Patent ID: 7689211
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for logging a wireless terminal in to a wireless local area network, said method being adapted to be implemented using a first wireless terminal that has a first public key and a first secret key for decrypting content protected by the first public key, and a second wireless terminal that has yet to be logged in to the wireless local area network and that has a second public key and a second secret key for decrypting content protected by the second public key, comprising steps executed by the first wireless terminal, including: (A) obtaining a settings value for logging in to the wireless local area network; (B) providing the first public key to the second wireless terminal; (C) receiving a first encrypted text which was generated by the second wireless terminal by encrypting the second public key of the second wireless terminal using the first public key; (D) decrypting the first encrypted text using the first secret key so as to recover the second public key, and encrypting the settings value into a second encrypted text using the second public key; and (E) sending the second encrypted text to the second wireless terminal for enabling the second wireless terminal to decrypt the second encrypted text using the second secret key so as to recover the settings value.