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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2007
Daniel Adolf Lehotsky, Waterloo, CA;
Michael Mannion, Toronto, CA;
Tsutomu Nobutani, Toronto, CA;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and system for automatically configuring a plurality of wireless peripheral devices within a network environment. The method includes identifying a plurality of wireless peripheral devices, including one existing networked wireless device. The existing networked wireless device is configured to function as a master device. The master device identifies one of the remaining wireless peripheral devices that has yet to be configured. The master device replicates itself by wirelessly transmitting the configuration data to the identified wireless peripheral device. The configuration data enables the identified peripheral wireless device to assume network operation and to assume functionality of the master device so as to be capable of automatically causing the configuration of additional peripheral devices.