via the other gateway device.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the wireless network configuration data comprises a firewall setting.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

receiving wireless network configuration data associated with a user account related to a first gateway device of a wireless network gateway;

initiating a first back-up of the wireless network configuration data in response to the receiving the wireless network configuration data, resulting in first back-up data;

initiating a second back-up of the wireless network configuration data in response to a condition associated with the first back-up of the wireless network configuration data being determined to have been satisfied, resulting in second back-up data;

sending the first back-up data and the second back-up data to a device associated with a customer premises equipment user account to configure a wireless network setting of a second gateway device to facilitate communication with the first gateway device of the wireless network gateway;

receiving authentication data associated with an authentication of the second gateway device of the wireless network gateway; and

in response to the receiving the authentication data of the second gateway device, communicating with the second gateway device of the wireless network gateway.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the authentication data comprises password data of a wireless fidelity network associated with the user account.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the authentication data comprises name data of a wireless fidelity network associated with the first gateway device of the wireless network gateway.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the wireless network configuration data comprises static internet protocol address data associated with the first gateway device of the wireless network gateway.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the receiving the wireless network configuration data comprises receiving a text message.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the wireless network configuration data comprises port setting data associated with a port of the first gateway device of the wireless network gateway.