US Patent 7596223 User control of a secure wireless computer network

Patent 7596223 was granted and assigned to Apple (company) on September, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent

Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Apple (company)

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7596223

Date of Patent

September 29, 2009

Patent Application Number

09659864

Date Filed

September 12, 2000

Patent Primary Examiner

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Tongoc Tran

Patent abstract

A wireless network is established between a station and an access point for the network using a sequence of messages that securely transmit authentication information from the station to the access point for validation by the access point, and subsequently transmit a shared key necessary to establish the wireless network from the access point to the station when the station is validated.