Patent ID: 8817757
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A zero-configuration secure mobility networking method for a mobile host to connect to a network of wireless local area networks where there is no pre-configured account for the mobile host, comprising: receiving, by an authentication server, a message from a mobility access point, wherein the message is sent by the mobility access point using a media access control address of the mobile host as an index, wherein the mobile host is allowed to connect with a limited routing state to the mobility access point in a wireless local area network of the network of wireless local area networks; uploading, by the authentication server, an authentication page to the mobile host from the wireless local area network to enable a web page to be generated on the mobile host through a web interface, the web interface permitting a user to open an account at the authentication server while the mobile host is connected to the mobility access point of the wireless local area network in the limited routing state, and for subsequently enabling the mobile host to authenticate to the authentication server, wherein the uploading the authentication page comprises: receiving, by the authentication server, authentication credentials from the mobile host via the mobility access point in the wireless local area network; upon verifying the authentication credentials, changing, by the authentication server, the mobile host's routing state to normal at the mobility access point; uploading, by the authentication server, an applet to the mobile host; and upon detecting the mobile host associating with a new mobility access point, reauthenticating, by the authentication server, the mobile host via a challenge and response protocol by interacting with the applet that was previously uploaded to the mobile host and is running on the web interface on the mobile host.