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Password-free, token-based wireless access

US9125059B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Uwe Hansmann · Altdorf, DE
Klaus Rindtorff · Holzgerlingen, DE
Thomas Stober · Herrenberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 11, 2013
Grant date	Sep 1, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 11, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W84/12
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, system, and/or computer program product establish a password-free, token-based wireless network access for a mobile device that is within a wireless communication range of a wireless access point. A wireless connection is established between the mobile device and the wireless access point, where the wireless connection utilizes an extended existing protocol, and where the extension of the existing protocol is based on data stored as content in a data field in a token stored in a memory of the mobile device. The mobile device transmits a portion of the token as part of an initialization message to a verification server that is connected to the wireless access point. The mobile device receives a confirmation message for establishing the wireless connection based on a verification application running on the verification server.

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