Patent ID: 9654972
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for securely provisioning a client device, comprising: outputting first client information over a secure interface to a trusted device authorized by the authentication server, to be transmitted from the trusted device to an authentication server; transmitting second client information related to the first client information from the client device to an access point, the access point to transmit the first client information to the authentication server, and the second client information being linked to the first client information by the authentication server; receiving, at the client device, an encrypted authentication credential from the authentication server via the access point, the encrypted authentication credential for the client device to connect to the access point to access a wireless network with a secure wireless connection and being encrypted based at least in part on the first client information or the second client information; decrypting, by the client device, the encrypted authentication credential; and connecting, by the client device, to the access point associated with the authentication server by completing an authentication procedure using the decrypted authentication credential.