- Patent Title: Security of shared credentials in crowdsourced wireless networks
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Application No.: US15450845Application Date: 2017-03-06
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Publication No.: US10548013B2Publication Date: 2020-01-28
- Inventor: Kulvir S. Bhogal , Gregory J. Boss , Rick A. Hamilton, II , Christopher D. Wyble
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Agent Brian Restauro, Esq.
- Main IPC: H04W12/08
- IPC: H04W12/08 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for sharing a crowd sourced wireless network, wherein a first user uses a first device to access a wireless network, and the first device includes an application to grant automatically access to the wireless network to all of a defined group of people. In an embodiment, the method comprises restricting the automatic grant of access to the wireless network by, when one person of said group of people requests access to the network, a network control obtaining a determined strength of a defined relationship between the first user and that person, and granting the person access to the wireless network only if the determined strength of the defined relationship meets one or more set criteria. In an embodiment, the first device uploads a series of relationship scores to a server, and network control receives these scores from the server.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180255461A1 SECURITY OF SHARED CREDENTIALS IN CROWDSOURCED WIRELESS NETWORKS Public/Granted day:2018-09-06
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