Patent ID: 11937085
Assignee: MCAFEE, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A system for securing a WiFi router, comprising:
a memory; and
a hardware processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
receive a first request to form a first connection between a first device and the WiFi router;
determine whether a first portal can be presented in connection with the first device;
in response to determining that the first portal cannot be presented in connection with the first device:
create a first temporary virtual access point using the WiFi router; and
connect the first device to the WiFi router using the first temporary virtual access point;

receive a second request to form a second connection between a second device and the WiFi router;
determine whether a second portal can be presented in connection with the second device; and
in response to determining that the second portal can be presented in connection with the second device:
cause the second portal to be presented;
receive a first user selection that the second connection is to be temporary;
receive second credentials for a second user;
determine whether the second credentials indicate that the second user is authorized to connect the second device to the WiFi router using a second temporary virtual access point; and

in response to determining that the second credentials indicate that the second user is authorized to connect the second device to the WiFi router using the second temporary virtual access point:
connect the second device to the WiFi router using the second temporary virtual access point.