Patent ID: 9198034
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for validating presence of a device in a confined area using a wireless local area network (WLAN) operable in the confined area, the method comprising: sending, by the device to a server, a first handshake message including a first key generated by the device over a connection in a second network that is a wireless wide area network; generating, by the server, a random second key to be returned to the device in a second handshake message over the second network connection in response to receiving the first handshake message; sending a WLAN probe request that has been modified to include the second key back to the server via the WLAN; and validating whether the device is present within the confined area by the server by determining whether the second key generated by the server is the same as the second key returned to the server in the modified WLAN probe request by the device; whereafter taking an action by the server in response to the validating step.