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Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2016
Applicant:

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Lebbeous Fogle-Weekley, Cypress, CA (US);

Matthew Smithson, Cypress, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 12/08 (2009.01); H04W 12/04 (2009.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 12/04 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for provisioning multiple devices including a commissioning device, one or more endpoints, and a server. The system and method includes the following. The commissioning device accepts user-input network credentials of a wireless network from a user. The commissioning device searches for one or more endpoints unconnected to the wireless network. The commissioning device then verifies the ownership of the one or more endpoints. In response to a positive verification, the commissioning device securely the network credentials to the one or more endpoints. After receiving the network credentials, the one or more endpoints verify the integrity and authenticity of the communication from the commissioning device. After the one or more endpoints verifies the communication, the one or more endpoints access the wireless network based on the securely transferred wireless credentials.


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