Patent ID: 7669232
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for pairing dynamic secrets in a secured wireless network, the method comprising: identifying an access profile belonging to an authenticated user, the user having been authenticated as being authorized to access the secured wireless network, the access profile being specific to the authenticated user; randomly generating a secret for the authenticated user, wherein the secret is unique to the authenticated user; storing the secret in memory, the secret being stored in association with the identified access profile belonging to the authenticated user; deriving one or more security keys from the secret; saving the one or more derived security keys to a table in memory, the table including information concerning the security keys and whether each security key is associated with a wireless interface device; generating an executable for configuring the wireless interface device to access the secured wireless network; downloading the executable and at least one of the security keys as a part of the access profile to a wireless interface device belonging to the authenticated user, wherein executing the transferred executable on the wireless interface device configures the wireless interface device to access the secured wireless network using the security key and the access profile belonging to the authenticated user; and updating the table to include the association between the security key and the wireless interface device belonging to the authenticated user and further associated with the access profile, wherein use of the security key to access the secured wireless network is restricted to the associated wireless interface device belonging to the authenticated user as identified by the associated access profile.