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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 06, 2015
Applicant:

Exosite Llc, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventors:

Mark Dennis Benson, Plymouth, MN (US);

Hans Aaron Rempel, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Assignee:

Exosite LLC, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04L 63/18 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for configuring network access parameters for a smart object to access a network is disclosed. The method comprises connecting, by the smart object, to a network using a first network access device. The smart object uses a wireless networking protocol to connect to the first network access device. The method further comprises authenticating the smart object with a server on the network and receiving network access information from the server. The network access information relates to a second network access device. The method further comprises using the network access information to connect to the network using the second network access device.


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