Browser-Based WiFi Authentication via App Icon
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current network authentication methods are time-consuming and invasive, requiring users to manually enter phone numbers and wait for SMS passwords, which impede timely Internet access and incur high system costs for programming WIFI connections.
Innovation Solution
An Internet access authentication method and client that automatically authenticates users by displaying a network application icon in a browser, allowing users to connect to a WIFI network and authenticate using an App, eliminating the need for manual input and SMS verification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual phone number entry and SMS password verification are used for network authentication, then authentication security is improved, but user operation time and complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs automatic authentication without requiring user intervention for manual input. The terminal device automatically sends authentication requests, receives verification codes, and completes login processes, allowing the system to serve itself rather than requiring continuous user action.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication credentials (verification codes) are pre-delivered to the user's mobile device via SMS before the authentication process begins. This preliminary delivery of authentication information eliminates the need for real-time manual entry and waiting during the connection process.
2Reliability
If manual phone number entry and SMS password verification are used for network authentication, then authentication security is improved, but the number of operation steps increases
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal device automatically handles the entire authentication sequence including sending requests, receiving verification codes, and completing login, reducing the user's operational burden from multiple manual steps to minimal interaction.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication process merges multiple discrete steps (phone number entry, verification code receipt, code entry, login submission) into a single automated workflow initiated by one user action, combining several operations into one unified process.
3Adaptability or versatility
If custom WIFI Apps are programmed for network authentication, then authentication functionality is improved, but system development cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The existing mobile messaging application is made multi-functional by enabling it to handle both SMS reception and WIFI authentication tasks. This universal approach allows one existing app to serve multiple purposes, eliminating the need for separate custom authentication applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The system leverages the terminal's existing capabilities (SMS receiving function, browser, application execution) to perform authentication without requiring external custom WIFI applications. The terminal serves itself using built-in functions rather than requiring additional programmed software.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides an Internet access authentication method and client, and a computer storage medium. The Internet access authentication method includes establishing a network connection to a subnetwork; displaying, in a browser, a login page specified by a wireless access point, a network application icon used for Internet access being displayed on the login page; receiving an operation on the network application icon, and authenticating first data by sending the first data to a network server, the first data comprising: a gateway address, a wireless access point address, and a device address; and making a network connection when authentication on the first data succeeds.