Method, apparatus for terminal device to access wireless network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10764934-B2
Application number	US-201615213832-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2016
Priority date	Feb 13, 2015
Publication date	Sep 1, 2020
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020

Abstract

The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for controlling a terminal device to access a wireless Local Area Network LAN. When a terminal device needs to connect to the wireless LAN, a smart terminal device firstly acquires first access information of the wireless LAN and validates whether the first access information is correct; and when the first access information is correct, the smart terminal device sends the first access information to the terminal device, such that the terminal device utilizes the first access information to access the wireless LAN. The method can ensure the first access information sent to the terminal device is correct, i.e., the terminal device can successfully access the wireless LAN by utilizing the first access information. Thereby, the method can improve the success rate of accessing the wireless LAN by the terminal device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for controlling a first terminal device to access a wireless Local Area Network (LAN), comprising:
receiving, at a smart terminal device, first access information of the wireless LAN;
validating, by the smart terminal device, whether the first access information is correct by:
sending an access information forwarding request to a network device, the access information forwarding request carrying the first access information, wherein the network device parses the access information forwarding request to obtain the first access information and forwards the first access information to a second terminal device and the second terminal device detects whether the second terminal device acquires second third access information that matches the first access information and sends a correct detection result to the network device when the second terminal device is detected to acquire the second third access information that matches the first access information, and the network device forwards the correct detection result to the smart terminal device;
receiving the correct detection result sent by the network device; and
determining that the first access information is correct; and
when the first access information is determined to be correct, sending, by the smart terminal device, the first access information to the first terminal device to cause the first terminal device to utilize the first access information to access the wireless LAN.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving, at the smart terminal device, the first access information of the wireless LAN comprises:
selecting one group of access information from an access information list stored at the smart terminal device as the first access information.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving, at the smart terminal device, the first access information of the wireless LAN comprises:
receiving access information inputted by a user as the first access information.

4. A method for controlling a first terminal device to access a wireless Local Area Network (LAN), comprising:
receiving, at a network device, an access information forwarding request sent by a smart terminal device, the access information forwarding request carrying first access information;
parsing, by the network device, the access information forwarding request to obtain the first access information;
sending, by the network device, the first access information to a second terminal device to cause the second terminal device to detect whether the second terminal device acquires second third access information that matches the first access information and send a correct detection result when the second terminal device is detected to acquire the second third access information that matches the first access information;
receiving, by the network device, the correct detection result sent by the second terminal device; and
forwarding, by the network device, the correct detection result to the smart terminal device, wherein the smart terminal device sends the first access information to the first terminal device, and the first terminal device utilizes the first access information to access a wireless LAN.

5. A device, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive first access information of a wireless Local Area Network (LAN);
validate whether the first access information is correct by:
sending an access information forwarding request to a network device, the access information forwarding request carrying the first access information, wherein the network device parses the access information forwarding request to obtain the first access information and forwards the first access information to a second terminal device and the second terminal device detects whether the second terminal device acquires second third access information that matches the first access information and sends a correct detection result to the network device when the second terminal device is detected to acquire the second third-access information that matches the first access information, and the network device forwards the correct detection result to a smart device;
receiving the correct detection result sent by the network device; and
determining that the first access information is correct; and

when the first access information is determined to be correct, send the first access information to a first terminal device to cause the first terminal device to utilize the first access information to access the wireless LAN.

6. The device of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
select one group of access information from an access information list stored in the device as the first access information.

7. The device of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive access information inputted by a user as the first access information.

Assignees

• Xiaomi Inc

Inventors

• Ren Qiao
• Hou Enxing
• Gao Ziguang

Classifications

• G06F21/00

  Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity · CPC title

• G06F15/16

  Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs {(coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B)} · CPC title

• G11C5/00 Primary

  Details of stores covered by group G11C11/00 · CPC title

• H04W48/08

  Access restriction or access information delivery, e.g. discovery data delivery (signalling during connection H04W76/00) · CPC title

• H04W48/16 Primary

  Discovering, processing access restriction or access information · CPC title