Patent ID: 9204472
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for automatically connecting to a WiFi network, the system comprising: a WiFi network; a mobile application for the WiFi network, the mobile application configured to run on a mobile device, the mobile application configured for detection and correction of a WiFi login failure; an authentication server connected to the WiFi network; and an Internet access gateway; wherein the mobile device previously had accessed the WiFi network through the Internet access gateway and a WiFi login procedure had been completed by an end user; wherein the mobile application is configured to activate when the mobile device is within range of the WiFi network, the mobile device using a proximity location technology to determine the range of the WiFi network, wherein the proximity location technology is one of global positioning system (GPS), and a Bluetooth low energy technology; wherein the mobile application is configured to transmit a HTTP request over the WiFi network to a web address; wherein the mobile application is configured to determine that the HTTP request to a web address over the WiFi connection is inaccessible; wherein the mobile application is configured to determine that the mobile communication device is connected to the WiFi network; wherein the mobile application is configured to communicate with the authentication server over the WiFi network to authenticate a user of the mobile device and to receive an access policy credential; wherein the mobile application is configured to communicate with the Internet access gateway to transmit the access policy credential; wherein the Internet access gateway is configured to grant access to the Internet appropriate for the access policy credential.