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

Claim 11:
12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for securing a WiFi router, the method comprising:
receiving a first request to form a first connection between a first device and the WiFi router;
determining 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:
creating a first temporary virtual access point using the WiFi router; and
connecting the first device to the WiFi router using the first temporary virtual access point;

receiving a second request to form a second connection between a second device and the WiFi router;
determining 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:
causing the second portal to be presented;
receiving a first user selection that the second connection is to be temporary;
receiving second credentials for a second user;
determining 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:
connecting the second device to the WiFi router using the second temporary virtual access point.