Patent ID: 8631471

Claim:
A method, comprising: establishing a connection between a wireless access point and a client device via a first virtual access point that is associated with a first service set identifier (SSID) and a first authentication key; receiving a request to transmit to the client device a second SSID and a second authentication key that are associated with a second virtual access point; determining whether the client device is authorized to connect to the second virtual access point; and upon determining that the client device is authorized to connect to the second virtual access point: upon determining that the client device does not have a user interface to enter network credentials, transmitting to the client device, in response to the request, a third SSID and a third authentication key associated with a third virtual access point to enable the client device to connect to the third virtual access point; and upon determining that the client device does have the user interface to enter network credentials, transmitting, in response to the request, the second SSID and the second authentication key to the client device to enable the client device to connect to the second virtual access point.