Patent ID: 9232338
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating an access point, comprising: receiving a first request from a device associated with a user to access a first web server operated by a first entity that has agreed with a second entity operating the access point to incur costs associated with a connection to a network provided by the access point; sending a response to the device associated with the user including an address of an authentication program running on a secure port of a second web server different from the first web server, wherein the response causes the device associated with the user to securely communicate with the secure port for a period of time sufficient for the device associated with the user to attempt to be authenticated via the authentication program, wherein the second web server provides a one-time encryption key to the device associated with the user via the secure port such that the second entity associated with the access point is unable to access the one-time encryption key; receiving an acknowledgment indicative of a result of the attempt to be authenticated via the authentication program; and when the received acknowledgement indicates that the device associated with the user is authentic, operating an access controller of the access point to route traffic to and from the device associated with the user based on an access control profile associated with the first web server.