Patent ID: 9125059
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for establishing a password-free, token-based wireless network access for a mobile device, wherein the mobile device is within a wireless communication range of a wireless access point, the method comprising: establishing, by the mobile device, a wireless connection between the mobile device and the wireless access point, wherein the wireless connection utilizes an extended existing protocol, and wherein an extension of the existing protocol is based on data stored as content in a data field in a token stored in a memory of the mobile device; transmitting a portion of the content of the token as part of an initialization message from the mobile device, wherein the initialization message is transmitted to and received by a verification server that is connected to the wireless access point; receiving, by the mobile device, a confirmation message for establishing the wireless connection based on a verification application running on the verification server, wherein the verification application uses the portion of the content of the token for a generation of the confirmation message for the establishing of the wireless connection; receiving, by the mobile device, an information object and the confirmation message; and transforming, by the mobile device, the information object into human recognizable form.