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US 10,833,927 B2Granted
Systems and methods for intuitive home networking
AssigneeA9.com, Inc.
InventorsTimothy A. Schallich, Nicholas S. Weaver, Nathaniel C. Hardison
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Abstract
A method for router configuration includes at a remote router management platform, registering a first router, associated with a first router identifier, to a user account; at the first router, establishing an internet connection; at a first user electronic device, transmitting a first router configuration to the remote router management platform; and at the first router, receiving the first router configuration from the remote router management platform via the internet connection.
Claims18
A method for wireless mesh router configuration comprising:
- registering, by a first router, a first router identifier to a user account at a remote router management platform;
- transmitting, by the first router, a request to connect to a hidden restricted wireless local area network implemented by a second router, wherein the second router does not broadcast a service set identifier of the hidden restricted wireless local area network;
- establishing, by the first router, a first wireless local area network connection between the first router and the second router using the hidden restricted wireless local area network responsive to the second router receiving and verifying the request from the first router to connect to the hidden restricted wireless local area network;
- establishing, by the first router, an internet connection between the remote router management platform and the first router via the second router over the hidden restricted wireless local area network;
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- receiving, by the first router, router configuration data from the remote router management platform via the internet connection responsive to the remote router management platform receiving the router configuration data associated with the user account from a user electronic device, wherein at least a portion of the router configuration data is operable, when executed, to cause the first router to implement a second wireless local area network in tandem with the second router.
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A wireless networking system, comprising a first router operative to:
- register a first router identifier associated with the first router in association with a user account at a remote router management platform, wherein the remote router management platform is to store router configuration data in association with the user account;
- transmit a request to connect to a hidden restricted wireless local area network implemented by a second router, wherein the second router does not broadcast a service set identifier of the hidden restricted wireless local area network, and wherein the request comprises a media access control (MAC) address of the first router;
- establish a first wireless local area network connection between the first router and the second router using the hidden restricted wireless local area network responsive to the second router receiving and verifying the request;
- establish an internet connection between the remote router management platform and the first router via the second router over the hidden restricted wireless local area network;
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- receive router configuration data from the remote router management platform via the internet connection responsive to the remote router management platform transmitting the router configuration data via the internet connection, wherein at least a portion of the router configuration data is operable, when executed, to cause the first router to implement a second wireless local area network in tandem with the second router.
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A wireless mesh apparatus, comprising:
- a processor;
- one or more wireless local area network (WLAN) interfaces operably coupled to the processor;
- a wired network interface;
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- a memory operably coupled to the processor, the memory storing computer-readable instructions operative, when executed, to cause the processor to:
- register a first router identifier to a user account at a remote management platform;
- transmit a request to connect to a hidden restricted wireless local area network implemented by one or more wireless mesh devices, wherein the one or more wireless mesh devices do not broadcast a service set identifier of the hidden restricted wireless local area network;
- establish a first wireless local area network connection with the one or more wireless mesh devices using a hidden restricted wireless local area network responsive to the one or more wireless mesh devices receiving and verifying the request to connect to the hidden restricted wireless local area network;
- establish a connection to the remote management platform via the one or more wireless mesh devices over the hidden restricted wireless local area network;
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- receive configuration information from the remote management platform via the connection responsive to the remote management platform receiving the configuration data associated with the user account from a user electronic device, wherein at least a portion of the configuration information is operative to cause the processor to implement a wireless mesh network in tandem with the one or more wireless mesh devices.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.