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US 2023/0412464 A1Published application
Device Provisioning
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorsYiu Leung Lee, Chris Wendt
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Abstract
A computing device may receive, based on a scan of a bar code associated with a device, information associated with the bar code. The information may be used to retrieve a dedicated activation service set identifier (SSID), which may be sent to one or more gateways. A first gateway may indicate that it is connected to the device using the dedicated activation SSID, and the device may be connected to the first gateway using a specific SSID that is different from the dedicated activation SSID.
Claims34
A system comprising:
- a computing device and a second device,
- wherein the computing device is configured to:
- receive a request to incorporate the second device into a network at a target premises;
- determine, based on the request, the target premises from a plurality of premises;
- determine a set of two or more candidate gateways in proximity to the target premises;
- monitor data received from the set of two or more candidate gateways to recognize information facilitating detection of the second device;
- and
- in response to the detection, transmitting network information of the network at the target premises to the second device to allow the second device to connect to the network, and
- wherein the second device is configured to connect to the network.
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A system comprising:
- a computing device and a second device,
- wherein the computing device is configured to:
- receive a request to activate the second device at a target premises;
- determine, based on a location of the target premises, a plurality of candidate gateways within a geographical area;
- monitor information received from the plurality of candidate gateways to determine whether the second device is connected to one of the plurality of candidate gateways;
- and
- in response to determining that the second device is connected to one of the plurality of candidate gateways, transmitting, to the second device, network information that is associated with a network at the target premises and that causes the second device to connect to the network at the target premises, and
- wherein the second device is configured to connect to the network at the target premises.
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A system comprising:
- a computing device and a second device,
- wherein the computing device is configured to:
- receive a request to connect the second device to a network at a first premises;
- in response to the receiving the request, determine, based on a location of the first premises, a plurality of gateways within a certain distance of the first premises;
- monitor data received from the plurality of gateways;
- based on the monitoring, detect the second device;
- and
- in response to the detecting, transmit, to the second device, network information, wherein the network information comprises information that enables the second device to connect to the network at the first premises, and
- wherein the second device is configured to connect to the network at the first premises.
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A system comprising:
- a computing device and a second device,
- wherein the computing device is configured to:
- receive a request to connect the second device to a particular network;
- identify, based on the request, one or more gateways;
- cause the one or more gateways to transmit a dedicated activation service set identifier (SSID);
- receive, from a first gateway of the one or more gateways, first information indicating that the second device is connected to the first gateway using the dedicated activation SSID;
- and
- after receiving the first information, cause the second device to reconnect to the first gateway using a specific SSID for the particular network, wherein the specific SSID is different from the dedicated activation SSID, and
- wherein the second device is configured to connect to the first gateway.
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A system comprising:
- a computing device and a second device,
- wherein the computing device is configured to:
- receive a request to connect the second device to a particular network at a target premises;
- evaluate information received from a set of gateways;
- determine, based on an amount of time, since a stored start time of the evaluating, being less than a predetermined amount of time, to continue the evaluating;
- based on the evaluating, determine that the second device is connected, using initial connection information, to a different network than the particular network;
- and
- transmit an instruction to change the initial connection information to network connection information of the particular network, to connect the second device to the particular network, and
- wherein the second device is configured to connect to the particular network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.