Device-specific wireless access point password authentication
US11843946B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 1, 2021 |
| Grant date | Dec 12, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 15, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/08
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There is provided a method that comprises receiving one or more unique passwords for identifying respective one or more user devices of the wireless local area network; associating the one or more unique passwords with the respective one or more user devices and storing the one or more unique passwords to a database; in response to receiving, at an access point of the wireless local area network, a connection request from a user device, requesting, from the user device, a unique password of the user device; and identifying the user device based on the unique password.
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