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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2017
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Eric B. Wolbach, Braselton, GA (US);
Robert W. Bickerstaff, Atlanta, GA (US);
Michael Frias, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2009.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04L 41/0846 (2013.01); H04L 63/02 (2013.01); H04L 63/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/083 (2013.01); H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); H04L 63/0892 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
Configuration and credential data associated with a wireless network can be stored by the wireless network or by a gateway device associated with the wireless network. The configuration and credential data can be accessed via a user profile and pushed to unauthenticated wireless devices to authenticate the unauthenticated wireless devices for the wireless network. The configuration and credential data can be backed up via a manual, automatic, or semi-automatic back-up process.