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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Wayne A. Lee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zaka Ur Rehman Ashraf, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Daniel R. Borges, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kyle C. Brogle, San Francisco, CA (US);
Srinivas Rama, Cupertino, CA (US);
Benjamin S. Turner, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hung Q. Le, Mountain View, CA (US);
Devin E. Gund, San Francisco, CA (US);
Keith W. Rauenbuehler, San Francisco, CA (US);
Praveen Chegondi, Milpitas, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A controller device within a home network (or any suitable network) can be configured to manage network access tokens for various accessory devices within the home network. These network access tokens can be used by the accessory devices to access the home network without needing the network owner's network password. The network access tokens can be revocable and/or for a limited time. The controller device can generate the network access tokens, and can provide them to the accessory devices (or other user devices) as well as to an access device on the home network. Once the access device is provisioned with the accessory device's network access token, the router can control whether the accessory device is to be granted access to the home network and for how long.