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

Claim 5:
6. A method for securing a WiFi router, 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 permanent;
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 first permanent 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 first permanent virtual access point:
connecting the second device to the WiFi router using the first permanent virtual access point.