US 11,750,611 B2
Secure captive portal remediation
Vincent E. Parla, North Hampton, NH (US); Valentiu Vlad Santau, Littleton, MA (US); and Peter Scott Davis, Wakefield, MA (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/476,861.
Application 17/476,861 is a continuation of application No. 16/407,808, filed on May 9, 2019, granted, now 11,171,961.
Prior Publication US 2022/0006811 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/10 (2013.01) [H04L 63/029 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
detecting, by a processor of a user device, a connection, via a network, to a captive portal;
based on detecting the connection to the captive portal, launching, by the processor, a dedicated secure web browser; and
performing, by the processor, a remediation process with the captive portal using the dedicated secure web browser while blocking access to the network to at least one of a web browser service and one or more user applications running on the user device.