Patent ID: 9237447
Filing Date: 2016-01-12
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A network access device enabling a host device to be connected to a wireless network via an access point of said network, said access device comprising: first connecting means for connecting to a host device; second connecting means for said network access device connecting via the wireless network to said access point of the wireless network; means for storing access rights of said access device to the network; managing means for, on reception of a connection activation request sent by the host device to which it is connected, testing whether at least one of the available access points of a wireless network is an access point authorized according to said stored access rights, for refusing the connection with said available access point if this test is negative and authenticating with said available access point if this test is positive, and means for, when said authenticating is successful, opening a connection of said network access device with said access point having authenticated said access device by using said stored access rights so as to allow access of said host device with said access point of said wireless network.