Establishing access to a secure network based on user-created credential indicia

摘要

In various aspects, code-based indicia contain secured network access credentials. In some aspects, a computer processor receives user input that specifies secured network access credentials, and the computer processor creates or modifies credentials for establishing a secured network connection. In these aspects, the computer processor generates code-based indicia that contain at least part of the secured network access credentials. In other aspects, a computer processor scans the code-based indicia and extracts the network access credentials. In these aspects, the computer processor employs the network access credentials to establish the secured network connection. In additional aspects, a network router apparatus renders the code-based indicia to an active display. In further aspects, a network router apparatus conditions grant of network access to a device on receipt from the device of an answer to a security question included in the secured network access credentials.

主权项

1. A system for generating code-based indicia comprising secured network access credentials, the system comprising:
a user interface, operating on a computer processor, whereby the computer processor receives, via the user interface, user input specifying secured network access credentials for establishing a secured network connection; a network connection application, operating on the computer processor with memory, whereby the network connection indicia generation application causes the computer processor to at least one of create or modify the secured network access credentials according to the user input, wherein the user input provides an answer to a security question; an encryption application whereby the computer processor employs the answer to the security question as an encryption key to encrypt at least part of the secured network access credentials; an indicia generation application, operating on the computer processor, whereby the indicia generation application further causes the computer processor to generate the code-based indicia comprising the at least part of the secured network access credentials, wherein the code-based indicia is a two-dimensional matrix code; and a router implementing the secured network connection, wherein the computer processor causes the code-based indicia to be displayed by transmitting the code-based indicia to the router, wherein the router has an active display whereby the code-based indicia is displayed.