Seamless Wi-Fi subscription remediation

摘要

The exemplary embodiments include a method to perform, based on at least one of hypertext transport protocol and non-hypertext transport protocol traffic tests failing, sending an hypertext transport protocol message to a subscription remediation server URI that carries a package1 message, receiving an hypertext transport protocol response from the subscription mediation server with a package2 message, and automatically replacing a password with a new value, automatically initiating creation of a new client certificate, or launching a browser to a URI provided in the response to enable user intervention. In addition, to receive an access request from a device, determining whether credentials are valid, and if the credentials are determined valid, sending an access-accept message with a success indication, and if the credentials are determined not valid, sending an access-accept message with a success indication and an indication that access by the device is limited to only a subscription remediation server.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
authenticating, by a user device, to a wireless communication network via an access point using credentials existing in the user device; based on an access-accept message to the access point from the wireless communication network, authenticating the user device being to the wireless communication network using the credentials and connecting to the wireless communication network; based on the authenticating, performing, by the user device, a hypertext transport protocol traffic test and a non-hypertext transport protocol traffic test with the wireless communication network, and based on at least one of the traffic tests failing, determining, by the user device, that subscription remediation is required by the user device, wherein a uniform resource indicator to a subscription remediation server is identified in the access-accept message; sending, by the user device, to the subscription remediation server via the uniform resource indicator a first hypertext transport protocol message comprising an indication that subscription remediation is required for the user device; in response to the sent first hypertext transport protocol message, receiving a second hypertext transport protocol response message from the subscription remediation server, where the second hypertext transport protocol response message comprises an indication of what the subscription remediation required for the user device is due to, wherein the subscription remediation that is required is due to at least an expiration of a password of the user device; and based on the second hypertext transport protocol response message, performing the subscription remediation with the subscription remediation server comprising automatically replacing at least the password with a new value of the password, and automatically initiating creation of a new client certificate using the new value of the password.