Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatuses for conditional WiFi roaming
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Application No.: US15785730Application Date: 2017-10-17
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Publication No.: US10750363B2Publication Date: 2020-08-18
- Inventor: Michael Huber
- Applicant: Telia Company AB
- Applicant Address: SE Solna
- Assignee: Telia Company AB
- Current Assignee: Telia Company AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Solna
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@488c488a
- Main IPC: G06F13/00
- IPC: G06F13/00 ; H04W12/06 ; H04W48/20 ; H04L29/06 ; H04W84/12 ; H04L29/08 ; H04W8/08 ; H04W48/18 ; H04W76/10

Abstract:
The embodiments herein relate to a mobile terminal and a method for accessing a wireless network in a roaming environment, the mobile terminal being pre-provided with credentials to access the wireless network, the mobile terminal further being provided with an application, said application includes a service part and an application part. The mobile terminal is configured to: send a request to a EAP server, the request including the credentials of the mobile terminal; connect the service part of the application to an access control server which adds/creates an EAP account for the mobile terminal for a predetermined time period; and to access the wireless network when the EAP server validly authenticates the credentials of the mobile terminal. The embodiments also relate to a method in the access control server and to the server.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180109948A1 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CONDITIONAL WIFI ROAMING Public/Granted day:2018-04-19
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