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US 9,426,153 B2Granted
Setup of multiple IOT devices
AssigneeBelkin International, Inc.
InventorsRyan Yong Kim, Venkata Subba Rao Pathuri
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AssigneeBelkin International, Inc.
InventorsRyan Yong Kim, Venkata Subba Rao Pathuri
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The present disclosure relates to the setup of multiple devices on a local area network. Specifically, various techniques and systems are provided for utilizing a network device to efficiently add a new device to a local area network using an existing network device. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include a computer-implemented method. The method comprises receiving, at a network device on a network, credentials identifying a network gateway in the network; receiving a communication including an indication that a new network device has generated a new access point; transmitting a query, wherein the query includes a request to determine whether the new network device is associated with the network; receiving a communication including a response to the query indicating that the new network device is associated with the network; establishing a connection with the new access point of the new network device; and transmitting the credentials identifying the network gateway, wherein the credentials are used for the new network device to join the network.
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
A computing device, comprising:
A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, including instructions configured to cause a data processing apparatus to:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.