Patent ID: 8813194

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a request to access a secured wireless local network at a security device of the secured wireless local network from a wireless-enabled device that is not authorized to access the secured wireless local network when the request is received; sending an access request interface to the wireless enabled device in response to the request; receiving first user input via the access request interface from the wireless-enabled device at the security device, wherein the first user input includes identification information associated with a user of the wireless-enabled device; automatically sending an access request message from the security device to a messaging address, wherein the access request message provides a recipient of the access request message with the identification information, a first selectable option to allow the wireless-enabled device access to the secured wireless local network without requiring user input of a network password associated with the secured wireless local network via the wireless-enabled device, and a second selectable option to deny the wireless-enabled device access to the secured wireless network, and wherein the access request message enables the recipient to add an identifier of the wireless-enabled device to a black list of devices to inhibit receipt of additional access request messages from the wireless-enabled device when the recipient selects the second option; and sending a notification of denial of access to the secured wireless local network to the wireless-enabled device from the security device when the second option is selected.