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US 9,882,774 B2Granted
Systems and methods for intuitive home networking
Assigneeeero inc.
InventorsTimothy A. Schallich, Nicholas S. Weaver, Nathaniel C. Hardison
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Abstract
A method for router configuration includes at a remote router management platform, registering a first router, associated with a first router identifier, to a user account; at the first router, establishing an internet connection; at a first user electronic device, transmitting a first router configuration to the remote router management platform; and at the first router, receiving the first router configuration from the remote router management platform via the internet connection.
Claims19
A method for router configuration comprising:
- at a remote router management platform, registering a first router, associated with a first router identifier, to a user account;
- at the first router, transmitting a request to connect to a hidden restricted open network broadcast by a second router, wherein the second router does not broadcast a service set identifier of the hidden restricted open network, the request comprising a MAC address of the first router;
- at the second router, receiving the request;
- determining an organizationally unique identifier (OUI) of the first router based on the MAC address;
- at the second router, verifying that the OUI of the first router is an allowed OUI;
- establishing an internet connection to the first router via the second router, wherein:
- establishing the internet connection comprises, in response to receiving the request and verifying that the OUI of the first router is an allowed OUI, establishing a connection between the first and second routers via the hidden restricted open network;
- and
- the hidden restricted open wireless network allows internet communication only with the remote router management platform;
- at a first user electronic device, transmitting a first router configuration associated with the user account to the remote router management platform;
- at the remote router management platform, determining, based on the user account, that the first router configuration is associated with the first router identifier;
- at the remote management platform, in response to determining that the first router configuration is associated with the first router identifier, transmitting the first router configuration to the first router via the internet connection;
- at the first router, receiving the first router configuration from the remote router management platform via the internet connection;
- and
- at a second user electronic device, connecting to a wireless network broadcast by the first router.
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A method for router configuration comprising:
- at a remote router management platform, registering a first router, associated with a first router identifier, and a second router, associated with a second router identifier, to a user account;
- at the first router, establishing an internet connection;
- at the second router, transmitting a request to connect to a hidden restricted open wireless network broadcast by the first router, the request comprising a MAC address of the second router, wherein the hidden restricted open wireless network does not broadcast a service set identifier;
- at the first router, receiving the request;
- determining an organizationally unique identifier (OUI) of the second router based on the MAC address;
- at the first router, verifying that the OUI of the second router is an allowed OUI;
- and
- at the first router, in response to receiving the request and verifying that the OUI of the second router is an allowed OUI, allowing the second router to connect to the hidden restricted open wireless network;
- after the first router allows the second router to connect to the hidden restricted open wireless network, at the second router, connecting to the hidden restricted open wireless network;
- at a first user electronic device, transmitting a first router configuration and a second router configuration to the remote router management platform;
- wherein the first router configuration is associated with the first router identifier and the user account at the remote router management platform;
- wherein the second router configuration is associated with the second router identifier and the user account at the remote router management platform;
- at the first router, receiving the first router configuration from the remote router management platform via the internet connection;
- at the second router, receiving the second router configuration from the remote router management platform via the hidden restricted open wireless network;
- and
- at a second user electronic device, connecting to a wireless network broadcast by the first router.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.