Patent ID: 8844012
Filing Date: 2014-09-23
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for sharing an authentication profile between a plurality of computing devices for accessing a particular Wi-Fi network, the method comprising: obtaining, at a first computing device of the computing devices, a list of Wi-Fi networks that are in a range of the first computing device, the computing devices associated with a user; receiving, by the first computing device, an access request from the user to access the particular Wi-Fi network from the list of Wi-Fi networks on the first computing device, the particular Wi-Fi network being an access restricted Wi-Fi network; determining, by the first computing device and in response to the receiving the access request, whether any of the computing devices can approve the access request, the determining including: responsive to a determination that a second computing device of the set of computing devices can approve the access request, obtaining an approval from the second computing device for accessing the particular Wi-Fi network on the first computing device, the obtaining including: accessing, by the first computing device, the particular Wi-Fi network using the authentication profile obtained from the second computing device.