Patent ID: 9648577
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: broadcasting, by a wireless access point, a wireless signal containing a first public service set identifier (SSID) associated with the access point; receiving, by the access point, a connection request from a wireless device, the connection request containing a wireless identifier associated with the wireless device; querying, by the access point, a registry database using the wireless identifier associated with the wireless device, wherein the registry database stores one or more records of one or more wireless identifiers; transmitting, by the access point, to the wireless device a prompt configured to receive one or more data fields configured to capture registration data, in response to determining the wireless identifier is not associated with a record in the registry database; transmitting, by the access point, to the wireless registry database the registration data received from the wireless device and the first SSID; converting, by the access point, the first public SSID to a first Authorized Device Specific SSID (ADSS) associated with, the wireless device, wherein the access point conceals broadcasting the first public SSID; and broadcasting, by the access point, a second public SSID associated with the access point,