Protected Recovery Credentials for Wireless Connection Recovery

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems fail to ensure the technical problem is that existing technologies fail to provide a reliable solution for the technical problem is that existing systems fail to provide a reliable solution for mobile devices to recover wireless connections when credentials expire or are incorrectly updated.

Innovation Solution

A system and method for mobile devices to store primary and recovery credentials in protected credentials, including a recovery connection profile, which when credentials are protected from credentials, including a recovery credentials for connecting to a recovery network, and a recovery credentials for connecting to a recovery network, where the protected recovery credentials are protected from modification by a user of the computing device, and a processor configured to control the communications interface to connect to the primary and recovery networks using the appropriate credentials.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If credentials are stored in connection profiles for wireless network access, then network connectivity is enabled, but the credentials may expire or be incorrectly updated resulting in inability to connect

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvewireless connection reliabilityVSAvoidcredentials management complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically detecting when primary credentials become invalid and proactively switching to backup credentials before complete connection failure occurs. The processor monitors credential validity and pre-establishes recovery connection profiles with alternative credentials to ensure continuous connectivity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system discards invalid primary credentials and recovers connectivity by switching to backup credentials stored in recovery connection profiles. When primary credentials are detected as expired or incorrect, the system abandons them and recovers network access through alternative credentials, ensuring business continuity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #34Discarding and recovering

2Ease of operation

If users can modify connection profiles freely, then ease of operation is improved, but inadvertent modifications may cause connection failures

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconnection profile accessibilityVSAvoidconnection stability

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments connection profiles into distinct types: primary connection profiles that users can modify and recovery connection profiles that are protected from user modification. This segmentation allows free user access to primary profiles while isolating critical backup credentials from inadvertent changes, resolving the contradiction between accessibility and stability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

3Adaptability or versatility

If backup credentials are stored for recovery, then connection recovery capability is improved, but security risk from unauthorized access increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconnection recovery capabilityVSAvoidunauthorized access risk

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies different security qualities to different connection profiles: primary profiles are accessible for normal operation while recovery profiles have enhanced protection against unauthorized access. The processor implements stricter access controls and validation for recovery credentials, ensuring that backup credentials provide both recovery capability and enhanced security.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS20260006111A1System and Method for Recovering a Wireless Connection

Publication Date: 2026.01.01 ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP

AI summary

An example computing device includes: a communications interface; a memory storing: a primary connection profile including primary credentials for connecting to a primary network; a recovery connection profile including protected recovery credentials for connecting to a recovery network, wherein the protected recovery credentials are protected from modification by a user of the computing device; a processor interconnected with the communications interface and the memory, the processor configured to: control the communications interface to connect to the primary network using the primary credentials from the primary connection profile; in response to detecting a recovery condition, control the communications interface to connect to the recovery network using the recovery credentials from the recovery connection profile.