Shared network connection credentials on check-in at a user's home location
View Patent ↗There are provided systems and methods for shared network connection credentials on check-in at a user's home location. A user may have a wireless network for accessing the Internet, such as a WiFi router, at a location for the user. The wireless network may be password protected to prevent unauthorized used. However, the user may further provide a beacon at the location for the location for the wireless network that provides short range wireless communications including a check-in option for other users visiting the location. Once the other users have used a device to check-in to the beacon, the beacon may be push the access credentials for the wireless network securely to the other users' devices. The secure access credentials may be configured to be wiped from the other users' devices after user, for example, when the other users' devices disconnect from the wireless network of the beacon.
1. A network access system comprising:
a non-transitory memory storing network access credentials for a wireless network provided at a location by a wireless router separate from a wireless beacon device at the location; and
one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to execute instructions to cause the network access system to perform operations comprising:
causing to be broadcast, by the network access system over a network connection with the wireless beacon device, one or more requests for check-in by the wireless beacon device using a short range wireless communication protocol at the location, wherein the one or more requests for check-in are separate from the wireless network provided by the wireless router, and wherein the wireless beacon device connects to a first user device at the location over a short range wireless communication channel separate from the wireless network using the short range wireless communication protocol;
receiving, by the network access system over the network connection with the wireless beacon device, an identifier transmitted from the first user device to the wireless beacon device via the short range wireless communication channel;
determining that the first user device is requesting a wireless connection to the wireless network through the wireless router; and
in response to determining, based on the identifier, that the first user device is authenticated to access the wireless network using a second user device for a second user that administers the wireless network, causing authorization of the first user device to access the wireless network through the wireless router.
2. The network access system of claim 1 , wherein the short range wireless communication protocol comprises one of near field communication, radio communication, infrared communication, Bluetooth communication, Bluetooth low energy communication, LTE Direct communication, or WiFi communication.
3. The network access system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
causing the wireless beacon device to transmit the network access credentials to the first user device to access the wireless network through the wireless router, wherein the network access credentials are transmitted to the first user device using one or more data security protocols.
4. The network access system of claim 3 , wherein the wireless router comprises a WiFi router at the location, and wherein the network access credentials comprise a security key or password to access the wireless network provided by the WiFi router at the location.
5. The network access system of claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise:
revoking the network access credentials from the first user device when the first user device is disconnected from the wireless connection.
6. The network access system of claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining the second user corresponding to the wireless network is not at the location; and
revoking the network access credentials from the first user device responsive to determining that the second user is not at the location.
7. The network access system of claim 3 , wherein the operations further comprise:
alerting the second user corresponding to the wireless network of a check-in for the first user device using the second user device, wherein the second user is authorized to revoke the network access credentials using the second user device using the second user device.
8. A method comprising:
causing to be broadcast, by a remote server system over a network connection with a wireless beacon device, one or more requests for check-in by the wireless beacon device using a short range wireless communication protocol at a location, wherein the one or more requests for check-in are separate from a wireless Internet network provided by a wireless router, and wherein the wireless beacon device connects to a first user device at the location over a short range wireless communication channel separate from the wireless Internet network using the short range wireless communication protocol;
receiving, by the remote server system over the network connection with the wireless beacon device, an identifier transmitted from the first user device to the wireless beacon device via the short range wireless communication channel;
processing, using one or more hardware processors, a request from the first user device for a wireless connection to the wireless Internet network through the wireless router;
determining that the first user device is authenticated to access the wireless Internet network using the identifier and a second user device for a second user that administers the wireless Internet network; and
in response to determining, based on the identifier, that the first user device is authenticated to access the wireless Internet network, causing authorization of the first user device to access the wireless Internet network through the wireless router.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
causing the wireless beacon device to transmit network access credentials to the first user device to access the wireless Internet network through the wireless router, wherein the network access credentials are transmitted to the first user device using one or more data security protocols; and
removing the network access credentials from the first user device when communication via the short range wireless communication channel between the first user device and the wireless beacon device ends.
10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
causing the wireless beacon device to transmit network access credentials to the first user device to access the wireless network through the wireless router, wherein the network access credentials are transmitted to the first user device using one or more data security protocols; and
revoking the network access credentials from the first user device on instruction from the second user corresponding to the wireless Internet network.
11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
causing the wireless beacon device to transmit network access credentials to the first user device to access the wireless network through the wireless router, wherein the network access credentials are transmitted to the first user device using one or more data security protocols;
determining the second user corresponding to the wireless Internet network is not at the location; and
revoking the network access credentials from the first user device responsive to determining that the second user is not at the location.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the determining the second user is not at the location comprises determining the second user device of the second user has been disconnected from one or more of the wireless beacon device or the wireless Internet network.
13. The method of claim 8 , wherein causing the authorization of the first user device comprises:
alerting the second user corresponding to the wireless Internet network that the first user is requesting to access the wireless Internet network;
receiving an instruction to transmit network access credentials from the second user; and
causing the wireless beacon device to transmit the network access credentials to the first user device for the first user device to access the wireless network through the wireless router, wherein the network access credentials are transmitted to the first user device using one or more data security protocols.
14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
causing the wireless beacon device to transmit network access credentials to the first user device for the first user device to access the wireless network through the wireless router, wherein the network access credentials are transmitted to the first user device using one or more data security protocols;
receiving one or more limits on a usage of the wireless Internet network by the first user device; and
removing the network access credentials from the first user device when the first user device exceeds the one or more limits.
15. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:
causing to be broadcast, by a remote network authentication server over a network connection with a wireless beacon device, one or more requests for check-in by the wireless beacon device using a short range wireless communication protocol at a location, wherein the one or more requests for check-in are separate from a network provided by a wireless router, and wherein the wireless beacon device connects to a first user device at the location over a short range wireless communication channel separate from the network using the short range wireless communication protocol;
receiving, by the remote network authentication server over the network connection with the wireless beacon device, an identifier transmitted from the first user device to the wireless beacon device via the short range wireless communication channel;
receiving, from the first user device, a request to access the network through the wireless router;
determining that the first user device is authenticated to access the network using the identifier and a second user device for a second user that administers the network; and
in response to determining, based on the identifier, that the first user device is authenticated to access the network, causing authorization of the first user device to access the network through the wireless router.
16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
causing the wireless beacon device to transmit network access credentials to the first user device to access the network through the wireless router, wherein the network access credentials are transmitted to the first user device using one or more data security protocols; and
removing the network access credentials from the first user device when the first user device is disconnected from the wireless beacon device.
17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise:
alerting the second user corresponding to the network of a check-in for the first user using the second user device, wherein the second user is authorized to revoke the network access credentials using the second user device.
18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the operations further comprise:
revoking the network access credentials from the first user device on instruction by the second user.
19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the second user device is not at the location, and wherein the second user is alerted over a cellular network connection with the second user device.
20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the wireless beacon device is range limited to a set distance corresponding to the location, and wherein the second user corresponding to the network adjusts the set distance.