Configuration of access points in a communication network
AssigneeSolutionInc Limited
InventorsJames Randolph Currie, Mark Philip Landry, Charles Arthur Taylor Feild, Keith Macpherson Small
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Abstract
Network components can be configured in order to allow multiple communication devices of transient users, such as hotel guests, to automatically connect to the network infrastructure. A device of the user may specify network access information that is known by all of the user's devices to configuration functionality that in turn configures the network components, such as one or more wireless access points in order to advertise the network details that are already known by the user's multiple devices.
Claims38
A method for configuring a physical network comprising a plurality of wireless access points, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a configuration server, network access information used by at least one network communication device of a user for connecting to a network;
- and
- configuring one or more access points of the plurality of access points using the received network access information to allow one or more communication devices configured with the network access information to automatically connect to the configured one or more access points.
A server for use in configuring a physical network comprising a plurality of wireless access points, the server comprising:
- at least one memory unit for storing instructions;
- and
- at least one processing unit for executing the instructions stored in the at least one memory unit, the instructions, which when executed by the at least one processing unit, configuring the server to:
- receive network access information used by at least one network communication device of a user for connecting to a network;
- and
- configure one or more access points of the plurality of access points using the received network access information to allow one or more communication devices configured with the network access information to automatically connect to the configured one or more access points.
A mobile device for use in configuring a physical network comprising a plurality of wireless access points, the mobile device comprising:
- at least one memory unit for storing instructions;
- and
- at least one processing unit for executing the instructions stored in the at least one memory unit, the instructions, which when executed by the at least one processing unit, configuring the mobile device to:
- receive an indication of a user's desire to configure one or more access points of the plurality of wireless access points;
- upon receiving the indication, accessing network access information used by the mobile device in connecting to a wireless network;
- and
- transmitting the network access information to a configuration server for use in configuring the one or more access points.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.