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US 2016/0112870 A1Published application
Simplification of attaching devices to secured wireless networks
AssigneeBelkin International, Inc.
InventorVENKATA SUBBA RAO PATHURI
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Abstract
Described herein are systems and methods for connecting devices to secured networks, such as secured wireless networks, by storing credentials for the network and passing the credentials to a new device, such as, for example, when the new device is attempting to connect to the secured network for the first time.
Claims21
A computer implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, at a computing device, network credentials for connecting to a network;
- connecting the computing device to the network using the network credentials;
- storing the network credentials;
- establishing a communications link for off-network communication;
- and
- transmitting the network credentials using the communications link, wherein receiving the network credentials at a new device facilitates connection of the new device to the network using the network credentials.
3 more elements
A system, comprising:
- one or more data processors;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions, which when executed on the one or more data processors, cause the one or more data processors to perform operations including:
- receiving network credentials for connecting to a network;
- connecting to the network using the network credentials;
- storing the network credentials;
- establishing a communications link for off-network communication;
- and
- transmitting the network credentials using the communications link, wherein receiving the network credentials at a new device facilitates connection of the new device to the network using the network credentials.
6 more elements
A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, including instructions configured to cause a computing device to:
- receive network credentials for connecting to a network;
- connect to the network using the network credentials;
- store the network credentials;
- establish a communications link for off-network communication;
- and
- transmit the network credentials using the communications link, wherein when the network credentials are received at a new device the computing device facilitates connection of the new device to the network using the network credentials.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.