Method for replacing a wireless communications module in an appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorHaitian Hu
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Abstract
A method for replacing an old wireless communications module of an appliance with a new wireless communications module includes detecting installation of the new wireless communications module in the appliance connected to a local network, obtaining encrypted data comprising a wireless network identifier and a wireless network password of the local network, decrypting the encrypted data to determine the wireless network identifier and the wireless network password, and establishing connection with a remote server through the local network using the wireless network identifier and the wireless network password.
Claims20
A method for replacing an old wireless communications module of an appliance with a new wireless communications module, the method comprising:
- detecting installation of the new wireless communications module in the appliance connected to a local network;
- obtaining encrypted data comprising a wireless network identifier and a wireless network password of the local network;
- decrypting the encrypted data to determine the wireless network identifier and the wireless network password;
- and
- establishing connection with a remote server through the local network using the wireless network identifier and the wireless network password.
A wireless communications module for an appliance, the wireless communications module being configured to:
- detect installation of the wireless communications module in the appliance connected to a local network;
- obtain encrypted data comprising a wireless network identifier and a wireless network password of the local network;
- decrypt the encrypted data to determine the wireless network identifier and the wireless network password;
- and
- establish connection with a remote server through the local network using the wireless network identifier and the wireless network password.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.