Server-Based WiFi Credential Delivery System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional methods for distributing WiFi credentials are often cumbersome and time-consuming, requiring manual sharing and remembering of credentials between network owners and users, which can be distracting and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A system where a server computing device transmits shared WiFi credentials to a mobile device based on authorization, using various mechanisms such as geographic location, physical gestures, or scanned barcodes, allowing secure and convenient access to shared WiFi networks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual sharing of WiFi credentials is used, then the network owner can provide access to users, but the process becomes time-consuming and distracting
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between the network owner and users. The server stores WiFi credentials and automatically distributes them to authorized users upon request, eliminating the need for manual sharing and reducing the time required for credential distribution.
Solution Approach 2:
Users can independently request and receive WiFi credentials from the server without requiring the network owner's direct involvement. The system enables self-service credential distribution where users authenticate themselves and receive credentials automatically, freeing the network owner from being distracted by credential sharing tasks.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual credential distribution is implemented, then users can access the WiFi network, but the network owner must remember and repeatedly provide credentials
Solution Approach 1:
The server acts as a centralized credential management intermediary, storing credentials securely and distributing them to multiple users. This eliminates the burden on the network owner to remember and repeatedly provide credentials, as the server handles all credential management operations automatically.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates and distributes credential copies to multiple users from a central stored version. Instead of the network owner manually providing credentials to each user, the server automatically generates and sends credential copies to authorized users, simplifying the management process.
3Productivity
If automated credential delivery is used, then credential distribution becomes efficient, but authorization verification is required
Solution Approach 1:
The server serves as an authorization intermediary that verifies user identities before distributing credentials. This automated verification process enables fast credential delivery while maintaining security, as the server handles authorization checks without requiring complex manual verification procedures.
Data Source
AI summary
Various technologies described herein pertain to delivering shared WiFi credentials. According to various embodiments, at least one server computing device is configured to transmit shared WiFi credentials to a mobile device. The at least one server computing device receives a request, where the request includes data that identifies the mobile device. Moreover, the request indicates that the mobile device desirably receives credentials for a shared WiFi network. Responsive to receiving the request, the at least one server computing device determines that the mobile device is authorized to receive the credentials for the shared WiFi network based at least in part upon the data that identifies the mobile device. Moreover, the at least one server computing device transmits the credentials for the shared WiFi network to the mobile device responsive to determining that the mobile device is authorized to receive the credentials for the shared WiFi network.