Patent ID: 7903817

Claim:
A method for providing a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) client profile, comprising: associating the WLAN client with an access point, the client having a current profile; authenticating the client with the access point; determining that the current profile does not match a preferred profile; and establishing a key to protect packets between the access point and the client and providing an alternate profile to the WLAN client in accordance with the determining that the current profile does not match the preferred profile, by piggybacking IEEE 802.11i compatible four way handshake protocol, the four way handshake protocol comprising: receiving by the WLAN client an anonce, sending by the WLAN client a snonce and standard IEEE 802.11i security parameters to the access point responsive to receiving the anonce, receiving by the WLAN client in a 3 rd message of the four way handshake, a second IEEE 802.11i security parameter with the alternate profile after sending the snonce, and sending by the WLAN client an acknowledgement confirming receipt of the alternate profile responsive to receiving the alternate profile; wherein the alternate profile is the preferred profile.