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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:
Jul. 07, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 05, 2023
Applicant:

Thomson Licensing, Cesson-Sevigne, FR;

Inventors:

Jay W. Strater, San Diego, CA (US);

Kurt Alan Lumbatis, Dacula, GA (US);

Gregory Nobutaka Nakanishi, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing, Cesson-Sevigne, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 12/50 (2021.01); H04W 12/61 (2021.01); H04W 52/34 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 12/50 (2021.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04W 12/61 (2021.01); H04W 52/34 (2013.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A client device is provided for use with a user, a network extender device and a gateway device. The client device includes: a memory; a graphic user interface configured to provide an instruction to the user to place the client device within a predetermined distance from the network extender device; and a processor configured to execute instructions stored on the memory to cause the client device to: obtain the backhaul credentials from the wireless network; obtain the extender identification data from the network extender device; instruct the graphic user interface to provide the instruction to the user to place the client device within a predetermined distance from the network extender device; communicate with the network extender device based on the extender identification data; and provide the backhaul credentials to the network extender device to enable the network extender device to join the wireless network.


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