Methods and systems of configuring electronic devices

A computing device comprising:

• one or more settings associated with an existing wireless network connection between the computing device and a service provider electronic device;
• a wireless communication receiver configured to receive signals;
• and
• programming instructions configured to cause the computing device to:
• receive instructions to set up a new device that is not configured with the one or more settings;
• in response to receiving the instructions, scan for and detect, by the wireless communication receiver, a presence of the new device by detecting a broadcast signal within a wireless communication range of the wireless communication receiver, the broadcast signal originating from the new device;
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• after detecting the presence of the new device, transmit setting data pertaining to the one or more settings directly to the new device to cause the new device to automatically configure a new wireless network connection to the service provider electronic device using the one or more settings associated with the existing wireless network connection between the computing device and the service provider electronic device.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising instructions that, when executed, configure at least one processor of an existing device to:

• receive a command to set up a new device that has not yet been configured with one or more settings of the existing device, the one or more settings comprising corresponding to an existing wireless network connection between the existing device and a service provider electronic device;
• in response to receipt of the command, cause a wireless communication receiver of the existing device to scan for and detect a presence of the new device, the presence of the new device detected based on a broadcast signal transmitted by the new device within a wireless communication range of the wireless communication receiver;
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• after detection of the presence of the new device, transmit, via a wireless communication link, the one or more settings of the existing device that correspond to the existing wireless network connection between the existing device and the service provider electronic device directly to the new device to enable the new device to automatically configure itself and a new wireless network connection between the new device and the service provider electronic device with the same one or more settings as the existing device without requiring a user to provide the one or more settings to the new device.