| 摘要 |
Various embodiments provide techniques for sharing network service access credentials among multiple devices that share a common user or are associated in a device group. After connecting to a network service (e.g., a wireless network, wired network, or web site), a first device can upload the credentials used to access the network service to a cloud-hosted credential service. The credential service can store the credentials and associate them with the first device and/or its user. Later, a second device can log in to the credential service and receive a download of one or more sets of credentials to enable access to one or more network services that are authorized for the second device. Various embodiments include a credential management interface to enable an authorized user to manage device/network service pairings, permissions, and/or restrictions for network service access. |
| 主权项 |
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, at a credential service implemented in a hosted computing environment, a first communication indicating that a first device has connected to a wireless network, the first communication including a set of credentials employed by the first device for connecting to the wireless network and for connecting to another network; determining, by the credential service implemented in the hosted computing environment, that the first device is associated with a device group, the device group including a plurality of devices; associating, by the credential service implemented in the hosted computing environment, the set of credentials with the device group, the set of credentials including information describing the first device, the wireless network, and the another network; receiving, at the credential service implemented in the hosted computing environment, a second communication indicating that a second device has connected to the wireless network, the second communication including information indicating that the second device is associated with the device group; authenticating, by the credential service implemented in the hosted computing environment, the second device, the authenticating to include verifying that the second device is associated with the device group; and in response to the second communication:
providing, by the credential service implemented in the hosted computing environment, the set of credentials to the second device to enable the second device to automatically connect to the another network; andassociating the second device with the set of credentials. |
