Wireless session configuration persistence

摘要

A wireless access point employs a wireless configuration database for retrieving a stored wireless profile corresponding to a subscriber device from a remote location that enables the user to establish an Internet connection using their subscriber device with the same network identifiers and settings employed from the home wireless profile. The network identifier is typically an SSID (Service Set Identification), and labels the wireless configuration using a mnemonic name familiar to the user. The wireless configuration also denotes authentication and security (passphrase) tokens required for access, and would therefore enable the user to sign on at the remote wireless access point using the passphrase already known from their home WiFi arrangement. Subsequent attempts automatically establishing a connection to the subscriber device upon detection and authentication using the retrieved wireless profile without broadcasting an open SSID receivable by other wireless devices within range.

主权项

1. A method of providing services to a wireless device comprising:
receiving an identity of a subscriber device by a public access point; retrieving, based on the received identity, a wireless profile corresponding to a personal access point, the wireless profile stored in a remote database common to the public access point and the personal access point; establishing, using the retrieved wireless profile, a wireless connection from the public access point to the subscriber device; authenticating an identity of the subscriber device using the wireless profile; establishing a wireless connection via the public access point to a service network based on authentication of the subscriber device using the retrieved wireless profile; superceding, based on the authentication, the established wireless connection with a full access connection via the public, access point; and providing, based on the authentication, the established wireless connection with a full access connection via the public access point, the full access connection providing wireless services from the service network via the public access point.