US 12,081,980 B2
Apparatus and method for Wi-Fi network profile verification
Stanislav Gens, Nazareth Illit (IL); Roi Fridburg, Haifa (IL); Preston Hunt, Portland, OR (US); Ido Ouzieli, Tel aviv (IL); Emily Qi, Gig Harbor, WA (US); Ehud Reshef, Qiryat Tivon (IL); and Izoslav Tchigevsky, Haifa (IL)
Assigned to INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/133,588.
Prior Publication US 2021/0120410 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 12/037 (2021.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 76/30 (2018.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 12/068 (2021.01) [H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04W 12/037 (2021.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04W 76/30 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for a wireless communication device, the apparatus comprising:
a memory; and
processor circuitry coupled with the memory,
wherein the processor circuitry is to:
establish a secured connection with an access point (AP) for a first time;
obtain a verification password (VP) from the AP over the secured connection to store in the memory;
disconnect the secured connection with the AP after obtaining the VP;
randomly generate, after disconnecting the secured connection with the AP, a verification sequence;
encode the verification sequence in a probe request for transmission to the AP;
decode a probe response received from the AP in response to the probe request to obtain a first verification result;
determine a second verification result based on the verification sequence and the VP;
determine whether a verification for the AP is successful or not based on the first verification result and the second verification result; and
re-establish the secured connection with the AP for data transmission if it is determined that the verification for the AP is successful.