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US 2017/0374069 A1Published application
Cloud device identification and authentication
AssigneeUbiquiti Inc.
InventorsMatthew A. HARDY, Randall W. FREI, Jonathan P. BAUER, Mahesh PAOLINI-SUBRAMANYA
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for authentication and/or provisioning of wireless network devices, and in particular, methods and apparatuses for authentication and/or provisioning of wireless network devices that are communicating with and may be monitored and/or controlled by a remote (e.g., cloud) server.
Claims12
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer processor of a handheld device cause the device to:
- capture an image of an optical code affixed to a device, wherein the optical code encodes a unique identifier for the device;
- obtain a user-specified selection of a device site within which the device is to operate;
- determine whether the unique identifier corresponds to a known device;
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- responsive to the optical code's unique identifier corresponding to a known device, provision the device to operate in the user-specified device site.
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